Gouden Carolus Easter Beer (-2006)

Clear red ruby colour with great head and lacing. Very good aroma of malt, spices, fruits and caramel. Bery sweet sugary malt flavour along with raisins and caramel. Enjoy this beer.

750 ml. brown Belgian bottle. Corked and caged. Brought back from Belgium by a friend. Aged in my cellar for 3 years. 2005 vintage. Soft pop released the cork. Poured out a deep reddish brown color, with a sticky tan head. Aromas are of cinnamon, roasted pecans, rum soaked cherries. Flavors are spiced cherries, Bourbon or Rum soaked fruitcake, some berries, roasted malts. Medium mouthfeel, rich and velvety. Flavors change constantly as it warms up. Finished slightly cake like and fruity. Best Belgian beer I have had in years. Very tasty with some age on it. Wish I had another now.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown with a red glare and a lacing white head. Alcohol dense, fruity and light oxidised aroma. Flavour is also alcohol dense and of overripe fruit. Light liqourice note. Ends with a light roasted malt finish and a growing alcohol flavour/warmth.

Botella. Vintage 2004. Pours a niuce red-brown colour with a medium good lasting beige head. Sweet caramel, some spice, a mildly roasted maltinessgood darkj frutiness and some alcohol in the aroma. Good mouthfeel. The flavour is sweet and spiced with caramel, good maltiness, soft bitterness, some alcohol and slightly oxidized. Sweet malty alco finish.

Bottle. [Courtesy of Ungstrup, thanks buddy] Vintage 2004. Average light creamy beige head that mostly diminished. Good display of lacework. Cloudy mahogany colour. Aroma of lovely fruit, alcohol, toasted malt, mild oxidation, mild spice, vinous, liquorish. Full bodied with a soft carbonation and somewhat thick and alcoholic texture. Moderated to heavy sweet flavour with a hint of bitter alcohol and acidic. Overripe fruity lingering alcoholic warming finish. Very nice.