Gouden Carolus Easter Beer (2007-2009)

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij Het Anker
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Mechelen, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle, courtesy kiefdog. Thick cloudy copper pour, thick white head and thick lacing. Boozy nose, apricot, peach and plum, banana, and some caramel. Creamy caramel flavors, some dark fruits, some cocoa and licorice, finishes boozy. Full-bodied, not too drinkable because of the heat. But interesting.

Style et résumé: Belgian strong ale brassée pour pâques.
Comment: Bouteille de 750ml encore une fois merci Patrick.
Description: Cette bière était malheureusement un peu trop vielle, elle commence à se dégrader. La robe est jaune dorée. Le nez est quelque peu oxydé, il y a une touche de miel. La bouche est de miel, sucrée et bien sur oxydée. Du racio et des amandes grillées.
Note: 5/10

Une bouteille poussiéreuse qui m’attendait dans le fin fond d’une cave. Donc, une certaine appréhension. Un liquide qui dévoile une robe orangée. Un col mousseux bien mince. C’est pardonnable. Un nez qui présente certainement quelques rides. Des malts doux qui compriment les autres parfums. Du sucre belge, indéniablement. L’impression d’un produit qui a connu un élevage oxydatif. Peut-être des épices et des fruits dans le fond de mon verre. Des saveurs qui sont pourtant loin d’être déplaisantes. Des malts qui tiennent le fort. Des saveurs vineuses qui sont touchées par les années. Une bouche encore bien vivante. Une texture douce dans un corps qui n’est pas trop mince. Une finale dans laquelle les vapeurs d’alcool transportent des pointes épicées. Tout compte fait, une bière capable de se défendre devant les inepties de certains brasseurs.

Pours a nice dark reddish amber color. Aromas of fruit, and some other hints, maybe some spices, maybe caramel. Flavor is a bittersweet, malty, and a hint of hops with a nice bittersweet finish.

UPDATED: SEP 28, 2011 (750ml Vintage ). I passed out on a solitary 750ml this one after sessioning some dull IPA’s all night;
A bright aroma ...hop florals, spices , and its pretty damn rich , as the maltiness kisses your nose ....
A good honest Belgian Strong , a 4 beer score all night... dry on first sip , then a trapdoor toward robust 10% booze I payed for. Cloying sweetness in boozy accents =suggesting caramel , wood, then the complex twist toward fragrance ...and fruity oranges and spice, justa a little licorice ...
My kinda thang...

Bottle @ Home. Pours dark brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, yeast, dark dried fruit. Taste is malt, caramel, yeast, riasins, plums, spices. Full body, soft carbonation. 100309

First off - not a blond beer. This one is marked 10.5% and best by of 2014.

Pours a dark, dark ruby. Almost opaque if not for the light behind the glass. Smells of caramel, burnt sugar, spicy, bananas, and malt. Tastes of cloves and banana cream pie, malt and caramel. Alcohol warmth in the mouth. Sweetness left behind each swallow. Very good beer for easter, albeit a bit strong. But I won’t ding it for that.

8/04/2011 75cl bottle @ home - BB: 17/2/12 (2011-138) Thanx to Jeremy for the bottle!

Little cloudy brown beer, small light beige head, unstable and somewhat adhesive. Aroma: caramel, dried fruits, ripe banana, general fruitiness. MF: good carbon, full body. Taste: rip bananas, fruity, caramel, a little hoppy. Aftertaste: little sour and citric, still more banana, some caramel.

(bottle, 75cl) Cloudy, dark brown colour with a short and tanned foamy head. Sweet and slightly toasted malty aroma with notes of candy, berry-fruits, liquorice, thyme and peppery spices. Sweet flavour with a tinge of bitterness, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Rich and complex malty taste with a cornucopia of flavours; sweet hearty malty and etherally spicy finish. A complex brew. 02.III.11

Bottle: Hazy, amber coloured, medium-sized - and slowly collapsing - off-white foamy layer; sweet nutty-fruity nose backed by some peppery spices; solid sweet flavour, a light tart acidity detectable, too; nutty and malty flavours in the caramelly-fruity finish. Good one.....

UPDATED: JUN 12, 2011 Clear dark reddish brown with a lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, dried fruit, yeasty, spicy and vinous. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Dry finish with warming alcohol. 110611