Friday night it was time for some more aged beer at Kulminator. First I tried an oak aged La Trappe that the monks had brewed for some sort of anniversary and Dirk had bought what they had left after the celebrations. Not aged but worth buying since it is probably not available anywhere else.
La Trappe Quadrupel Quercus
Netherlands
ABV: 10%
Rating: 4
Less fruity than the standard Quadrupel and more rough. A pleasant note of sweet licorice shines trough and I notice that this is also a little sweeter than the standard Quadrupel. As it grows warmer the alcohol starts to taste in a nail-polishing way but that's actually not bad but interesting. Good but not as great as it could have been ageing one of the best beer in the world on an oak barrel.
Gouden Carolus 1987
Belgium
ABV: 8.5% (?)
Rating: 3
I had to try something really old and this is a beer that has been aged for 23 years so it should fit the criteria. When taking a sip from it it is like you let a mouthful enter your mouth but only swallows half of it. It's like it is vanishes into thin air when it contacts oxygen. Intersting. It's also very dry. Unfortunately it's not very drinkable and this is the turning-point in my life where I decide aged beer is nothing for me.
Gouden Carolus
Christmas
Belgium
ABV: 10.5%
Rating: 4
The heaviest licorice-taste I ever tasted in a beer. It's a little like drinking licorice allsorts (the candy) and you just have to like it.
La Trappe Quadrupel Quercus
Netherlands
ABV: 10%
Rating: 4
Less fruity than the standard Quadrupel and more rough. A pleasant note of sweet licorice shines trough and I notice that this is also a little sweeter than the standard Quadrupel. As it grows warmer the alcohol starts to taste in a nail-polishing way but that's actually not bad but interesting. Good but not as great as it could have been ageing one of the best beer in the world on an oak barrel.
Gouden Carolus 1987
Belgium
ABV: 8.5% (?)
Rating: 3
I had to try something really old and this is a beer that has been aged for 23 years so it should fit the criteria. When taking a sip from it it is like you let a mouthful enter your mouth but only swallows half of it. It's like it is vanishes into thin air when it contacts oxygen. Intersting. It's also very dry. Unfortunately it's not very drinkable and this is the turning-point in my life where I decide aged beer is nothing for me.
Gouden Carolus
ChristmasBelgium
ABV: 10.5%
Rating: 4
The heaviest licorice-taste I ever tasted in a beer. It's a little like drinking licorice allsorts (the candy) and you just have to like it.
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