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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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daddyslick (36), Arizona, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/510/104/517/20
Jun 28, 2008  
This beer pours dark as night with a very white, long lasting, small bubbled belgian style head. It is very sweet and hides it’s alcohol content better than any beer I’ve tasted. Very enjoyable to drink and say.


 afireinside96 (823), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jun 26, 2008    Updated: Jun 27, 2008
330ml bottle served in a Duvel tulip. Pours deep garnet with a big foamy beige head. Smells of dough, cinnamon, & caramel. Lots of dark fruits in the flavor along with some spice and caramel sweetness. Alcohol is front and center, warmth is felt immediately. Finishes clean with lingering warmth. Quite delicious, my only problem comes from the cool looking, but impractical, bottle. You can’t see where the yeast is, I think I must have wasted several sips for fear of pouring yeast.


 vikingguy (144), Chaska, Minnesota, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jun 22, 2008    Updated: Apr 4, 2009
Amazing taste It has a bready-caramel-burnt sugar taste to it that is striking. Starts sweet and fades to a doughy finish. Just perfect amount of hops, slightly bitter finish. You get the warming sensation of the high ABV but can’t taste it. One of the finest beers I’ve ever had


 Ober (1186), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 21, 2008  
A clear very dark amber colored beer, with a nice off white foamed head. An aroma of coriander, malt and a little bitterness. the taste is warming, some sweet of fruits and malts. It’s not to dry and it has a nice bitterness. It stays for a long time.


BlackMail (55), Evergreen, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/517/20
Jun 20, 2008  
nice dark color with a weak head. Nothing much in aroma besides sweet. Taste alcohol and toffee.


 Gmoney (253), ManchVegas, New Hampshire, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
Jun 20, 2008  
on tap.. dark brown pour with some ruby highlights ,foamy off white head. aroma of toffee, alcohol and belgian yeast. very sweet layered caramel/toffee/candi sugar/dark fruits flavors, very mild bitter finish. creamy , smooth and drinkable .


 darkguardian (506), Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 17, 2008    Updated: Jul 5, 2008
11.2oz bottle of awesomeness. Pours a mahogany brown with a very light tan head thats puffy and billowing. Nose is thick with caramel and fruits, a bit of hops on the nose which I guess is due to this being a triple by start. Taste is very very good, starts out light like a triple but alot of malt and caramel come through in the finish with a touch of hops and a suprisingly small amount of alcohol considering the ABV. A terrific BSA but a little on the pricey side. Tap: Tap at Redlight Redlight. Possibly one of the coolest tap handles I’ve ever seen. A huge Golden dragon. Much better on tap that from the bottle. But overall rating is about the same, maybe a 4.4 at best.


 AllAboutStout (605), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jun 13, 2008  
On draft at JeanRo Bistro.
Pours a dark brown with ruby highlights. Smell is dark fruits, some sweetness and belgian yeast.
Taste is much the same, and it’s very good. Very creamy, full on the mouthfeel. This stuff is fantastic. This is dangerously drinkable, you never notice the ABV. This is among my favorite Belgian’s, right behind Pannepot and Rochefort 10. Delish!



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