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Belgian Strong Golden Ale

A golden ale brewed with chocolate & sour cherry juice. Celebrating 20 off-centered years with our luscious-chocolate-cherry birthday cake in liquid form!

ABV

17.0

Rating

3.67385

Rating count

45,957

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Robby Castle

Very boozy. Kind of syrupy but tasty

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almost 4 years ago

 

Mike Straight

Thanks Tommy 🍻

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Steve H

Has held up pretty good after 6 years

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over 3 years ago

 

Michael B

Forgot to log last night. Very intense almost raisin flavor

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over 3 years ago

 

302JH

6 years have definitely smoothed this one out.

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Thomas Holbert

From 2015. Wasn’t sure how it would hold up but this is still great. Strong fruits at the forefront. Very tasty.

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Daniel Downes

Boozy boy

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Jonathan Stephenson

Still keeping it cherry chocolate weird after all these years.

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Ryan W.

Re visited this beer almost 7 yrs later. It still taste like chocolate cake. Burn is gone but has a slight nail polish remover aroma

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over 3 years ago

 

Bill Hedge

Still pretty tasty!

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over 3 years ago

 
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Joe Pace

Thanks dave, way better with age

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Abe Liao

2015 Vintage..good stuff

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over 3 years ago

 

Mike V.

Boozy

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Robert Mick

Aged since 2015, chocolate nosed with chocolate cherry in the body, strong on the street at 17 %

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Mike B

Sweet boozy and very smooth for the ABV.

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over 3 years ago

 

Stephen Smith

Very potent and sweet. I got some oakiness and a touch of sour. Ultimately it’s reminiscent of a brandy though it’s sweeter than most.

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over 3 years ago

 

Rob Fernandez

This was a good. More boozy than I expected.

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over 3 years ago

 

Matt D

Best way to get empty bottles for wedding decor is to make full bottles empty...at 17%

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over 3 years ago

 

Oskar N

Smooth…

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Tom Welsh

Dark rich Belgian strong

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over 3 years ago

 

Justin

Aging this 7 years he way to go haha

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Christopher Miller

4oz is the correct amount of this liquid gold.

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over 3 years ago

 

Logan Whitmore

Wow... it’s been a while.

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Kent M.

Bottle share

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Bob Charboneau

Still gasoline. Just Now it tastes like chocolate gasoline

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almost 3 years ago

 

Jacob C.

Finally having this one

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almost 3 years ago

 

Michael Anthony

Bottle from 2013. Still potent but no hint of the high ABV on the palate

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almost 3 years ago

 

Alexander Bloir

That’s something after all these years

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over 2 years ago

 

Wesley Nelson

Label fell of a while back Cheers 🍻

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over 2 years ago

 

Brett L

17% taster

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Gary M.

Aged smooth

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over 2 years ago

 

Tom Kruske

My last Johnmay beer! :-(. Interesting. Thick. Sweet and sour cherry, maybe a smidge of chocolate. Nice slow sipper. Thanks John!

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Sébastien Pellegrini

C'est bon! Chaleur d'alcool encore bien présente après 8 ans de vieillissement. Légère madérisation, avec la cerise et le cacao on dirait un genre de porto légèrement acidulé. C'est très agréable!

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Scott Libertini

A lot better after aging for 8 years!

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Andrew M

Paired great with the 1995 movie Higher Learning, thanks John K.!

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Jay Dertinger

Aged wonderfully.

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Bonjour Zonjour Nonjour Bonjour

It’s wednesday, it’s old beer night! This has aged really well. Like a dessert barleywine.

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over 1 year ago

 

Reed

Boozer ! Had before in 2015. Man packs punch !

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over 1 year ago

 

Bob Parker

Red-brown and opaque. Nose is tart (almost sour) cherry. Chocolate is in the background, but clearly present. Rich, fruity, and a little warming.

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Bill M

Whoa!

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over 1 year ago

 

Trevor Labadie

Chocolate. Cherry. Tart. Boozey.

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Brian Hauber

Bottle share

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over 1 year ago

 

Matt Catanzaro

+.25 with age. Can actually taste the adjuncts instead of just booze

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over 1 year ago

 

Scott Baker

Straight malt. Held up great

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over 1 year ago

 
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over 1 year ago

 

CiXel

Slightly chalky but those sour cherry notes are still very present atop a chocolate backdrop. Alcohol heat, minimal bubbles,but drinking great. We just don't see these kind of beers from DFH any more

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