Gulden Draak makes it a solid night of leftovers

Thanks to Matt M, who weeks ago was gentlemanly enough dropped off this bottle of Golden Draak. It's a holdover from another month, so it's fitting that I'm munching some leftover Singapore Noodles from Chin Chin. Spicy food typically goes well with IPA's but Belgian's are the ultimate all-purpose beer. Thanks Matt!

The Draak is an unusual style of beer, a dark tripel. Usually dark Belgians are dubbels, but this brew clocks in at 10.5% so it's officially a tripel. Yayyy and the drinkers rejoiced for there was much booze to be had within the Draak.

Right off the bat, I have an issue with the brew. It's super carbonated - overwhelmingly so. Even after allowing time to dissipate - which sucks cause I need some liquid to put out the fiery Singapore noodles - it's still dominates the flavor profile. Wading through it, I love the sweet caramel notes and with time, I'm tasting the fruity dubbel properties. 

This beer is well known, but I still can't break past how carbonated this is. It's a great dessert or special occasion beer for sure, but the carbonation personally stops me from drinking this every day. TRANSFORMERS rating