Gulden Draak 9000 Quadruple

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

I was wondering if I was ever going to come across this beer. Found a bottle at Sun Devil in Tempe. The squat little 33cl bottle pours with a clear coppery amber sort of body that supports a two minute long tan head. The aroma offers up big sweet apples, plums, blueberries and then boozy heat at the end of the draw. The taste begins in a similar fashion with ripe red apples, brown sugar covered plum meat, sweet cranberry and then some modest boozy heat to warm things up a tad. Nice sipper that seems it will age gracefully.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bottle: Poured a orange brown with a huge fluffy lacing off white head. Aroma is sweet malt and light veggie. Taste was a strong fruit and caramel malt, with lots of alcohol burn. Finish is sticky and a bit metallic.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 9

Bottle at home, darker amber beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, malt, fruit, raisins. Taste is the same, sweet, caramel, malt, raisins, alcohol warmth, nice one

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

May 2013: Shared 330 ml bottle, from Voldby Købmandsgård. ABV is 10.5%. Deep golden to amber colour, moderate off-white head. Classic Belgian dubbel & quadruple aroma, notes of brown kandij sugar, dark dried fruits and mild spices. Same elements in the flavour, easy drinking for a quadruple.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

Lovely and fruity. Similar taste to the St Bernardus 12, but a little less full-bodied and a little more refreshing. Beautiful warming ice cream aftertaste that lingers quite well. Very impressed!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

330ml bottle from Central City. Clear copper pour with a creamy ivory head; a ring stayed behind. Spicy nose, yet not strong, along with dark fruit. Full bodied. Fine flavour, dark fruit, yeast, and a spiciness. Sweetish finish.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

Pours out a dark golden brown and cloudy hue after only pouring out a inch of liquid. There is a massavive head that just clings on forever. The aroma is just really nothing. The mouthfeel is like drinking cement. The taste is very complex wth sweet Barleywine notes.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Strong aroma has fruity, yeasty, and subtle malty notes plus a hint of caramel. It pours a clear coppery orange-brown with a fluffy, respectable pale wheat head. Satisfying flavor has a malty core with fruity and caramel notes and more than a hint of honey. The alcohol bite makes itself known, adding to the smooth yet lively texture that has firm, rich body. Don’t slay dragons - ride them!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Single from the LCBO. Pours a slight hazy golden-amber colour with a warm foamy cap, great retention and some soapy lacing. Fruity nose of malt with mild burnt caramel. Real smooth mouthfeel with just a little warming in the gut. Yeast aromas do eventually come out well-blended with some hints of grassy hops. Malty base for the taste with caramel and fruitiness, but some decent hops balanced things. Notes of burnt caramel. Gets cloudy by the end. A nice quadrupel overall, that goes down smoothly. Just nothing to wild.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

330ml bottle
10.5% ABV (as marked on bottle)
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
February 1, 2014
The beer pours a dark hazed golden brown with a generous rocky tan coloured head. Aroma is fresh bread, dark fruit, yeast, sugar, and weak spices. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with above average carbonation. Flavour is bread, light fruit and spices. I do prefer the regular Gulden Draak to this, but still quite good.