Gouden Carolus Easter Beer (2007-)

Brewed by Brouwerij Het Anker
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Mechelen, Belgium

Bottle pours a golden color with a marshmellow like head. This is a highly carbonated brew. I tasted a lot of easter like flavors on the first sip and then it mainly tasted like a typical belgian.

Massive head,massive bubbling, fruity yeasty aroma, lots of pear ,apple, malts, light bodied, fruits show up big in taste, just a little tartness, and a bog astringent dry finish, left my tongue feeling like sandpapaer, can’t believe anybody else did not detect this. Tastey for sure ,but I’m not sure I like the finish

Golden / amber poor with a nice frothy off-white head. Aromas of citrus fruits, pepper, coriander, oranges, caramel and floral hops. Perfectly balanced mouthfeel with a medium/full body. Definite alcohol presence. Perfect effervesence. Very fruity flavors, caramel and again a nice smooth alcohol presence. Very enjoyable!

750mL bottle. Poured clear (initially) brighter golden with a short-lived fizzy white head. The aroma picked up spicy peppery yeast with sweeter pale malts.. warmth brought out more lighter fruits.. warm and somewhat intriguing. The flavor was very yeasty with a hefty black pepper component.. pale and light fruity malts at the core and warm, boozy sweetness toward the back.. white pepper and fruit on the warm, long finish. Medium-plus bodied with high carbonation.. spicy and dry, especially on the back end.. strong, but well-balanced. This wasn’t exciting or complex, but it was a solid offering.

(Dégusté avec french tickler) D’une couleur Or brumeuse, collet mousseux et voluté. Arome de caramel, d’orange, peches et une senteur qui resemble a de la verdure, plante ou fleural. Saveur d’orange au maximum,sel, peches en faite un mélange de fruit bien équilibré. Tres bonne biere!

Pours a hazy, orangey, golden color with a white, average, fizzy, fluffy head; it settles to a creamy, fairly small layer which sticks around for quite a while and leaves scattered lace. Nose is candy sweet with lots of light candi sugar and lighter notes of honey, ginger, dusty yeast, spicy whisps of alcohol, and maybe some faint herbal hops far in the distance. Flavor is still candy sweet with lots of light candi sugar and lighter notes of overripe apples, honey, doughy yeast, and some faint pie crust notes. Palate is soft to lively, moderately full, and watery in texture but a little syrupy on the tongue with some mild warmth. Finishes long and sweet with some lingering sugar notes, overripe apples, and light spicy alcohol notes. Not one of my favorites in the style with such a candy-like sweetness and lacking the malt depth, hop balance, or complexity to match it. Would have been better with less candi sugar (or honey?) or some more other attributes added to give some balance.

Bottle (75 cl) at a Göteborg RB tasting. Deep golden with medium white head. Spicy aroma with marzipan, honey, ginger, clove, and yeast. Medium bodied and smooth. Good balance. slightly sweet but with a dry finish.

At Three cellars tasting. Wheaty, Yeasty, Malty. I didn’t write down enough notes on this one, though I did remember liking it.