Gulden Draak

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Ertvelde, Belgium

750. Pours a very murky brown with a tall foamy head. The aroma is spiced with bready malts and suggestions of clove, figs, toffee, caramel. The sweetness here is remarkably like actual caramel with light fruity esters to keep it interesting. The finish is juicy and the more I drink, the more I taste cherries. The 10.5% alcohol is hidden entirely. Rather enjoyable.

V- ruby red color that’s impenetrable. Poured with a huge head but settled quick enough. A- bananas and fruit spices with some yeast. T- reinforces the bananas and spices with a bit more snap to it as the alcohol P- Nice balance

Presentation: It was poured from a white painted 330ml or 11.2oz bottle into a tulip glass. It is a dark hazy liquid that is dark brown in color with an abundance of small bubbles that form a thick head. The head is light tan in color and has great retention time. The aroma has a sweet and fruity character with yeast and a definite alcohol presence. Up front I get a light sting of tart fruit, sour cherry and yeast that quickly turns sweet and malty. More dark sweet fruits come out now like figs, raison and prune mixed with Belgian candy sugar. The alcohol starts to add some warmth and some herbal hops are detected as it heads to the finish were it turns fairly dry. It is well carbonated yet smooth and full bodied. This is an excellent Belgian Strong Dark Ale with all the complexity and strength that I love in Belgian ales.

Dark brown pour, thin white head. The flavors are rich and intense and very well balanced. A caramel sweetness with a bit of candied sugar and malt with a spicy yeast finish. Strong, rich, and smooth--pour another!

hey, never thought i feed 10,5% strong belgian Ale to someone for breakfast. but it seems to work for heartbroken lithuanians, with a stinking hangover... nice velvety, musky chestnut aroma. pitch black, no head. sweetest treacle in taste, and a f**k load of alcohol. but hey that was the reason i picked it this morning in the first place :-)

(Bottle at Cambrinus on 2008-05-19, rated from memory) Dark brown with some hints of red. Small white head. Sweetish nose. Malts in taste. Alcohol can be felt.

Sexy bottle, pours a black color in dim light with a off white head, nice looking beer. Slight alcohol aroma that almost smells like red wine. This beer is very smooth, alcohol noticeable towards the end. Sweet flavor that tastes slightly like red wine and brown sugar but is nicely carbonated to remind you of its beerness.

Draft pour. Nice dark brown color with a thin white head. Looks thick and inviting. Strong malt nose, with a med-full bodied flavor. Tastes of hops and some toffee flavors, with a a fairly strong alcohol bite. Had a bottle a while back which had a much strong alcohol bite, but this draft had much less bite.Maybe some aging would help mellow the bite? A very good strong ale.