Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

I believe this is the 2008 vintage, with a skiing elephant and red foil. Pours into my goblet with a nice reddish brown and plenty o’ floaties. The head is decently active a bit darker than off-white and leaves some nice lacing. The smell is a bit boozy with tons of candi sugar, dark fruits, some sourness ala geuze or saison, a hint of clovey caramel/chocolate, and heaps of belgian yeast. The taste follows with the sourness. There is also caramel, fruits, and candi sugar. It is sweet but not cloying. Overall a unique Christmas brew but not my favorite, still damn good though. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 12-25-2009 05:26:37

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2010 Re-Rate 2010: 750 ml bottle. Pours a dark, hazy amber with nice, creamy off-white head. Aroma of fruit, some dark fruit, malt, light must and some horse blanket. Flavor is somewhat sweet, bright and dark fruits, toast, pepper, cobweb, spices, mild hop, burnt caramel, light tang. Mouth feel is medium body with fizzy carbonation. Damn good stuff!

Dark red-amber color and big fluffy head. Sweet malty nose and taste with spicey undertones and peppery dry finish. Thinish but a good balance.

UPDATED: JAN 3, 2006 Keith-Typical Delirium taste for the most part. Stong aroma, but nothing special. Typical christmas additives like fig, nutmeg, and spice. Tasty and worth a try. Eric-Man, i had a friend bring a bottle from 2001 over the other night-what a treat! pours deep mahogony amber with a very light sudsy white head. much less carbonation than i was expecting. aroma of vineous cherries, light dusty esters, light funk, candy sugar, dark belgian malts0lots of dark fruit here! Wow! flavors of sugar coated cherries, big belgian malts and some nice brown spices. This aged so nicely. not any oxidized flavors, just a more round feel to it all. Alcohol is much lighter than when fresh. Man, this is a treat!

2007 vintage. Hazy brown with white head. Caramel, dark fruits, winter spices, and yeast. Similar flavor with a little bit of a rough finish - but then again, I prefer this beer after 12 months of aging. 3

Amber to red in color with a nice head. Very sweet and fruity in the aroma with a touch of sourness. Not quite what I had expected. Noticable alcohol warmth.

Bottle: Pored an amberish brown with a off white head. Spicy fruit aroma with a melow ton of hops. Bitter at first but developed into a burnt spicy after taste.

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