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Gulden Draak

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

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
12303.79/5.03.78/5.010.5%74.1Trappist glass
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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 patricks110 (279), Alberta, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Pours drown cloudy brown with a tight beige head which remains on the beer. Taste is malty to the max. So many malt hue play on my tongue. Caramel, nuts, fruits, and earthy flavours are all prevalent. A hard hitting alcohol flavour soon removes the other wonderful flavours from my mouth. Overall, a pretty good beer but a little high ABV for my liking.


 Bungalo22 (326), Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Poured from the bottle into a snifter a earth brown with a small head. the nose is carmel, nuts and dark fruits especially cherries. It is smooth but also pretty hard hitting and the 10.5 percent alcohol can be picked up. Some spices stick to the palate along with the alcohol. All in all a very nice quad.


 luttonm (276), Belgrade, Serbia
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 29, 2008  
deep ruby read color with big, bubbled head. nose of caramel, (sour) cherries and sweetness. from that i was surprised by such a robust flavor. Not too heavy on the tongue with some sweet malt and dry-bittering... dark fruits (grapes and fig). Reminds me a lot of a less refined abt 12. Quite nice.


 Rciesla (3565), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/513/20
Oct 28, 2008  
Bottle and on draft some time ago at mile squared. Bottle pours a dark brown body with a white head 3 fingers high. Dark fruity plum, and apple skins. Nice warming from the alcohol, light hoppiness a bit of citrus. candy sugar and clove to spice it.


 taalhiker (179), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/53/104/514/20
Oct 27, 2008  
From bomber. Pours re-brown with very little white head. Aromas of yeast and dark fruits. Bottle may be off - flavors seem muted and possibly tainted. Not as good as previous GD’s. Will try again in the near future.


 bonfunck (149), Waasmunster, Belgium
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Oct 27, 2008  
bottle, great appearance strong taste but not to strong, all the different aromas have room.


 ilovedarkbeer (1333), Dallas, Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 27, 2008  
Dark reddish black pour with no head. Nose is booze and belgian candi sugar, Some dark tree fruit, and apples, and a bit of cheese studded with nuts. Taste is the same and the apply taste is huge on the back end. I really like this. Refers to itself as a triple but listed as a quad. I like this confusion. Nice thick mouthfeel that is warming but goes down in a delicious fashion.


 EHopper (274), Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 26, 2008  
Color and look of dark rootbeer. If fruit cake were to become beer, this might be what it would taste like. Figs and dates, nuts and sweet cherries, brandy and other unnamed flavors. While there is an alcohol warmth, I can’t say that I really taste it, well hidden. Even a hint of bitter at the end. Nice.



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