Gouden Carolus Easter (-2006)
Brouwerij Het Anker in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.44
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Disclaimer: This entry is for the vintages of Gouden Carolus Easter Beer from 2006 or before. This is a dark beer. From 2007 onwards the recipe changed to a blond beer.
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7/10
Tried
on 10 Jan 2022
at 18:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown color, small but steady head. Licorice, caramel and cinnamon in aroma and flavor. Sweetish and spicy. Sugary, but also a hint of peach fruit is present. I can taste a touch of alcohol, but it is still very well hidden for its 10% ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
12.04.2017, 0,75l bottle (best before 15.02.2013) shared @ BBGTC tasting:
Small slightly fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head, clear dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry grainy, hay, minerals, "knekk", grain, toast, grass, anise, metal tank, sawdust. Taste is slightly dry mineraly, weeds, grass, anise, minerals, grain, alcohol, bark, dark sugar, metal tank, fruit stones. Medium bitterness, slightly watery and sour-ish grassy mouthfeel. Kind of boring.
Small slightly fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head, clear dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry grainy, hay, minerals, "knekk", grain, toast, grass, anise, metal tank, sawdust. Taste is slightly dry mineraly, weeds, grass, anise, minerals, grain, alcohol, bark, dark sugar, metal tank, fruit stones. Medium bitterness, slightly watery and sour-ish grassy mouthfeel. Kind of boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2018
at 20:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
The original, dark version of this beer, with yellowish, moussy foam leaving pretty lacing on the edge of the glass and dark ruby red colour, clear. Powerful, typical Gouden Carolus aroma with lots of spices, impressions of star aniseed, mint, cherry liqueur, sherry, coughing candy, cloves and chocolate. Sweetish taste, resinous, bitterish spices, very light sourish touch, even a bit of salty ’drop’, light roasted bitterness in the end, bit astringent alcohol. Interesting, rich ale of the Scotch type, meanwhile revised to a blonde one.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2014
at 10:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2005 bottle at Kulminator. Shared with 77ships. Pretty orange-amber color with a low head. Lots of raisin, caramel, and something like smoked cheese in the nose. Lightly oxidated. Tangy orange flavor, prune, raisin, treacle, again something like smoke cheese or even sausage., root beer. Oxidized but still in pretty nice shape.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2013
at 01:38
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
2005 Vintage 75 cl. bottle @ Kulminator shared with KyotoLefty. Pours a dark wood brown, almost mahogany with a surprisingly solid tanned head. Nose is sweet prunes, dark brown sugar, oxidation in good sherry quality. Taste is sweet prunes, jam, dark fruits jam, raisin, dark honey & overripe banana, spices, sweet herbs, good oxidation. Body is a bit thinned out but still holding up. Has aged very nicely as Gouden Carolus beers tend to unlike most beers despite what some might claim. A very nice brew, thx! for the introduction & split.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2013
at 16:01
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
bread, toast, leather, rotten eggs, cooked vegetables, clove, vanilla, floral, golden, cloudy, tan foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, salty, full body, sticky, average carbonation, long finish,
Tried
on 25 Jan 2012
at 09:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Home. BBD = 310107. Pours clear dark embony brown with a creamy offwhite head, fine lacings on the glass. Aroma of licorice, raisins and other dark fruit, bit of sweet bread, caramel, port. Taste is sweet licorice, bready malts, chocolate and som spices, cinnamon / cloves. Medium body, soft carbonation. Overall aged very well, and ill buy again given the chance. 060111
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2011
at 13:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of tarheels86, thank you sir. Dark brown color, small head, little lacing. Aroma of in foil, and the candied coating used on chocolate easter eggs. Taste is chocolate candy and Worcestershire sauce, with a metallic edge. If you have a bottle of this, I would lay it down for a couple of years, in the hope that it might improve!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2010
at 13:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from matt7215. Thanks man. Pours a very dark red tinged amber with a two finger light tan head. Aroma suggests spiced cola. Full bodied with very creamy carbonation. Flavor is plummy chocolate. Decent amount of bitter. Quite spicey in a non-biting way. It’s really tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2009
at 22:36