Gouden Carolus Easter (2010-2013)
Brouwerij Het Anker in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Spring Out of Production|
Score
7.16
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
6 November 2021. Vintage bottle via Gentse Biervereniging. BB: 02/2012, rest of the label as good as ruined, so my guess is the 2010 edition. Hazy dark amber-brown, thin, foamy tan head. Aroma of candi sugar, burnt caramel, cinnamon, liquorice, biscuit, peanut, brown rum, date, raisin, ripe pear. Taste has sweet date, apple & pear in a ripe, oxidized way; caramelly and biscuity maltiness supporting spicy liquorice, herbs & faint nuts. Herbal hoppy finish, lots of dried fruits, caramel, candi sugar and warming brown rum-like alcohol. Full body, oily-syrupy texture, soft carbonation. Sweet, rich and satisfying; I guess the ageing really toned down the herbal-spicy notes.
Swiatecznie. Pycha!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
0,75L bottle (shared by FatPhil, thanks!), BB 17.02.15. Pours copper with light brownish head. The head stays for some time. Aroma is sweet, caramel, dark fruits. Flavor sweet, dark fruits, plums, caramel, and fennel. Overall: very nice brew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Murky deep brown liquid with medium light tan head. Aroma of vanilla, licorice, toffee, bread and dried fruit. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with notes of licorice, vanilla and raw sugar. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Nice.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
On tap t’ Antwaerps Bierhuyske, Antwerpen. Pfuj, undorÃtó. Gejl és tolakodó.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
How: Bottle.
Where: From Systembolaget, had at home.
Appearance: Amber colour with a white head.
Aroma: Dried fruit, anise, caramel, raisin, alcohol.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Liquorice, spices, fruit, plum, alcohol. A bit too much alcohol that shines through in the finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Black licorice jelly beans, an Easter tradition, now in a bottle. Lots of anise and licorice in the aroma and taste, brown/black body with silky, but full, beige head. Sweet malt smell, licorice and ouzo on the finish, some slight alcohol warmth. This a new Easter tradition I could get used to!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Very dark brown colour. Aroma of aniseed balls. Flavours of very sweet aniseed and some liquorice. Rich and silky. Good quality but flavours are not to my taste.