Gouden Carolus Noël (Christmas)

Poured a very dark brown with small tan head. Smell of burnt toffee, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, coffee, and a hint of cinnamon and clove. Taste is burnt sugar and toffee, dark plums, walnuts, raisins, with a pleasant bitter hop finish. The 10.5% alcohol is apparent. Think on the palate, fizzy and lasting. Sweet and nice! Merry Christmas!

Awesome christmas beer. Mouth filling and satisfying. Holiday flavors hit you from all sides, slides down like a great eggnog :) Well balanced, super. Happy to make this my 700th rating.

Bottle a couple years old. Spicy, malty sweet aroma, alcohol, caramel, dark fruits, raisins, port. Rich winey flavor with molasses, spices, raisins, port. Thick and rich. Complex and holiday-like. Firy finish of alcohol, figs, molasses. Mmmm. Great stuff.

Bottle. Pours a mahogany body with a 2 finger tan head. Aromatic character of sweet dark fruit, minerals, malt, candi sugar, alcohol. Plum and cinnamon. A very creamy body. The final note is a light metallic flavor which keeps this beer from being an all time favorite, honestly great stuff! 4.2 Had this on draft and so much of what i enjoyed about the bottled version was lost and overpowered by licorice. Draft rating is 3.6.

Bottle. Pours brown with tan head. Aroma is dark fruit, sweet malt, spices. Flavor is mostly the same with sweet yeast notes.

On tap at the Bocktown, nice place. A very expensive brew! Pretty dark but appears without a haze. Mild olfactory of mint or perperment in the aroma. Interesting old world flavors greet the tongue. Creamy taste bud impressions but barely any carbonation. Comes across a little strong and at 10% it is. Perhaps more personality than this lager lover can appreciate. Fun to try but would not by again. Long alky linger on finish. S6L4F2T3O7

The best Christmas beer and one of the best beers period. Great aroma, flavor, palate. Excellent stuff

bottle- smell was hot, phenolic, and unpleasant- taste however was smooth, delicious, and left me wanting a few more sips- Alcohol well hidden, and the flavor was tasty.