 ekstedt (2411), Göteborg, Sweden
Oct 18, 2008 Bottle (75 cl) from Systembolaget. Hazy golden, large white head. Spicy, citric, yeasty, phenolic, with notes of orange peels. Medium bodied and smooth. Dry and well balanced.
Magicdave6 (5383), London, Greater London, England
Oct 16, 2008 Bottle at home from Utobeer. Alround rating: Strong alcohol notes, peachy peppery notes, sweet and not really very appealing at all. Strong for the sake of being strong from what i can see.
kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Oct 12, 2008 Updated: Mar 8, 2009
Name: Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer (Red)
Date: October 08, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta
Appearance: clear deep gold, frothy white head, streaks of sudsy drippy lace
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma with a candy malt sweetness balanced by lots of phoenolic spicyness, light bready character
Body: creamy highly carbonated body
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of candy sweetness, nice balancing spicyness, nice bready character that provides a good base for the candied malt, candy gives way to a fruityness
Name: Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer (Red)
Date: February 14, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: Brick Store
Score: 3.3
Appearance: hazy gold, thick dense white head, thick sheets of lace
Aroma: rich sweet fruity aroma, light spicyness
Flavor: rich fruity flavor, sweetness is well balanced with a growing spicyness
Overall: less of the candy character on draft, a bit more subdued, bottle wins
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4
gnoff (3559), Göteborg, Sweden
Oct 12, 2008 (75 cl bottle from Systembolaget, thanks to deft!)
BB 31/12/2011
2008 Vintage
Sampled side by side with the blue one
Clear or perhaps slight hazy straw color, big lasting white head. Sweet, spicy, alcohol, floral, caramel, fruity scent. Spicy, dry - very dry, not sweet as expected, phenolic taste. Very dry aftertaste. I’d like more sweetness. Alcohol well hidden in taste. Warming alcohol in the stomach region after a while. Surprisinlgy medium mouthfeel for such a high alcohol beer. Low hop bitterness, medium peppry alcohol bitterness. Scent turns into wood and dirt cellar after a while. Quite hard to define, also big difference between scent and flavor. Some citrus scent also. Turns hazy towards the end of the bottle, perhaps shady even.
keepersj12 (774), Sicklerville, New Jersey, USA
Oct 11, 2008 Very fruity winelike aroma. Pours a cloudy amber with a huge frothy head that stays around. Complex flavor with sweet fruit with a dry finish. Top notch beer.
Papsoe (14613), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Oct 11, 2008 (Bottle 75 cl) Almost clear golden with a dense white head leaving laces. Sweetish - and somewhat spicy - perfumy aroma. Quite full-bodied with sweetish malt and fruit. Has an odd unclean edge and a herbal and alcoholic finish. Still a very decent beer though. 050908
AgentSteve (1334), SF Bay Area, California, USA
Oct 9, 2008 Clear golden color with a thin white head. Fruity apple nose with a touch of jasmine. Fruity flavor with a dry caramel mid to finish.
JorisPPattyn (5155), Antwerpen, Belgium
Oct 7, 2008 Huge dense yellowish head over clear yellow-golden beer, well-carbonated. Sharp, volatile CO², later vanilla, white candi sugar, sweet-peppery. Very outspoken liquorice flavour, unsettling in such a pale brew. Then, Gawdelpus, some diacetyl and lots of coriander kick in. Fake citrus, real liquorice. Warming up, a sweet fruity taste, as from the applesyrup coming out of Tarte Tatin, but tainted more and more by a cheap alcohol tang. Sharpish; medium bodied at least, very slick, near oily. Not my kind of beer.
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