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Gulden Draak

Gulden Draak

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96
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An Abt/Quadrupel brewed by
Brouwerij Van Steenberge

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
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on tap
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9993.79/5.03.79/5.010.5%68.3 Trappist glass P  Stats

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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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 AmEricanbrew (924), Swamp Shreveport, Left Coast, Louisiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20

May 13, 2008  
Brilliant clear copper color with a frothy khaki head. Nice candi sugar sweet aroma with some earthy barnyard. Medium bodied with a frothy mouthfeel. Earthy sweet musty melon flavors at first turns to spicy yeast in the middle, with a drying bitterness in the finish. Another most tasty Belgianbrew.

 Mogwai (186), Askeby, Denmark
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/518/20
Sep 7, 2008  
Tap at Ĝlbaren. Pours a dark brown colour with white head. Tasted at a pub crawl. It was free and great. Very vinouos aroma and flavor with dark fruits, caramel, syrup. Malts and sugar. Lovely. And free that day :-)


 mmm///beer (546), Austin, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/517/20
Sep 4, 2008  
11.2 oz bottle in trade from mar-thank you! Served in trappist glass- poured brownish amber with copper tints, low-medium carbonation, clump of off tan bubbles in the middle for a head, some spotting lacing. Aroma of alcohol, brown sugar, and figs. Hits the mouth with a well defined medium body, very sticky throughout, tons of flavors ranging from candy sugar to hardwood to allspice, finish lingers around until you take another sip. It’s not Westy 12, but it’s real close...


 KyotoLefty (113), Kyoto, Japan
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/517/20
Sep 1, 2008  
Dark reddish brown, huge tan head. Enticing aroma of fruit, spice, whiskey, figs, caramel. Huge flavor of caramel/molasses, figs, spices, maple syrup. The aroma is just a bit too faint, but the flavor is great. Slightly lighter in body than I expected.


 cbkschubert (1573), Skyline, Arizona, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 31, 2008  
33 cl bottle - Pours a deep amber color with a 3/4 finger thick off white head that faded somewhat quickly for a Belgian ale. Very light lacing. Aroma is mainly esters, light malt and alcohol. Well, flavor is much of the same. I think the alcohol detracts from this beer. Medium body. A decent beer.


 ucusty (1077), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Poured deep ruby red with a nice, long lasting tan head. Lightly roasty and mostly chocolate malts with a hint of brett. Soft and thick palate - reminded me of a chocolate milkshake! The finish was full of dark sugar and warming alcohol. Overall this beer is a little too hot




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