Bière du Boucanier Golden Ale
Brouwerij Van Steenberge in Ertvelde, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.59
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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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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber beer with a huge cvream colored head. Yeasty, bready, spicy aroma. Malty, estery fruit flavor with yeast and spice. Medium body. Yeast, spice, breadiness, and light fruit linger. Nice complexity. Alcohol slightly noticeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2008
at 00:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Cnudde Tasting.. Unclear light amber orange color with a large - huge, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy yeasty, barnyard, horse blanket, yeast sour. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (290308)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2008
at 02:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle AS golden ale: Pours golden with a fluffy white foam. Aroma is yeasty & fresh with quite a lot of hops & sour notes. Flavor is warm & the alcohol is quite visible - a bit harsh. Sticky & oily palate - medium bodied. Woody, fruity (peach) & yeasty with some spicy hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2008
at 15:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy yellow with a big white head.æ Brett dominates the aroma, which is otherwise sweet and yeasty. Sweetish rett flavour with alcohol showing. So, reading the other reviews, I see that this bottle was infected, but something tells me I like it better this way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2008
at 07:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33 cL bottle@fonefan/Brugmansia’s Cnudde tasting. Pours hazy yellow with a lasting white head. Dry woody and brett aroma. Sweet and light brett flavoured. Slight plastic note. Sweet caramel and yeasty flavoured in addition. Ends lingering caramel malty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2008
at 12:59
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
This ale poured a light golden yellow with a thick white creamy head. To the nose there are scents of yeast, passion fruit and floral hopps. First taste was thin/lacking in flavour at first but yet an almost oily mouthfeel. The finish is hoppy with flavours of apples, yeast and hopps. Palate is hoppy, floral and bitter.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2008
at 19:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(33 cl bottle from Systembolaget) Acidic scent, also spicy and fruity. Shady and particle golden look, fluffy white head. Spicy and smoke phenolic taste. Spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Spicy aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2007
at 11:01
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Big coarse white head. Hazy yellow body with carbonation. Mealy empty alcoholic aroma. Intense sharp dry fruity alcoholic taste. Notes of hops, too. Aftertaste is dry and spicy. Noticeable alcohol heat. Not that successful. Too one-dimensional with all the alcohol and bitterness. (0.33l bottle from Dorstvlegel.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2007
at 03:09