Gulden Draak

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Ertvelde, Belgium

Bottle. Heavy malt aromas of dark bread, roasted and caramel, moderate herbs for the hops, light dough for the yeast and hints of date, cherry, red wine, brown sugar and cooked root vegetable. Head is small, frothy, off-white and is mostly diminishing. Color is clear dark copper. Flavor starts moderately sweet and lightly acidic, then finishes moderately sweet and lightly acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, oily, has a lively carbonation and finishes metallic, moderately alcoholic and with a chewy/sticky feel. A rich and powerful Quadrupel. The metallic aftertaste was the only negative I could find.

A ruddy, pink-amber. Clear with a beautiful puffy cream coloured head. Wholesome yeasty banana aromas with sweet citrus tanginess. In the mouth I get a lot of very sweet cherries and a little sour lemoniness. Finishes with a sweet, smooth toffee. Smooth and tight mouthfeel. Very tasty and complex though a tad on the sweet side for me.

Pours a dark brown to orange with a nice thick tan foamy head. Aroma is strong sweet alcohol and roasted malts. Flavors are strong and powerfull, sweet roasted malts and brown sugars and some dry fruits with a good garbonation. wow that was really nice beer with great flavors that stays longs in mouth. I want some more, the bottle is too small.

11.5 oz bottle. Poured a dark chocolate with a very small creamy head. Aroma of figs, brown sugar, and hops. Alcohol subdued for a 10.5%. Accents of cherries, bread, bleu cheese, and brown sugar. A magnificent beer, and a meal in itself. Thicker than a normal triple. Would probably very nicely compliment a piece of fresh bread and a nice salty piece of gorgonzola or stilton.

Bottle - strong raw sugar aroma, flavour of molasses, dried apples and prunes. Syrupy mouthfeel with no bitterness at all.

Tap at Gingerman. Aroma of prune, alcohol, candied sugar. Flavor has more of a well-rounded fruit presence with apple, white grape, green melon, light raisin, pear, in addition to a straight brown sugar note. Rather light bodied from what must be enormous amounts of the candi sugar. Used to love this one, but just ok for me now.

Poured a deep copper/ruby color with a thick head. Aroma was dark fruit, caramel and malt. Flavor was almost like a port wine with some malt undertones. really heavy on the dark fruit influence here, plums, raisins. Very nice beer.

A cloudy copper-brown pour with a very thick, very long lasting off-white head. The aroma was very enticing with obvious yeasty and thick malty notes, along with very interesting sweet, almost apple-ish hints. The flavor was excellent. Very thick malty and yeasty and finishes with a kick in the mouth from the a.b.v. Great beer.