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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 
12193.79/5.03.78/5.010.5%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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 pjweaver (133), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jan 4, 2009  
Trappist (brewery glassware) tap (Sharp Edge, Pgh) Dark mahogany color, with an iron/metallic aroma. Hints of malt, and boozy over-ripe fruits. Tangy boozy maltiness, with some toffee, red fruits, and sweet malt. Tangy metallic palate, with the brandy-warmth lingering.


 donfardz64 (406), Wellington, New Zealand
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/103/514/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Opened this and it exploded out of the bottle onto my desk! Be careful with this one. After the cleanup; poured cloudy dark brown, brown head. Nice creamy caramel aroma, some apple fruit, a lot of spice. Taste is quite warm, spicy chocolate and caramel. Subtle bitterness comes in late to help balance the malty sweetness. Finishes sweetly, with caramel.


 Marthinus (115), Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Nice malty finish, strong perfect alcoholized belgian beer wiht nice amber colour and big head


 hombrepalo (726), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 2, 2009  
New Years 2009 beer! Rang in the new year with a Draak blast. A fine looking beer, even if it is brown and not golden. A nicely flavored, aromatic head leads to a crisp, gritty hoppy flavor. The Begian qualities and spices are definitely evident, but the alcohol is excellently hidden. Finally, a smooth finish lets me call this an extraodrinary beer.


 JJClark (545), Roscoe, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 2, 2009  
Bottle from a variety pack. Pours a hazy amber color with a big frothy head. Aroma of yeast, caramel, citrus and spices. Taste of malt, over ripe fruits and spices. Has a earthy semi sweet finish. Nice brew.


 Swalden28 (1439), McKinney, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 31, 2008  
Bottle from S&K Beverages in Plano, TX. Pours a very nice looking deep reddish amber with nice beige head. Aroma is great, citrus, malt, yeasty, caramel, pretty nice! Flavor is very good, sweet, caramel malty, fruit, nice small citrus tang, alcohol, brown sugar, nutty....pretty complex. Mouthfeel is heavy bodied, has high carbonation and a little fizzy. Overall, this is some good shit! Worth the money!


 DragonStout (1380), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 31, 2008  
On tap at RedLight.Pours a a brownish brick color.The usual suspects are here.Sweet, fruity caramel nose.Flavors of the dark fruit goodness with a nice warming finish.


 BeerVirgin72 (778), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
Dec 31, 2008  
Had on tap at Redlight Redlight. I loooove Triples. I love most belgians. Poured a clear darker amber color. Aroma was sweet carmalized sugar. Flavor was plums, brown sugar, sweet malts and a bit of cinnamon. Very delightful.



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