Gulden Draak

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Appearance: Pours a slightly translucent mahogany with a small gathering of white sudsy film at the top. Aroma: Raisins, sage, red grape skins, and cinnamon. Taste: Grape juice,white rum,pepper, a small dash of cocoa, and some herbal and spicy hops in the finish. Mouthfeel: Full bodied and fizzy. A tad syrupy. Overall: A really spicy, enjoyable thick sipper. Tons of characteristic and flavor.

750ml bottle into a Duvel tulip and chalice. I think this is about two years old. Pours brown with ruby highlights, nice big beige head, very foamy, retains nicely, Some large clumps of lace. Quite attractive. Aroma starts yeasty and a bit funky with raisins, apples, banana, balanced with healthy dose of sweet chocolate, caramel, and toffee malts. Complex and very nice. Flavor sweet chocolate, caramel, malty, with a good balance of apples, raisins and other fruits, some candy sugar and yeast/bread. Sweet overall, but incredibly complex and delicious. Some alcohol warming, but not hot in any way. I can see a fresh bottle having a bit of alcohol burn. Mouthfeel is full and rich, yet prickly carbonation, especially when first poured. The sweetness and fullness can become a tad cloying toward the end. I had passed this by many, many times, despite the beautiful bottle, being under the assumption it was a golden triple which isn’t one of my favorite styles. Really glad I tried this, Gulden Draak is incredible, highly recommended. Great depth, evolves tremendously with temperature. Not your average Tripel by any means.

Pours murky brown with thin tan head. Aroma of dark fruits. Taste if raisins, cherries, and yeast. Medium mouthfeel. Smooth and way too easy drinking at 10.5%.

Pours a dark brown with an herbal spicy smell. Smells and tastes of caramel and toffee. A very bitter tasting beer that allows you to taste every bit of its 10 percent alcohol content. An okay Triple Ale that packs a punch.

Beautiful deep brown cloudy color with a rich cream colored head. Mild sweet aroma. Malty medium sweetness. Medium body, creamy texture with a long finish.

4 ounce taster at Sunset Grill in Allston, MA. Decent beer, but too sweet/syrupy for my taste.

Bottle. Clear amber colour with finde head. Nice sweet and spicey flavour.

Aroma is rich fruits and the sting in my nose of alcohol. Brown copper-gold color,Thin head. Thick mouthfeel, dark fruit taste wth alcohol finish. A strong beer.