Gulden Draak

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

UPDATED: APR 5, 2010 Draft at finchs Bloomington.. pours a dark caramel brown with a medium light beige head... Aroma dark raisin. crystal malt and honey... Flavors are predominantly sweet with dark fruit raisin prune and sweet sugary candy malt. Creamy motuhfeel overall.

Brown woth reddish glow, medium tanned head. Aroma of fruits, some yeast, chocolate and liquorice. Flavour is liquorice hoppy bitterness and sweetness of caramel and fruit at the same time. Very full, and flavours lingers on for a bot. Very nice.

One of my favorite trips. POurs syrup like and gives malt notes on the nose with deep complex notes of molassess/burnt sugar. It finishes with some nice light hops.

Home tasting from a specialty six pack of six different belgium style beers, this is the third of the six I tried. This isn’t the first time I’ve this bad boy, but to be honest I liked it a lot better this time than I remember liking it in the past... A bit off the old beaten path for this Tripel, it’s much darker, thicker, creamier than others of it’s style. I don’t remember what I disliked about it in my past experiences... maybe just because its so far off from its style designation, but it was a nice change of pace after the Bornem Tripel that I had right before it. I’m still not quite as sold as other ratebeerians, but I strongly recommend giving it a try none-the-less.

Pours a darkish red/brown. Aromas of spice, coriander, yeast, and alcohol. Flavor has an alcohol taste to it, mixed with a nice smoky dark fruit. Also has a strong hint of spice.

UPDATED: APR 14, 2010 On tap at the Bavarian Lodge. Slightly hazy walnut with an off white head that lasted quite a while. The aroma was a nice mix of toffee, dark fruits, white grapes, and Belgian yeast. The flavor was sweet grapes, caramel, trappist yeast, faint herbal hops. The finish has quite a bit of alcohol on it, but it’s not overpowering. Dense but light on the tongue, with soft carbonation. Reminds me of a Rochefort 8, but a little sweeter and alcoholic. Good stuff.

Bottle. It smells very malty, some wine and bread. The medium large beige head is creamy with a normal duration, the body is brown. It tasted of wine, very malty, some cookies and caramel. The body is creamy, medium strong with a lively carbonation. A good beer.

Doesn’t really jump out from the quad pack but nevertheless nothing to fault here. Lots of cola and licorice, the latter from the ABV, and a good whack of warming and thick dark fruits on the finish. Almost candy sweet finish, such is the impact of the alcohol.