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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 
12223.79/5.03.78/5.010.5%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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MuttyD (93), Cambridge, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Oct 24, 2008  
Deep brown/red pour with thin white head. Aroma is of yeast, candied sugar and dark fruits. Slightly metallic as well. Flavor is of the same with added cherry/berry tartness. Smooth on the palate with light carbonation. Finish is slightly bitter.


spkevin (56), Doetinchem, Netherlands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 18, 2008  
bottle from ’de bierbuik/versailles’, nijmegen. nice smooth beer. great white ’porcelain’ looking bottle. pours dark,brownish,ruby red with an good beige head. aroma of strong alcohol and malt. taste is complex. great mouthfeel with small alcohol taste. nice beer for cold evenings.


 bretupdegraff (172), Fishers, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/516/20
Oct 15, 2008  
Nice brew - dark brown/amber pour. very carbonated with large bubble head that disapated pretty quickly. aroma and flavor remind me of a scottish ale but better flavor. very sweet and thick! Hides the ABV very well. Flavor stays with you. Very nice.


 trevor211 (500), Seattle, Washington, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/104/516/20
Oct 15, 2008  
Pours far darker than I had imagined it would (must have been the white bottle...). It’s a dark red, with a great off-white head that sticks around. Aroma is fantastic. A combination of a dark Belgian (dark fruits - figs, dates, brown sugar, cloves and other spices) with something a little redder - sour cherries and yeast. Flavor reveals a bitterness I didn’t expect, along with the sweetness typical of the style and some tart cherries. Actually, I think the commercial description is right on when it says the beer has a "mellow happiness" [sic]. I like this far better than I thought I would.


 SuperDave70 (1157), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 11, 2008  
Pours a deep reddish-brown with a lasting foamy head. Aroma of sweet malt, sugar, dark ripe fruit, alcohol and a touch of hops. Flavor is big, sweet, fruity and finishes with a touch of sour citrus and a nice alcohol bite. A little thin for a quad, but still a solid brew. Enjoyable.


 Derek881 (489), Frederick, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Oct 9, 2008  
Poured from the bottle into a trappist glass to drink. The aroma was a blend of some dense fruits, maybe cherry and plum, with some earthy hops, a toffee effect, and a yeast character too. A dark, opaque, rusted copper color with a minimal bubbly off-white head that was quickly gone. Nicely mixed taste, with the sweet-bitter fruits, a slight cherry effect, and a modest sourness too. Very lively and fizzy on the palate, with an active mouthfeel and light alcohol-induced burn. Slightly thin and watery, but very busy in the mouth. A very high quality beer, with a masterfully-controlled high alcohol content.


 jefcon (997), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 9, 2008  
Deep purple in the glass with a persistent head that’s just off-white and medium-bead. Aromas drift up, cherries, dates, plums, candi sugar and caramel. A nice mellow malty palate is balanced out by some lemony, herbal acidity. There is some vinuous grape and orange, too, and some yeasty spice on the finish. I am duly impressed with this beer -- one I had never tried before. Hides its alcohol tremendously well.


 asheft (1374), Marburg, Germany
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 8, 2008  
[on tap at EBF 2008] Fruity aroma that may be a bit sour--almost like white wine. Almost clear copper with a lacy, thin cover. Fruity and sugary flavour with white grape, cherry and orange juice notes. Ethanol at the end along with some bitterness. Medium body, moderate carbonation, nutty finish.



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