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This unusual and strong Belgian Ale is my choice for Beer of the Month for September: it is a striking beer, with all sorts of sumptuous, deep, bittersweet flavours and complexity. Truly one to sip very slowly as you
contemplate the the meaning of life...
Van Steenberge, Gulden Draak (Belgium) 
This "Barley Wine" comes in
a faux-stone bottle, and with a whopping 10.5% ABV, it is fittingly named "Golden Dragon". The beer pours a dark brown with a thick, persistent cappuccino-coloured head. It has a lovely nose, filled with raisins,
chocolate-coated cherries and a spicebox of clove, sandalwood and tobacco. On the palate it is full and thick-textured, with a weight of malty, chocolaty flavours and sumptuous depth. It is not cloying however, nor
one-dimensional, as lots of bitter flavours emerge, with grapefruit pith dryness balancing sweeter tones, and nutmeg and clove warming the finish. Like sitting in front of a crackling log fire in the depth of winter.
10.5% ABV, 33cl, �1.99, Belgianbeerclub, Cave Direct, The Offie, Onlyfinebeer, , Beerritz.  |  |
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