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Gulden Draak

Gulden Draak - Abt/Quadrupel

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
12203.79/5.03.78/5.010.5%75.3Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Gulden Draak is a dark brown Triple Ale, which makes it an exception among the Belgian Triples. The second fermentation offers the nice creamy head, the full body and all the vitamins of the centuries old brewers yeast. It is a "thick" beer, that you can actually "eat" to adventure the complex taste. Gulden Draak balances a natural malt toffee-like sweetness with a mellow happiness and some hoppy accents. The aroma is round, sweet and reveals the 10.5 alcohol by volume.
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 Butters (1622), Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/514/20
Jan 29, 2009  
Sampled thanks to sixfootsix. Pours a clear brown with decent sustainable tan head. Nose of raisin, plum, chocolate. Flavor is dark fruits, yeast. There is a nice warming quality but this manages to mask the alcohol quite well. Soft on the palate. I enjoyed this quit a bit. Extra point for the cool label, but that’s canceled out by the price :(


 nqualls (1429), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/104/513/20
Jan 27, 2009  
12 oz bottle purchased at Frugal MacDoogal’s in Nashville. Poured a clear brown color with red highlights. Think coca cola. There was absolutely no head. The aroma was alcohol and vinegar. The flavor was good, with dark fruit, caramel and some chocolate. A very minimal metallic taste in the finish. This beer doesn’t rank up there with some of the best in my opinion.


 hirigalzkar (550), Stockholm, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 25, 2009  
Bottle. Beautiful red-brown colour. Sweet choclatey aroma. Also raisins port wine and orange. Taste is malty and choclatey. This beer is overall too sweet and clean.


 Rodders (114), Norwich, Norfolk, England
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/518/20
Jan 25, 2009  
What a beautiful beer in every sense of the word. Smells strongly of alcohol when poured but taste isn’t overly present, just warms the throat plesently. Appearance is of a strong, dark beer. Hints of fruit, with a sweet caramel taste that lingers well. Truely an enjoyable beer.


 pj1855 (154), Eagan, Minnesota, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20
Jan 25, 2009  
Outstanding beer. Pours a dark brown with a good sized light brown head. Aroma of malts, spice and some alcohol. Flavor - Perfect combination of sweet malt and spice. Very smooth for 10.5 abv.


 cluny6 (115), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/517/20
Jan 23, 2009  
Lost my notes. I remeber it being a very good beer that I would love to have again. More notes to come.


 finol (475), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/516/20
Jan 23, 2009  
Bottle from Systembolaget. Dark burgundy colour and no head. Raisins, malts and spices. Very well balanced.


 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/513/20
Jan 23, 2009  
Medium red amber in color with a good sized head. Aroma is fruity and slightly spicy. Flavor is of fruit, caramel, some toffee, and spices.



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