Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Excellent Belgian ale. Smooth, sweet, very aromatic. One of the best I’ve ever had.

Santa definatley carries some as he transcends time and space each year. And drinker of this fine beverage will attain such a feeling. Its a delicious counsin to the tremens and nocuturnus. IF this beer can light that jolly ole cowboy’s fire, it can light mine.

Great for the holidays. A nice sweet beer to drink after a good dinner. I loved every bit of it.

(From notes) On draft at the Hungry Monk. A clean, rich amber pour with a frothy eggshell-white head. Spotty lacing. Pleasant creamy mouthfeel. A great  caramel tone dominates the taste with malty raisin hints and a slightly tropical fruit finish.

Ambrata dal gusto deciso e particolare, all’inizio si riesce a sentire un punta di speziato e si nota soprattutto la dolcezza di questa birra, nel finale non nasconde il suo carattere forte dove fa sentire i suoi 10° ma non dispiace nelle fredde serate d’inverno

2005, corked bottle. Pours a cloudy dark amber with a nice tan head. It has alcohol, caramel, and spices in the aroma. Tastes sweet with a hint of orange with a slight alcohol aftertaste.

This 18 dollar bottle was well worth it. It has a heavy sweet flavor and a lot of alcohol, but you cannot tell. The bottle is very cool, painted glass.

Aroma of caramel, nuts, roasty, clove, citrus, herbs, spice,leather and vanilla, hints of oak. Apperance: brown, cloudy, big head, sparkling, tan foam, Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, Palate: medium body, oily feel, average carbonation, bitter, long finish, didnt know what to expect when tasting this one, really suprised by the caracter of it.. great beer..

Chocolate, caramel and some nuts in the nose. Consistent foam, on a christmas-whisky-coloured liquid. Excellent equilibrium between bitter and sweet, little bit metallic though. Quite lively in the mouth with just the right aftertase. Very pleasant with Belgian-French cuisine in wintertime.

Appearance- Reddish brown with a quickly dissipating white head. Transparent dark copper color when the light hit it a certain way. Quite a bit of carbonation. Leaves substantial lacing. Not the most attractive beer I’ve seen but appealing enough. Aroma- Banana is prominent from the start with a strong whiff of alcohol. As it warmed I picked up a caramel note and even a bit of a toasted character(coffee/chocolate) further on. Later still I picked up something akin to a cherry cough drop. The alcohol also seemed to get stronger as I sipped the beer giving off an aroma of rubbing alcohol. This last aspect wasn’t the most appetizing of aromas but it didn’t hurt the beer in my opinion. Taste- For the most part I couldn’t pick out any specific flavors, The best thing I could come up with was that it simply tasted like beer with a little bit of sweetness, spice, and bitterness. Though I do not see this as a negative as it tasted like a very good beer. It was just that there were no flavor associations to make. This was pretty much the case all the way through but as I sipped it I did pick up a little banana and maybe some cherry. One thing that was definite in regards to the flavor is that the alcohol was just as apparent in the flavor as it was on the nose. This all said it was a very tasty beer regardless. Mouth feel- Sticky, medium/full body. Drinkability- It is boozy but if you like big beers this should go down smoothly.