Belzebuth

Brewed by Brasserie Grain d’Orge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ronchin, France

Surprisingly good! Aroma of malt and sweet flowers. Hazy yellow, almost orange. Thick head. Very fruity, not any alcohol at all!

Yuck. Poured a dark gold. You can definitely smell the alcohol, which is the only characteristic of note. Decent head that quickly disappears. As for flavor, there’s very little outside of the overwhelmingly alcoholic graininess with a sweet finish. Warm alcohol sting on the tongue, not unlike hard liquor. Not a pleasant brew at all.

(8.4 oz bottle (stamped "28/09/07") from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/maine/topsham/b target=blank>Bootleggers) Butterschnapps!...Pours murky yellowish amber with just a little bit of off-white head. Aroma is hot and sweet, almost like alcoholic cherry syrup or Life Savers. Mouthfeel is kind of unbeerlike, sort of smooth but only small amount of carbonation, somewhat syrupy. Taste is hot but not overpowering. Tastes sort of like a butter rum Life Saver with booze. Not totally undrinkable, just sort of strange.

what a rip off. sweet caramel aroma with strong alcohol flavor. no much else.

I am almost afraid to give this a less than average rating, due to the fact that evaluating the “Lord of the Flies” may result in my tortures demise.-- My beer was the newer and lighter 13% abv. This beer poured a majestic golden color with a large frothy white head. It had an orangey grain alcohol nose and an oily palate, but the flavor was yeasty and sweet, like molasses. I guess this sweetness was the attempt at hiding the alcohol. Belzebuth is a decent brew and is definitely worth a try due to its distinct personality; but over all I was not so impressed. – I did get a buzz from drinking this beer.

Old English crossed with a sweet Belgian tripel was what crossed my mind after i first tried this beer. Potent, offensive, and never going to be sampled again by me.

An attractive beer that’s ugly on the inside. From the ’nip’ bottle into a chalice at cellar temperature. Wonderfully charged, bright, tawny gold body capped off by a thick, rocky, bubbly off-white head that held and glued itself to the glass. Honey and lemon soaked grains in the aroma, note of alcohol spice, overall very subtle. Sweet, grainy and hot in the mouth. Fusel alcohols make this kick like a mule and add a solvent-like burn to the swallow. Gritty, honey soaked malts and artificial candi flavours flit softly in the mouth and a sugary sweetness joins the warming alcohol as it slips passed the tonsils. Not much length, thankfully. I think the alcohol cleans out the flavour. Feint note of cantaloupes dwells on the palate. A little oily in mouthfeel, quite soft in carbonation but otherwise the body is quite light. Aside from the heady alcohol there is not much to this one. Not unpleasant, just unnecessarily strong. Not my thing!!! (25cL, ’Extra Forte’ 13% ABV, 28/09/07. Int’l Beer Shop, W. Leederville)

Belzebuth has a winelike aroma but virtually no hop or malt presence. The color is a deep golden but there is no head. There is some malty sweetness but it is overpowered by the alcohol.