 TheBeerGod (3177), Newport News, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 22, 2008 Bottle - 750mL corked and caged. Clear amber pour. Tall almost fizzy but dense white head leaves a nice sticky gossamer lacing as it fades away. Nose is very herbal, floral and spicy. Lots of earthy and perfumy flowers, herbs, spices, strong yeast, fruit, and grains. Taste is more herbs and spices, strong yeast notes, grains, dried and candied fruits, fresh cut flowers, and sweet malts. Parts of this are candy-like in sweetness while other kick is with slight hop bitterness and an odd herbal flavor. Body is uber-carbonated. Lots of belching from just one glass. Overall and light-medium feel and this seems a tad on the thinner side for a Belgian strong. Finishes with more grains, sweet malt notes, earthy and herbal flavors, flowers, soft hop bitterness, light fruit, and alcohol. Big beer. More a winter type for me. Nonetheless, this was rather delicious.
kp (8600), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
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
rlgk (3378), Vårgårda, Sweden
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 3, 2008 Bottle, thanks to larsniclas. Golden color, huge white head. Marcipan aroma, yeasty, fruity and a bit sugary. Maricpan flavor, floral and with some alcohol. The blue one is so much better...
Palidor19 (1798), Brandon, Florida, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 28, 2008 Smells heavily herbed like rosemary, malts with many fruits, the hoppiness is more on the subtle side, while the focus is more on the rich malts and the heavy body of the beer, great beer.
Tmoney99 (4808), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 14, 2009 Bottle from Jungle Jim’s.
Poured clear amber color with an average frothy off-white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate malt, yeast and alcohol aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium complex sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration.
My expectations where met with an above average brew.
notalush (2699), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 3, 2008 Very effervescent, hazy gold pour, with a well-sustained, foamy head - strong herbal character hits the nose first, followed by a little earthy must, banana, honey - starts off dry and herbal, becoming almost soapy, with some hop bitterness behind it, and a bit of a peppery quality - gets a bit sweet after this, giving the impression of herb-infused honey - a bit fruity, with some bubble gum-ish character, reminding me somewhat of Juicy Fruit, which is a little bit of a turn off - some alcohol heat and more peppery spice in the finish - it wants to be light and refreshing, but its high alcohol content won’t let it, resulting in a golden ale that is a little too sweet (with a touch too much alcohol) to be completely enjoyable - it ain’t no Blau, but it’s not all bad.
bb (2976), Martinez, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 26, 2008 Draft. Amber beer with a nice whitish head. Fruity (tropical/summer) aroma with spice and malt. Malt flavor with yeast, big estery fruitiness, and spice. Medium bodied. Lingering malt, esters, yeast, slight earth. A bit sweet.
leaparsons (4756), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 3, 2009 Bottle. Golden with a small head. Aromas are brown sugar and pear with syrup and alcohol. Flavours are sweet caramel and brown sugar with some toasted malts. Mellow lemon with warming alcohol and peppery notes. Good.
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