Het Anker Gouden Carolus Cuvée Van De Keizer Imperial Dark (Blauw Label)
Every year on the 24th of February, the birthday of "Charles the fifth", the Brewery brews the Gouden Carolus "Cuvee of the Emperor" in a limited quantity and with an eye on the highest quality and tradition.
This unique brewing, with only extra fine Belgian hops and with a higher alcohol level, guarantees a better evolution in the time, than the already known Gouden Carolus Classic.
The 75cl bottles are closed with a quality cork. Excellent to store several years. This exceptional ale ages well, developing a refined complexity and intense aromas. With powerful notes of roasted malts, caramel and plums, its surprisingly soft and fruity aroma combines a warm roundness with a refreshing taste. An imperial brew to cherish and enjoy in moderation.
Was 8% abv in 2000-2002, 10% in 2003 and 11% in 2004.
DISCLAIMER: This is a dark beer and the label has a blue diagonal line.
This unique brewing, with only extra fine Belgian hops and with a higher alcohol level, guarantees a better evolution in the time, than the already known Gouden Carolus Classic.
The 75cl bottles are closed with a quality cork. Excellent to store several years. This exceptional ale ages well, developing a refined complexity and intense aromas. With powerful notes of roasted malts, caramel and plums, its surprisingly soft and fruity aroma combines a warm roundness with a refreshing taste. An imperial brew to cherish and enjoy in moderation.
Was 8% abv in 2000-2002, 10% in 2003 and 11% in 2004.
DISCLAIMER: This is a dark beer and the label has a blue diagonal line.
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1929 reviews
Mechelen, Belgium
Community reviews
Dark brown. Smells of dark fruits and bread. Flavours are dark fruits, caramel, faint notes of chocolate and slight port. Perfect balance and lovely mature taste. Great beer
amooth sweet and great
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Flad cremet
Årgang 2002
This is the best and tastiest beer I've tasted.
Fruits, caramel, faint notes of chocolate, port and many more shades of all, all in perfect balance and impeccable taste. Masterpiece!!
2019 vintage. Pours dark brown, with reddish hints if seen through light. About one finger of slightly off-white head. Decent retention, especially for the abv. Aroma shows a base of sweet malts: caramel, light chocolate, but also a roasted hint. A touch of fruitiness (figs?). A warming feel. Overall a fine/soft kind of aroma, especially for such high abv. Taste feels a bit more potent. Nice malts complexity: caramel, light chocolate, light roasted hints. Dried/dark fruits. There is a warming, slight port-like feel, but the alcohol is perfectly hidden. The beer is overall obviously sweet but always in very good balance, thanks to strenght and to a touch of earthiness in the finish. The aftertaste is a clean, lightly fruity one. Dense in body as obvious, perhaps not so much for the abv; light to medium, delicate carbonation. Overall, a semi-thick but soft, nicely creamy mouthfeel. I was maybe expecting something more complex/rich, but this beer finds excellent balance and drinkability for such a strong beer, and feels like a fine, soft strong ale.
Very good. Smooth, great Aroma, flavorful but not too thick. ABV is definitely there.
It pours dark brown with a tan head. Head retention is medium. Malty rich aromas with strong dark fruits. It has caramel notes with plums and dried cherries. There is some spice in support. It also has light perfumy notes in the background as well. The malt flavors are highlighted by deep caramel and a bit of bread. There are plums and dried cherries with a bit of a molasses like element to it. There is a bit of spice well in the background. It has a medium full body with a dry finish in spite of the initial sweetness. Overall, for such a strong alcohol beer, the alcohol is pleasant and warming without any harsh alcohols. A good combination of flavors from the malt, hops and yeast.
Flaska (2020). Aningen disig brunfärgad med ett smutsvitt skum. Dofter av marsipan, torkad frukt, trä och choklad. Smakinslag av marsipan, karamell, torkad frukt, vanilj, trä och färska fikon. Medel mot stor kropp.
God, men mye alkohol. Bør ev. lagres noen år.
cuvee 2017 provata il 31 dicembre 2020
una birra eccezionale, molto complessa ed equilibrata,
a gusto si sente una miscela caramellato prugne con una nota finale lungissima e piacevole, nessuna amarezza, noon si sente l'alcol
vale molto la pena di farla invecchiare, un equilibrio stupendo e raro
come un vino eccezionale
2017 750ml bottle at home, 23rd December 2020. Pours a chestnut brown. Aroma is heady, dark fruit and molasses, booze, and wood. Taste is rich fruit, wood, marzipan, dates and prunes. Good and solid Quad
Cuvee 2017. Pours dark brown with thin beige lasting head. A special version of one of my favorite regular beers ‘Gouden Carolus Classic’
Slightly sweeter and spicier nose and palet. Nice one for special occasions.
Bottle from Pivný raj
Pours dark ruby.
Rich dark chocolate on nose. Tastes sweetish. Dark chocolate, raisins, dark berries. Sticky, oily mouthfeel. Warming alcohol.
Delicious
Flasa u Peta. Vona vyrazna alkoholova karamelova. Farba rubinova. Chut sladka vyrazna alkoholova silna.
Malty and slightly fruity aroma. Malty and dark berries in the taste. Good bitterness that fills the upper part of the mouth for a decent while. Good beer. Follow me @ Kung av öl @ Facebook for more pictures and ratings.
2017 batch.
Smell-weak to medium, caramel, Belgian, malt, pleasant.
Foam - sweet, caramel, Belgian yeast, acidic. Head is small, light brown-white, coffee foam color.
Appearance - re-sealable bottle, label etched on the bottle. Very dark brown color, close to being black. No visible carbonation.
From - snifter
Taste - caramel, sweet, alcohol, malt, Belgian yeast, acidic. Some cola taste to it. A fine Belgian, alcohol is definitely here but is still somewhat hidden. Might buy a bottle just to age it a bit more. This one is from 2017.
Dark ale, good head. Wonderful creamy and smooth aromas, subtle caramel, red fruits and roasted notes. The taste is basically an extension of the smell. Full body, creamy, smooth and very well balanced complexity of flavours. The good subtle mature and red fruits sweetness is nicely balanced with the roatsed caramel malty notes and subtile bitterness. A somewhat smoother, less 'sharp' version of the Whisky Infused dark ale. Wonderful.
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark reddish brown, with very fine white foam. Aroma is malty, figs, molasses. Body is fairly dense, with very moderate carbonation. Taste is medium-high sweet. Final is average in length, with some more sweetness.
Red apples, plums, caramel. Quite sweet, a bit too sweet although with some lingering bitterness.
Pours chestnut brown with light brown top. Nose is hay, ham and wood barrel. Body is thin with good carbondioxid. Taste is sweet, roasted malt, brown sugar and wet oak with a warm alcohol finish. K
Absolutely awesome quadruple beer. One of my best to date. Not that easy to source. But will grab when i can. Ticks all the boxes. Looks great. Great mouthfeel. Malty and sweet, just great.
Dark Amber with rich head and nose of chestnut and sweet hops and malts. Taste is round and chestnut with siroup line character. Palate long and sweet with same tastes coming alo g.
Deep brown, white head, good curtain. Brown sugar, coffee, caramel, umami. Quite sweet, but balanced and very tasty.
75cl bottle (2015 vintage) at Noorderplantsoen, courtesy of Gyhallmanti. Appearance: dark brown with medium sized beige head. Aroma: caramel to molasses, plums, red fruits and rose hips. Taste: high sweetness and medium bitterness. Notes of plums, red fruits, caramel and molasses. Palate: medium bodied, oily texture ad soft carbonation. Overall: good stuff! Drinking this after a vintage Kasteel Donker, you definitely notice the fruitiness and complexity of this beer. A great classic.
75cl bottle split with SimonBlok, emjolnir and a3aan_uit. Bottle from 2015. Pours a brown colour with a small head which quickly dissipates. Aroma of caramel, dark malt, slight chocolate, dark ripe fruit, slight yeast. Taste is medium sweet, medium bitter with a moderate dry finish. Notes of caramel, dark malt, prunes, ripe fruit, slight licorice. Texture is oily, medium carbonation
Good taste, the Belgien yeast is really in there.
Overall, a really good beer.
The best
Aroma; roasted malts, nut tart, spices, herbs. Look; enters when uncorked with a great POFF, nice lacing stripes, big beige head on silky mahogany body. Taste; roasted malts, soft nut fudge, plums, roasted syrup, prunes, dried apricot, mocca notes, n finishes as sherry-wannabe. Feel; good body n co². Overall; it`s a bit too much. Where's the bedroom? . [cleaning garaž solo tasting, btl@Norway's Healthy Fluids Chain]
Light brown appearance. Aroma is cherry, malt, dark fruits, liquorice and aniseed. Flavour is sweet, syrup, cherry, malt, raisin, liquorice and treacle.
Birra ambrata scura, marrone, limpida ma poco trasparente. Schiuma color avorio, fine e persistente. Al naso risulta dolce con un finale alcolico. Al palato cioccolato, vaniglia, alcool e lieve amarognolo sul finale.