Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle, 33cl. Pours a clear nutbrown beer, almost without head. The aroma is sweetness and raisin, notes of alcohol. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is a little sharp from the alcohol, but else it has a smooth feel. Overall an exciting beer with complex sides.

Tumma hedelmäisyys, marjat ja rusinaisuus jotenkin puhuttelevat ihan erilailla näin jouluaikoihin, sen vuoksi muuten kohtalaisen keskinkertainen Gordonsin jouluolutkin sai hyvälle tuulelle. Tukevampi kroppa ja mausteet ovat juuri sitä, mitä haluan jouluoluen ollessa kyseessä ja tämä olut ei siinä minua pettänyt. Pullo on harvinaisen jouluhenkinen. Makeus ei ole liiallista, sitä tasapainottaa happamuus ja pienoinen katkeruus. Jotain banaaniakin tästä voi aistia, siinä mielessä voin yhtyä kommenttiin sahtimaisuudesta. Ei niin monimutkainen kuin monet klassikot, mutta pätevä belgi, lämmittää ja menee alas helposti. Can’t bother to translate that. A good xmas beer for what it is worth.

(Sample Date: 12/9/2008 Source:Capital Ale House - Downtown) Aroma of spices, caramelized sugar, and dark fruits. Clear dark amber golden. Malt accentuated flavor with spicy Belgian yeast and hop character. Nice alcohol warming.

Bottle. Got the usual Delirium lick which I do really like but feel a little let down by this. As sugary as an old school wham bar but was expecting a little more Christmas. Maybe an elf thrown in, reindeer droppings, fruit and spice perhaps. I did like it, just a little too similar to the D Nocturnum. No bad thing just feel like I’ve gone for waz and the phone has rang right at the crucial moment.

Bottle. Copper, slighly cloudy pour with a brown tinge and a medium white head. Aroma of apples, plums and caramel. Taste has some nice holiday spices, malt, caramel and yeast with a nice finish. Really complex but drinkable.

I liked this one very much. Hops show through a bit more than the other Delirium’s. Figs and apples with a nice warming finish. Slight spice.

Lovely brew. Good color almost an autum orange. Good feel, not to much. Not to much spice. Great smell like a belgiam would. Great brew.

Bottle. Pours a clear dark amber-red with a thick, off-white head. Big aroma, of malt, spices, hops, pine, and dark fruits. Spicy taste, with malt, dark fruits, pine. Lingering sweet spiciness. Very tasty.