REVIEW: Gulden Draak Dark Triple
By Sergeant Stout on Sep 4, 2007 in Brew Reviews
This sergeant’s not a big fan of fancy things, although once in a while a good brew, though lacking stout status, can occasionally touch my purdy lips. Such happened recently with Belgium’s own Gulden Draak Dark Triple.
Now at first glance, the beer looks all kinds of wussy. White bottle? Eleven ounces? Not in THIS man’s beer battalion, thank you! It’s got so much sugar that the light brown head goes right up the top of the glass in seconds! This here’s a WMD, soldiers! Then suddenly it struck the Sergeant like a SCUD missile! Wow! Sweet caramels? Berries? Heavens to Betsy– is this aroma coming from my BEER? This was easily one of the strongest beers I had ever even SMELLED. Then came the flavor.
10.5% Alcohol By Volume, sweethearts! This little guy is like a beer-flavored suitcase nuke! Wow, what a punch. Every single flavor I had just smelled kicked my taste buds in their little taste bud genitals! The flavor was so intense I had to hide the keys to the Humvee! HOOAH! This ass-kicker really pointed out a slight flaw, though: it’s such a strong flavor that it could make the drinker take extra time to drink the 11 oz., thus creating a fatal warm beer scenario. Be prepared for this one, grunts! And trust the Sarge: just have ONE.
I just hope that krazy Kolonel doesn’t bust a gasket over this, Sarge. He’s been known to drink a lot of beer and then like… watch a movie or something.
Captain Beer | Sep 4, 2007 | Reply
It sounds positively evil. Evil enough to be the final boss.
Lieutenant Lager | Sep 6, 2007 | Reply
Look, just because I watch 40 Year Old Virgin several times a week after… OK fine, after drinking a lot of beer, doesn’t mean I have to roll over on this one. I picked an obscure corner of the world of beer because I thought it would be cool, and now everybody thinks they can reveiw tripels with careless abandon? Well fine, I’ll just move on to malt liquor. That’s got high alcohol content too! My new name will be “Fired Up Fowty.” However, before I resign my commission, I’m demoting Sergeant Stout. Quit mictorating on my lawn…
Kolonel Tripel | Sep 8, 2007 | Reply
Ah, again with the malt liquor expert. Just think of the possibilities…Colt 45, Olde English 800, Mickey’s, St. Ides, Steel Reserve 211, Crazy Horse, Private Stock, King Cobra, Laser, Bull Ice, Schlitz Malt Liquor, Magnum, Hurricane, City Slicker, Big Bear, Camo, Evil Eye, and Little Kings Cream Ale.
Oh, these would be the best posts ever. The poster would clearly have to discuss the adventures he gets himself into from time to time.
General German | Sep 8, 2007 | Reply