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Gulden Draak

Percentile
97
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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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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 MaltOMeal (653), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 17, 2009  
bottle. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Nose is of raisin and dark fruit. Taste is of raisin, brown sugar and almost bubblegum, but better. Mouthfeel is thick and creamy, sweet and sticky. Nice.


 KornDogg (184), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/104/518/20
Sep 16, 2009  
Dark brown with amber hue, medium white head.. aroma of fruits, raisins with a strong flavor filled with the same along with a bit of tart added... great balance as the sweetness helps to hide the alcohol a bit...


 thirdeye11 (501), Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 15, 2009    Updated: Sep 16, 2009
(draught) Pours a cloudy brown with nice tan head and lace. Nose is vinous, dark tart fruits, maybe light chocolate too. Taste is also tart, tons of dried fruit like figs and raisins, and really nice and creamy. This beer surprised me; my favorite style already and this beer changed what I think about abts for the better.


 wimpie133 (159), Brugge, Belgium
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 13, 2009  
Here it is, my first abt/quadrupel :D This 33 cl bottle beer has a sweet, dark fruited and caramel taste. It looks like a sort of brown-coloured beer with a beige head on it, not lacing however and disappearing. The taste is at first a bit coffee, then caramel and dark fruits, making place for a full malty and sweet taste. A hoppy aftertaste, giving a more sharp finish at the beer. A good one to drink, but it won’t be one of my favorites though.


 fredthecat (186), Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/513/20
Sep 13, 2009  
smells hoppy, sugar, it is orange, and slick and oily. it tastes winey, bright hoppy and like figs.


 BeerChaser0078 (318), Melbourne, Australia
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 11, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a bright copper colour with a beige head that’s short lived. Nose is fairly subdued with hints of toffee, fruitcake and sweet malts, and the flavour is fairly similar, but less restrained. In the mouth brown sugar, caramel, apples and pears all join with the elements of the aroma to create a very nice, pretty unique (in my experience) quad that hides its alcohol well and doesn’t cloy on the palate. Lovely.


mixos (50), Greece
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 7, 2009  
No comments .. this beer is unique. One of my favourites ... If the alcohol was lower .. it would be perfect


 BillKismet (1903), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/104/514/20
Sep 6, 2009  
Warm red-orange, transluscent body with luxorius beiged head. Alcoholic ripe apple nose with some apple pie spice phenolixs mixed in with the boozy apple. Zingy mouthfeel. Piquant malt, apple, and aged cider melanoidin, slightly oxidized. Subdued phenols and esters are in balance. Enjoyable mouthfeel that titillates the tongue. The alcohol is palpable, but not fuselly or overpowering. The sum may be greater than the parts.



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