Delirium Nocturnum

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

Bottle @ Publick House, Brookline, MA. Pours a nice dark reddish brown with nice carbonation bubbles making their way to the top of the glass. The aroma was mostly a mixture of fruit, caramel, and sugar. The flavor is largely dark fruit with some sweet sugar notes toward the end. Alcohol and yeast somewhat noticeable. A good drinking beer, but nothing otherworldly.

Poured from an 11.2oz bottle into a tulip. This beer poured a dark brown color with some amber highlights showing up around the edges of the glass. There was quite a bit of visible carbonation dancing up the sides of the glass. The head was a thick, fizzy, tan color, and it slowly faded. Some uneven lacing was left around the glass. The aroma consisted of dark fruits, yeast, sweet caramel malt, and some faint alcohol notes. The flavor was dark fruit, very sweet caramel, apple, and some bready yeast notes. The mouthfeel was slightly dry and medium-bodied. Overall, this was a very enjoyable beer. Nothing amazing, just a good, balanced beer. Worth a try.

Pours dark brown with nice tan head. Smells of raisin, spice, and melon. Med body. Actually a little underwhelming as far as taste. Finishes of smooth toffee.

Bottle pours a dar4k amber witha huge sandy colored head. ots of dark malts and pitted fruits. raisons and dates but not so sweet. Flavor was carmel and that funky belgian yeast. Nice smooth palate and very lively carbonation.

Very dark amber/brown in color, full frothy head. Nose is sweet malts, raisins, dried fruit with hints of mocha and alcohol. Medium, almost full in body but smooth and creamy. Alcohol in the nose does not translate into alcohol on the tongue. No bite which really allows the flavors and aromas to dominate. A very good belgian.

Remember this being raw and rather harsh. An "ugh" reaction upon swallow... not something I would search out again . . .

I keep buying it, drinking it, and remembering that I don’t like it. Too syrupy. Makes me want to stop drinking and go to sleep. Maybe that is where they get the name. If it wasn’t in a fancy botle with cool psychadelic art I don’t think it would even be considered on a "good" beer list.

hmm...not brown / red as people say. Tap, cloudy, pale yellow. Skunky, dry banana, strong yeast aroma. Sour, sweet, ...not great. tastes like lots of stuff I don’t like. black licorish....citricy, acidic. A little bubblegum. weird.