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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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 Todeon (314), Sweden
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/517/20
Jul 17, 2008    Updated: Mar 3, 2009
Bottle. Nice redbrown color. Taste is very sweet with lots of burnt sugar,caramel and fruity notes with some plums in it aswell.


Shaftie (18), , Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 12, 2008  
Smells of fresh-baked bread, pours a dark amber, with no head and a lively bit of CO2 is noticable. Sweet and spicy, with alot of drinkability, hides ABV well. Finish is tarty. Very good quad


 abcfan (244), New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Decent brew.Pours a dark reddish brown color with a foamy tan head. Aroma of bread, dark fruit and malt. Taste is sweet, with a medium mouthfeel and very lively carbonation. Finishes with a decent amount of spicy sweetness. Would drink again.


 BuckeyeBoy (1639), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Jul 7, 2008  
Bottle Pours out a mahogany topped with a nice head. Aroma of sweet caramel and pit fruit. Tast more of the sweetness. Some syrup and pit fruit. I also picked up plenty of malts.


kamish (92), Lake Stevens, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
Jul 6, 2008  
a delicious dark brown (triple) ale. tried it at seattle beer fest.


 KingpinIPA (842), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Dark color. Very carbonated. Smell of prunes, nuts, alcohol, caramel, brown sugar, figs, plumes, spice and bread. Taste of prunes, nuts, hops, alcohol, caramel, brown sugar, figs, plumes, spice and bread and roasted malt.


 elihapa (1033), Honolulu, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/516/20
Jul 6, 2008  
From bottle. Pours a velvet brown with a big lively tan head. Quite attractive. Smells of clove, cinnamon, allspice, and caramel malt. Big syrupy palate, with rich flavors. Flavors are heavy on the dark fruit (perhaps cherry and plum),with sweet touches of sugar. Finishes sweet with hints of champagne, and is loaded with spice and fruit so as to make this big beer balanced and tasty. Really nice beer!


 Miksu (2187), Jyväskylä, Finland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 3, 2008  
0.33 l bottle. Ruby color with big beige head. Malty, spicy and vinous aroma with tart dark fruits and almonds. Malty, toasty and vinous flavor with dark caramel, almonds and dark fruits. Becomes very meaty and vinous with sediment. Alcohol makes this beer very warming but does not add a great deal of complexity as one would expect from a 10.5 abv beer.



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