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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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 Pinball (2693), Allerød, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Aug 11, 2008  
what a great beer. alc.% should not keep you away well rounded aroma, very well balanced taste, with a tendency to the sweet end. ends a little bitter and with a reduced version of the original flavor. truly a work of art. my score is too low.


 Borresteijn (1349), Amstelveen, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Bottle @ home. Dark brown beer, big beige head. Aroma of brown sugar, dark fruits, sweet malts. Flavour is very sweet, but smooth and chocolate-like so it doesn’t become cloying. Chocolate flavours and dark fruits, some alcohol, slightly metallic taste now and then. Very good massive ale.


 IlanMan (816), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Very fruity and estery beer. Alcohol was quite well hidden due to the yeast characters and the extreme carbonation. Very sweet malt. Got some caramel and toffee notes as well. Real good brew. Would buy again.


 BeerBunker (607), Burbank, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Aug 4, 2008  
Pours crimson with medium head. Delicious malt aroma. Goes down with a strong sugary and carbonated taste. Overly sweet but not unbalanced. Alcohol is well hidden.


 DaMenace123 (250), Houston, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/514/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Dark brown with a big head. Aroma of plum and malt. Flavor is dark fruit, mostly plum and roasted malt. Strong alcohol presence. Intense and very good.


bw1982 (70), , Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 31, 2008  
Pours golden red with tan head. Great aroma and look good in the glass. The flavor was a bit sweeter than I expected, but had plenty of deep flavors such as dark fruits underneath the sugary caramel as well. The sweetness wonderfully hides the high abv. There is no strong rush of alcohol. Overall a delicious beer!


 travita (1861), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 29, 2008  
Amber red colored and clear with a ok tan head. Smell is malty, yeasty, some alcohol, fruits, darker fruits. Taste is malts, dark fruits, some alchol, brown sugar type of sweetness.


 undsioux7 (553), Cologne, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 27, 2008  
Pours deep brown/ruby red with a big white head. Caremel malt, alchohol, burnt sugar, dark fruits go into this one. Not Bad



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