BMan1113VR (8092) reviewed

Gladiator from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij

5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5

Can thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a clear golden body and a large white head. Aromas of metal, grain, corn, lemon, herbs, baked biscuit and alcohol. Flavors are very sweet, big time marzipan/sweet almond paste, cardboard, alcohol, corn, grain. Very candy like. Sickly sweet. Some bitterness as well. Creamy carbonation. Boozy. Not enough flavor to justify the alcohol. Not horrible, but... Really a malt liquor IMHO (even if it is all malt).

Tried from Can on 22 Dec 2010 at 21:04

Deanso (16140) reviewed

Gladiator from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij

15 years ago

5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5

50cl can. Pale colour. Not much head. Not a bad beer just not very moreish. A bit too sweet without any complex flavours

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2010 at 12:22

ogivlado (20674) reviewed

Gladiator from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij

16 years ago

3.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4

Canned 500ml. -Found at random Albert Heijn market in Amsterdam. Dark golden coloured, medium sized white head, alcoholic nose. The taste is strong alcoholic again, some notes of bread and glue and that’s it. Did I mention alcohol???

Tried from Can on 26 Nov 2009 at 09:40

Marko (23910) reviewed

Gladiator from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij

16 years ago

3.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4

0.5l can, brewed by Grolsch? courtesy of and shared with ogivlado (thanks!) Poured a medium sized thick white head that went away at a medium pace. Slightly darker golden body. Soft malty nose mixing with some alcohol. Alcohol going gluey in the taste (drvofix again), some soft maltiness ending dry, pear. Soapy as it warms. Some light bitterness in the end. If this came from Eastern Europe or some American macro it’d probably be in the mid to lower 1’s. And that is exactly how much it deserves. Heck, I feel like I’m overrating it. Had far, faaaar better beers both in the ESL and possibly Malt Liquor categories.

Tried from Can on 18 Nov 2009 at 07:00

Beer5000 (11571) reviewed

Gladiator from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij

17 years ago

4.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5

300 ml bottle. Golden body with a white head. Aroma is light malty, hay and alcohol. Flavor is sweet malt with too much alcohol. Pretty primitive and not balanced at all.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2009 at 13:51

fonefan (85958) reviewed

Gladiator from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij

17 years ago

5.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5

Bottle 30cl. @ home.Clear medium yellow orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, sugar, light to moderate hoppy, light light alcoholic. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, and a alcohol warm finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20090304]

Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2009 at 02:22

yespr (55609) reviewed

Gladiator from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij

17 years ago

4.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4

50 cL can. Pours clear and golden orange with a white and slowly collapsing head. Light grassy and dense alcohol aroma. Sweet syrupy flavoured with a light toasted malt presence and somewhat bitter flavoured into the finish. Slight throat burning alcohol dense finish.

Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2009 at 00:45

fiulijn (28377) reviewed

Gladiator from Gulpener Bierbrouwerij

17 years ago

3.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 1 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5

Courtesy of Philippe (Bov)
Hazy copper color. Strange aroma, fruits, band-aid, alcohol. Medium body strength, the mouthfeel is a bit oily, there is a sweetish and reasonable malt flavor, all spoiled by a too high alcohol and band-aid feeling. Undrinkable.

Tried on 07 Jan 2009 at 00:09