Brouwerij Van Steenberge - Gulden Draak (11.2oz bottle)
Price: $5.39
| Producer | Brouwerij Van Steenberge |
| Country | Belgium |
| Style | Belgian Strong Dark Ale |
| Size | 11.2oz bottle |
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Tripel Ale or Barley Wine
A dark brown Triple Ale, which makes it an exception among the Belgian Triples. Gulden Draak is re-fermented in the bottle, and in the keg, making it a real “Living Beer”. The second fermentation offers the nice creamy head and the full body of the centuries old brewers yeast. It is a beer that you can actually nimble to adventure the complex taste. Gulden Draak balances a natural malt toffee-like sweetness with a mellow happiness and some hoppy accents. The aroma is round, sweet and hides the 10.5% alcohol per volume. Another name for this type of complex beer is “Barley Wine.” You sip and enjoy this beer slowly, as a treat you definitely deserve.
Tripel Ale: On the European continent, beers with the highest alcohol content are called triples. On the British Isles (and in the USA) the tradition is to call them Barley Wines. A beer is considered a triple in Belgium when the alcohol content is 9% alcohol by volume and higher. There are some commercial exceptions, where beers are labeled “triple” even they do not have the required alcohol strength. Why do we call them triples? When the brewer starts with three times the ‘normal’ amount of malt in the brew kettle, more starches and sugars result from the boiling process and the end result is more alcohol after fermentation.
