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Gulden Draak 3.78 1256

Gulden Draak

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

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
12563.79/5.03.78/5.010.5%75.3Trappist 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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 stobbe74 (714), Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20

Nov 4, 2009  
Bottle, 33cl. Pours a brown muddy beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is raisin and prunes. The flavor is alcohol and prunes. The palate is alcoholwarmth. Overall a good beer.

PolishHammer (79), , Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/515/20
Jan 6, 2010  
Pours a dark brown, slightly translucent. Nice 2 finger head that dissapates quickly. Aroma is sweet, caremlized sugars and malt. Taste is sweet, subtle roasted malt, a bit of puckering sourness, fruity, with an almost metallic aftertaste that I could do without. Palate-wise, the beer is a bit too carbonated, with tightly nit bubbles tickling the tongue. Even with it’s issues, still a great tasting and very enjoyable beer!


 thehurt01 (209), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 5, 2010  
The beer poured a nice darkbrown with a light brown head. the smell is of sweet malts, prune, and brown sugar. The taste is sweet but not too much. good carbonation.


 skoll (151), Traverse City, Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/105/517/20
Jan 1, 2010  
Deep, reddish brown with a coffee-froth head that mostly disappears. The nose is like the inside of an apple pie: baked apples and cinnamon. It’s lightly carbonated and has a fig / raison & fig sweet taste, somewhat herbal bite. In the aftertaste, this bite progresses into a light burning/warmth at the back of the throat. Nice brew that I could not afford to drink on a regular basis.


 yobdoog (1543), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Dec 31, 2009  
Dark golden pour with a fluffy dense head. Aroma is sweet, some mellow fruit and faint bitterness and caramel. Flavor is big, sweet, nice spice level and alcohol. Big creamy body and lots of sugary toffee sweetness and spice with a hint of white pepper and candy corn.


 BVery (678), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 30, 2009  
Bottle (small sample). Red/brown pour, thin tan head. Mildly sour nose - fruity. Taste was toffee, caramel, and some sour fruit. Not my favorite. May need to try in a larger quantity to get the full bouquet.


 ebarnes (220), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 30, 2009  
355ml bottle. Pours deep orange-amber. Almost brown. Small head that vanishes quickly. Nose is fruity and flowery. Taste is real, real smooth. The high alcohol level is very well disguised. Very nice beer.


WayOuttaTune (9), Alabama, USA
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3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 26, 2009  
An interesting Ale. Very light tasting of fruits. Smells same. I didn’t think it was thick enough to eat but it definitely has substance. It poured brown and tasted fine. I like this one and would buy it again.



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