Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

750 ml bottle. 2008 vintage. Aroma is Belgian but very faint. Pours reddish amber with a nice, long-lasting milky-looking head. Lots of sediment. Beautiful looking beer. Tastes very Belgian; strong alcohol presence. Sweet, then bitter. Creamy, full-bodied mouthfeel. Medium carbonation. Excellent beer. Rating would (and should) be higher, but the almost non-existant aroma brought the score down.

Very nice pour, dark brown with sparse off white foam head. The aroma is earthy and strong. The flavor has barley and a little bit a caramel in there, that’s what I detected anyway. Cheerz to Christmas.

Pours a deep murky ruddy color with a nice creamy head which remains for some time. Smells of sweet caramel upfront followed by a metallic aroma. Typical Belgian Strong Ale aromas of dark fruits, the rich candied malts, and The flavor is a bit sweet at first with sugars. There seems to be an overriding metallic flavor which is difficult to get past. The finish is strongly metallilc as well. But as the beer warms up, the metal seems to subside and other sweeter notes seem to come out.

11.2oz bottle poured into a Trappist glass. This was a gift from my wife. Yeah Wife!! DN pous muddy river brown with huge chucks of pulp and a little head. Although it’s ugly it’s still appealing. The aroma is sweet with raisins and alcohol. The body is soft and easy going. There are lots of fruit flavors in here; included are raisin, peaches. There is a warming alcohol finish. As expected, this is a wonderful beer.

Sweet with dried fruits, and some hints of wax and soap. Brown, and only very slightly cloudy, but no head or lacing. finsihes nicely

Bottle from the Whole Foods on Lamar. Dark brown pour with some red edges and an off-white head. Aroma is caramel, dark fruit, and brown sugar. Taste is a little yeasty with dates, caramel, and an alcohol finish.

UPDATED: DEC 2, 2010 Bottle courtesy of Fratto. I shot the cork into the ceiling. Very clear orange pour with a bubbly pour. Sweet smell with clay and sweetbread. Nice sweet malts. Sweet flavor as well. Nice earthy malt flavor that tastes of sweet spice. Fairly smooth finish with a sweet laced finish. 3.8
RE-RATE 12/2/10 Tap at gman into my brand new Delirium snifter. Clear red color with a white fizzy head. Dusty aroma with some dark fruit and a small hint of something sour. Flavor is raisins and dark malts upfront, old candied sugar that turns into a grassy cardboard finish. Not what I remember but I was drunk when I rated it the first time....if you couldn’t already tell.

Bottle from Fratto. Smells sweet and thick. Definitely strong. Feels thick on the tongue. I can feel it go down the esophagus and I feel like I’m about to have heartburn.