Bière du Boucanier Golden Ale
Brouwerij Van Steenberge in Ertvelde, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.58
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The 'original' Boucanier, commissioned by Icobes (International Company Beers Ltd.). Formerly known as Bière du Boucanier Blonde and based on Piraat or even an alias of it.
From the brand's website:
Queen of the "Belgian Strong Ale" category, the incomparable and renowned golden blond beer, defined in the insert Lekkerbek (Gourmet) of the Belgian daily newspaper Gentenaar of 7 October 2001 as one of the "Three Top" of the "Belgian strong ale & triple ale" category.
It’s the strongest of Boucanier beers with intense and vigorous rich malt taste, powerful and harmonious aftertaste.
For the high quality and excellent taste Boucanier Golden Ale:
- won the golden medal with 3 stars of the “Superior Taste Award 2014” of ITQI in Brussels;
- became a Country Winner in the selection of the "WORLD BEER AWARDS 2019" in the UK;
- won the silver medal at the "LONDON BEER COMPETITION 2019", taking the third place among 350 competing beers from all over the world;
- obtained the "GRAND GOLD 2020", important German award by Frankfurt International Trophy.
It is a typical convivial beer, excellent for meditation and for special celebrations or to drink with gourmet foods.
Perfect tasting temperature is 46,4-53,6 °F / 8-12 °C.
INGREDIENTS: Water, Barley malt, Sugar, Rice, Hops, Yeast
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Alcohol content ABV 11%
Plato 22°P
Bitterness IBU 30
Color EBC 15
From the brand's website:
Queen of the "Belgian Strong Ale" category, the incomparable and renowned golden blond beer, defined in the insert Lekkerbek (Gourmet) of the Belgian daily newspaper Gentenaar of 7 October 2001 as one of the "Three Top" of the "Belgian strong ale & triple ale" category.
It’s the strongest of Boucanier beers with intense and vigorous rich malt taste, powerful and harmonious aftertaste.
For the high quality and excellent taste Boucanier Golden Ale:
- won the golden medal with 3 stars of the “Superior Taste Award 2014” of ITQI in Brussels;
- became a Country Winner in the selection of the "WORLD BEER AWARDS 2019" in the UK;
- won the silver medal at the "LONDON BEER COMPETITION 2019", taking the third place among 350 competing beers from all over the world;
- obtained the "GRAND GOLD 2020", important German award by Frankfurt International Trophy.
It is a typical convivial beer, excellent for meditation and for special celebrations or to drink with gourmet foods.
Perfect tasting temperature is 46,4-53,6 °F / 8-12 °C.
INGREDIENTS: Water, Barley malt, Sugar, Rice, Hops, Yeast
golden 75.png
Alcohol content ABV 11%
Plato 22°P
Bitterness IBU 30
Color EBC 15
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6.5/10
33 cl 330 ml - 0,33 l, bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2025
at 15:18
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
fruity aroma, lots of yeastiness to it. Found it think though, the bitterness is there, but again, its think. i’m getting a bit of an alcohol harshness. meh, not special
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 06:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
[as La Biere du Boucanier Golden Ale] Bottiglia. Il naso viene catturato dall'orzo. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera normale e la maniera in cui permane è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di consistenza limpida. Il colore è giallo dorato carico. Il corpo è pieno. L'amaro è di media potenza. La forza gustativa è elevata e permane in maniera sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. Sul tetto della bocca si trovano sentori di miele, pane cotto di recente, agrumi, frutta secca, arancia e frutta passita.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2025
at 07:41
6/10
Tried
on 29 Dec 2024
at 12:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle 0,33ltr: Heavy alcohol golden brew thats very sweet, really sweet, with some hints of fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Servida en tulipa, haciendo gala de una de las etiquetas mas horribles que haya visto en una cerveza. Color dorado claro, velada, espuma blanca muy abundante y más que duradera diría que casi indestructible. En nariz aroma a malta, levadura, pan, fruta de hueso, especias. En boca notas de cereal, levadura, especias, algo de fruta madura...y mucho alcohol. El alcohol esta muy presente, calienta el gaznate que da gusto, desde luego hay que ser bien bucanero para engancharse a esta cerveza.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2024
at 23:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 330mL bottle (stamped 07/06/03; fiulijnator cellar). Hazed dull deep orange gold with small white head and some sediment. Caramel, honey cough candy-esque, simple, the other flavours most definitely fell off with age, but for it's age, it's still quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2023
at 02:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml @ Ryan's shared by Alex. BB 07-Jun-2003. Probably was brewed in 2000. Appearance: hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: sweet, nice caramel, fruity. Pretty pleasant. Taste: along the same lines, quite sweet, lots of caramel, and vanilla. Overall: candy cup, surprised that it hold up this well.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Oct 2023
at 02:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Eingetrübte goldene Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger, fruchtiger, alkoholischer Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig, fruchtig, deutlich alkoholisch. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2022
at 12:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Beer&Food Attraction, in Rimini, Italy. Pours blond, transparent, with very fine white foam. Aroma is cereal and phenolic. Body is dense, sticky, with quite an alcoholic feeling. Taste is both cereal and alcohol sweetness, and a good bitterness too. Final is sweet but not particularly long.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2022
at 07:15