Gulden Draak

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

loved this beer. It has a warm, sweet and satisfying flavor. The alcohol comes through with a friendly glow rather than a harsh burn. A great way to end a day with.

330mL bottle - pours a dark brown into chalice. Aroma is roasted caramel and malts. Flavour is huge - malt-toffee, quite hoppy and a little sweet. The high ABV is noticeable, but well done. One of my favourite Belgians.

Drank it with rcasta, rsamayoa and dageek in the Pepeshka while traveling in la bocana. Medium bodied, creamy texture and mouthfeel. Nice and balanced a tad sweet like toffee.

Aroma of powdered sugar, currant and roasted caramel. Dark reddish brown, with creamy carbonated head. Flavor of warm brown sugar, roasted caramel, ripe plum and currant. Lively, yet creamy palate. Almost like drinking dessert.

Wow very beer has flavors of raisin, plum, has a nice malty flavor to it also. A lot better then I was expecting, pours a nice creamy head. Actually tastes similar to Rocheford 10

Bottle from Sam’s in Durham. Pours dark hazy brown with reddish tint. Not much head to speak of, but what’s there is beige. Nose offers lots of Belgian sugar, some yeast and dark fruits -- in particular, golden raisins, concord grapes, and plums. Bit of metallic notes. Boozy, and with a heavy palate. Good for splitting a bottle, but a bit much (and a bit one-dimensional) overall.

Out of a 750ml bottle, poured dark amber or reddish brown whichever is your fancy. Had a decent size head that dissipates to a manageable small amount. Smells of lots of malt, caramel, Belgian candi sugar, and perhaps a slight hint of dark/black cherry as you start to drink it down. Flavor definitely has a malt/sugary taste but also combined with a fruit flavor possibly the cherry or another fruit. Mildly hoppy at best which is probably good for a tripel/quad like this where the hops aren’t meant to shine through. Warming almost within a few sips of the glass with a decent amount of carbonation. Overall a good beer which is what I was hoping/expecting from the reviews I’ve read of it.

On tap at the Cheeky Monk in Denver. Is this a tripel or a quad? Sort of in the middle. Reddish-brown in color with a large foamy off-white head. Aroma is caramel, candi sugar, spices, and dark fruits. Flavor is caramel malt, toffee, candi sugar, plum, raisin, spices, mild hops, and some metallic notes. Pretty sweet. Would be very good if not for the slight metallicity. Palate is medium-full with fairly high carbonation and some alcohol warmth.