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🔸️Brouwerij Vansteenberge 🇧🇪
🔸️Gulden Draak Fire
🔸️Amber Chili Tripel
🔸️10,5%
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Gulden Draak Fire pours a deep dark amber color with glowing copper rim and a soft tan head that is hiding something bold.

The aroma is the well known , rich dark fruit and caramel warmth but with a twist of cinnamon, pepper and a hint of almost smoky spice that sets the senses alight before you even take a sip.

Then the taste, big dark malty sweetness roll in like a late night confession: raisins, figs and toasted toffee.
But the most unexpected ending. Warming cinamon heat with a peppery kick that lingers on long after swallowing. There's warmth from the alcohol, yes but there is fire following from the chili aroma that is added to the beer. And it keeps you coming back for more.

🍺 About the Brewery
Brouwerij Vansteenberge is a sixth generation pure Belgian Family brewery. With heaps of brands under there umbrella, Gulden Draak is their flagship. And am I happy that they started discovering the brand. 5ish years ago they started barrek aging this unique darker tripel. The appelbrandy barrel aged is still the best version I've drunk. But also the quadrupel, stout and this one are great addition to the brand. And! It is still Gulden Draak! Some breweries take their flagship to use the name and make a complete different beer. Not Gulden Draak, in each variation you can still taste that it is indeed just a variation on that amazing base beer!
And just for the brewery. If you send me a package of every Gulden Draak variation, I will do a live stream where I taste all of them in one sitting side by side! 😆

If you like a little bit of spice in your beer, I would definitely advice trying this beer!

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