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Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Melle, Belgium

bottled
common

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unknown

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RATINGS: 143   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.27   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle conditioned.
Abv reduced from 9.4% to 9.0%
Cuvée Spéciale. Extra Strong Beer.


2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
fishman (350) - Philadelphia, USA - SEP 8, 2001
Amber with a quick head. While I love the Delerium Tremens, and thought highly of the Fire Fox, both from this brewery this was very disappointing. Its sharp and fizzy nature was reminiscent of an American macrobrew with an added apple flavor pervading. In short, try the Delirium instead.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Eirikur (328) - hafnarfjordur, ICELAND - MAY 29, 2003
This is a fine beer. pours a good but thin head that vanishes in about 10 minutes. Colour is pale golden. The taste is very avarage for this style of Belgian. Good beer.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
TC2642 (265) - Worcester, Worcestershire, ENGLAND - DEC 15, 2004
Lots of orange aroma, massive head which quickly goes. I tasted Spices, possibly coriander/clove? Alchoholic finish. Not bad at all.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Forsberg_dk (258) - DENMARK - MAY 18, 2010
33 cl bottle, pours very cloudy golden, aroma is floral and yeast, taste is somewhat citrus like with coriander and yeast as well. Extremly light drinkable considering the 9% Abv, but pretty boring overall.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
Sven (229) - Lancaster, California, USA - APR 4, 2003
UPDATED: APR 10, 2003 Would you like some beer with your yeast? There's bottle conditioning and triple fermentations, but this was a bit much. Like a lava lamp of yeast. Moderate head that quickly disipates. Aroma of alcohol and candy. Taste of pears? A bit of a citric palate as well. Overly sweet and unbalanced. I think the best part of this beer was the very cool bottle.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
capali1234 (229) - HUNGARY - JUL 2, 2010
Hazy golden colour with a huge white head. Yeasty spicy fruity aroma and a sweet spicy fruity taste.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
CQC (224) - Sydney, AUSTRALIA - APR 26, 2002
Lump Factor: Hard/Dense/Flex Speed Factor: medium to very slow. OK there is a bit of an orangeness about it (after 7 beers). Sweet, phat. This kinda alchol content needs to be a bit drier. Cheating sods just added loads of sugar and let the yeast do the talkin. Lazy Gits. Pass me another.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
beeranarchist (205) - Aalborg, DENMARK - OCT 19, 2005
A little hazy, yellow/orange coloured. Aroma is a little sour, but most fruit, dominated by pineapple. Taste a bit malty/grainy. A good beer.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
lord_totenkopf (191) - Budapest, HUNGARY - DEC 27, 2011
Yellowish-golden, opalescent, a bit fizzy body with medium white head. A bit hazy and cloudy. Aroma resembles to cookies, vanilla and some milky softness. Despite of the high alcohol content, it’s easily drinkable, sweet but harmonic taste. Excellent brew!

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
emartell (51) - Zapopan, Jalisco, MEXICO - FEB 25, 2012
Aroma a cítricos, cebada y akcohol. Apariencia dorada con espuma que perdura hasta el final, En boca se siente cremosa y un poco picante. Retrogusto amargi con ligero sabor a naranja, aun que a mi gusto un poco carente de cuerpo para ser una cerveza con 9.4 de alcohol. En general una buena cerveza, que sin duda podría aún mejorar, entendiendo que es elaborada en Bélgica por la misma cervecería que elabora la famosa cerveza del elefante rosado.


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