Gulden Draak

	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
1230	3.79/5.0	3.78/5.0	10.5%	74.1	Trappist 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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jumpjet2k (143), Austin, Texas, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Nov 1, 2009

Bottle in a trappist glass. For something "Gulden," it’s pretty dark - a very clear brown-amber. Nice head, too. Aroma of spice, nut, bread, and sweet fruit. Caramel toffee sweetness builds atop a strong malt background, accompanied by a bit of yeastiness. Finishes to alcohol and spice. This beer knows what it’s trying to do and does it well. Powerful, warming, and pleasantly sweet. I’m surprised I’ve never tried this one before.

XtraStout (46), Alberta, Canada

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Oct 29, 2009

Bottle Beer Bistro. Nice dark pour with a strong malty spicy aroma. Definatly a heavy beer. I can really taste the alcohol in it. That is normally a minus for me but this time I think its a real throat warmer. I’d drink it again.

Braudog (3750), Dayton, Ohio, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Oct 25, 2009

Bottle at Miami Valley Beer Festival. Deep, dark brown hue on this one. Quite the sugary beer, crystal or candy sugar? Big alcohol kick to this, too. Quite good. (#3706, 10/24/2009)

Adenila (936), Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 24, 2009

Clear medium brown with a fine brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet fruits and berries, alchohol and dust. Flavor is medium sweet with bitter berry notes, a little too much alchohol but overall very enjoying.

Fratto (691), Arlington, Texas, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 21, 2009

Had on tap at the Gingerman Fort Worth. Grapes, other dark fruit, and alcohol. Tastes of malts and is very heavy.

Teege (83), Orlando, Florida, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	5/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	16/20

Oct 20, 2009

Draft at redlight redlight. Pours a dark but translucent amber. Raisins and prunes in the nose. Sweet with lots of dark malts, bready. I like it better than most golden tripels. Decent beer.

trapez (788), Hilleroed, Denmark

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Oct 19, 2009

Bottle. MAlt and caramel in aroma. Brown colour with high light brown head. Sweet caramel flavour with alcohol.

Nisse666 (382), Göteborg, Sweden

4.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.8	9/10	4/5	10/10	5/5	20/20

Oct 18, 2009

Bottle at Tre Små Rum Göteborg, 2009-10-14 AP: Dark, fudge colured foam, diminsihing AR: burned daim, fruity, yeast F: Plum, moisty rassincake, scottish toffe mmm Lovely - going to buy it again...!

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