Het Anker Gouden Carolus Classic

Het Anker Brewery still brews "The Emperor’s Beer" which is top-fermented and bottle conditioned following traditional methods. Its high gravity (O.G. 1080-85) combines the warmth of wine and the freshness of beer. Gouden Carolus is one of the strongest and most exciting beers in the world. After lengthy maturing and conditioning, it is bottled unfiltered, giving a beer which is rich in vitamins and 100% natural. Gouden Carolus has unlimited storage (it even improves with age) and will charm you with its warm coppery colour and rich bouquet.

3.8

1682 reviews

Mechelen, Belgium

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4.3 0,33l bottle. A clear dark brown beer with a disappearing creamy beige head. Aroma has notes of dark fruits, caramel, chocolate, spices and brown sugar. Sweet flavour with notes of roasted matls, toffee, raisins and caramel. Spicy caramelly aftertaste.

3.9 Light sweet aroma of brown sugar, nuts & dried fruits. Clear brown with a low long lasting tanned head. Medium sweet & light dry taste. Full bodied, oily texture & average carbonation.

4.0 Sweet

5.0 Vraiment délicieuse !

4.2 Bière bue lors d'un barbecue, robe brune, très bonne, pas trop caramélisée, un peu forte tout de même 😊

3.6 Old rating - 330ml bottle, pours brown with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of dried fruits, berries, caramel, bread, toffee, spice, bread & malt. Medium body. Long finish

3.8 Lekker

4.3 Aus der Flasche (bbe 03.12.2016) im 2021-05 getrunken. Dieser überreife dunkle Belgier kommt mit einer tollen Balance und immer noch mit einer Süße daher, die sich trotz seines Alters noch nicht abgebaut hat. Der Körper ist schön kräftig ohne aufdringlich zu sein. Ein elegantes Malzmonster!

4.2 Bottle. A surprise it's unrated. Nose is pear drops, plums, raisin, hint of banana, malt, toffee. Taste is toffee, slight caramel, dark fruit, plum, raisins, hints of smoke, pear drops, banana, fruity, nut, touch of spice, hint of medicinal hop, bread. It's been a while since I've drunk it, and enjoyed it far more than my memory of it.

3.7 Brown with tan head. Caramel, cigarbox, furniturevarnish. Sweet, dark fruits, recin. A bit too sweet, a little undercarbonated, still drinkable.

4.0 Espuma fina beige amb bona persistència. Aroma maltos i dolç amb punt especiat característic. Gust complex, ple de matisos. Panses, caramel, torrat... Molt bona

4.1 Dark brown in color, wonderfully thick head. This is a dark beer, though surprisingly balanced. Fruity and heavy. Intense flavors of honey, toffee and malt. Long finish, intense aromas. Sweet liquid bread, in short. Drink on its own.

3.9 Biere dite dark mais je ne suis pas trop d accord car pour moi c est une ambrée. Même au goût je suis sur des note des de fruit rouge et non de chocolat ou café comme une stout. Par contre biere très bonne ,gourmande,je me suis régalé je la conseille mais pas comme une stout.

4.6 Heel erg lekker, zoete afdrank.

3.6 Bottle from bierhandel Willems. Deep brown body with a medium offwhite head. Malt, caramel, nutty, spices. Sweetness. Good.

3.9 2 years in a bottle Nose. Dried fruits, wine notes, caramel. Taste. Malt, a little raisins, caramel and dark rotten fruits and low tints of chocolate. Delicious beer, perfect balance.

3.7 330ml bottle from Trembling Madness. Brown with a short lived off white head. Candy and malt aroma, flavour is broadly similar. It's nice, but not outstanding

4.0 bottiglia 33 cl, bel cappello di schiuma beige fine persistente, color ambrato carico limpido, al naso vino Porto zucchero di canna caramello vaniglia frutta rossa, in bocca caramello frutta matura vaniglia uvetta sotto spirito nocciola e leggero tostato, carbonazione forte che la rende molto bevibile e bilanciata, corpo strutturato, l’alcool si sente ma non disturba, molto dolce con amaro moderato. Un must. Molto molto buona. 12.03.21 c. Fatti una birra

4.3 Bottle @ home. Armata carica quasi marrone, velata, schiuma beige fine e persistente. Aroma intensa e complesso. Fruttato, frutta rossa, pasta frolla, burro fuso, diacetile, frutta secca, nocciola e mandorla, erbaceo da luppolo. Dolce amabile, pasta frolla, frutta rossa, marmellata di fragole, caramello, leggera tostatura, finale Luppolato leggermente secco. Calda carbonatazione media rotonda. Equilibrata e armonica.

3.7 Malty caramel and hint of coffee darkness. Sweet and luxurious.

3.9 330ml bottle delivered from the Blue Boar and drunk at home. Golden brown, only slightly translucent with a quickly dissipating beige head. Dates and figs, a touch of brandy, caramel and brown sugar in the aroma. Sweet initial taste, big stone fruit flavours, succumbing to a lightly medicinal hop bitterness closer to the long finish. More caramel and fig in the aftertaste. Medium to heavy carbonation. Incredible stuff.

1.0 Niet zo lekker

3.9 Bottle Nice Belgian dark strong. It has yeasty thing, just right carbonation, dried dark fruits, maybe plums. Not that high on alcohol. Goodie

4.4 Deep red brown color, beige head. Belgian yeast nose, caramel, raisins, hint of brandy. Taste is Slight Sweet taste, dried fruit, raisins, Belgian yeast, slight dark rum and Medium body. Lovely 🤪

4.3 @ Home - da GrandCru Firenze

4.4 Erg lekker donker rood bier.

4.1 Deep red brown color, beige head. Belgian yeast nose, caramel, raisins, candi sugar, hint of brandy. Sweet taste, dried fruit, raisins, Belgian yeast, moderate bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. 8, 4, 8, 4, 17

3.3 Lekker. Had iets zachter gemogen

4.1 Lekker

3.4 Fles gedeeld door Inoven. Het is een helder robijnrood bier met een volle beige schuimkraag. Het aroma van pruimen en caramel. Smaak is fruitig en caramelachtig met een licht hoppige afdronk.