Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle courtesy of and shared with Mabel and Jerc. Dark orange, small white head. Sweet candy sugar aroma. Good sweet boozy taste - lots and lots of alcohol. Good straightforward strong Belgian.

[1704-20080912] 11.2floz bottle. Perfumy malt and heavy grains aroma. Murky, dark orange body with a quick foamy light tan head and seriously big white floaties. Heavy yeast and sweet perfume malt flavour. Medium-full body. Nice, boozy, well-blended.
(w/ jerc, tupalev)

Pours a mahogany brown. Sweet dark fruit with a touch of bubble gum and noticeable alcohol in the nose. Light brown head with slight cloudy staying power. Typical holiday ale spice at the forefront, but with a nice sweet malt malt and lingering alcohol finish. Easily recognizable as a Delirium output, and a solid holiday brew for 2008.

(bottle marked 3 7): Pours a very dark brown body, particles suspended. Big foamy white head, quickly diminishing. Dark fruity aroma, floral. Alcoholy, floral taste. Thick taste. Very tasty.

Slightly muddled. Minimal white head. Cinnamon bready nose. Caramel sugary nose. Sweet, malty caramel flavor. Full bodied with an alcohol middle with a tight burn. Then, the bitter hop citrus finish. As it warms, the fruit bread, holiday spice malt character really shines. Second glass is fuller and thicker. Same hue, but with thick swirling sediment. Little more of a citrus sour flavor on the hop finish. It really compliments the cinnamon malt sweetness. More cookie yeast notes. Still a great burn. Solid brew with great aging potential.

Dark reddish brown with some clumpy brown floaties, a thin light tan head dissolves quickly. Strong alcohol aroma with some maltiness and strong spices. Warming spice flavors, strong malt and heavy alcohol with a spice finish and a solid carbonation.

A little boozier than I remember. Yeasty and fruity, and a little hot in the finish. It doesn’t quite come together in the end, but it’s still a solid brew. The alcohol presence takes a little away from this one, and I would give it higher marks if it wasn’t so noticeable.

33cl bottle from Belgianshop. It poured an amber colour with a very small white head that dissappeared fast in the glass. It has a fruity aroma that also smells of alcohol and malts. The flavour is spicy and tastes of syrup, alcohol and yeast. It has a lingering aftertaste.