Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

From a 750 ml white bottle poured hazy light brown with off-white head and good lacing. Nose of yeast, fruit, and spices. Nice smooth mouthfeel. Flavor is slightly sweet and strong with ripe fruits. Very tasty and enjoyable.

Tap at Alchemy. Amber brown color. Thin oily head. Filtered looking. Mellow, old school mouthfeel and taste. Amber malt, smooth caramel tones. Fruity finish. Well done, but pretty standard for a Belgian. OK.

Pours clear orange with white head. Aroma has notes of dark fruit, spice, candied nuts, and a touch of apricot. Taste is apricot up front, raisins, some coriander, candied nuts, and caramel. Very nice complex, warming, and delicious.

Pour is a nice red when held up to the light. Lots of floaty yeast made it into my glass. Aroma is a nice mix of candi sugar, caramel and cherry wood. Flavor is more of a cranberry with wine and vinegar aspects. Alcohol is hidden well as there is a burn not nothing to bad. Tasty but still not the best Belgian as this is just a touch too sour.

Suprisingly good. Malt and raisons in the nose. Brown body with hints of red. Malt and chocolate flavor. Thick like syrup.

750mL bottle, no date--though I did purchase it late 2005 or early 2006. Pours a lightly hazy orange with reddish highlights and a two finger light yellowish head. Aroma is very fruity with peaches, figs, powdered sugar, toasty caramel malts, spicy estery yeast, light leather. Taste is bigger leather and a little char/peated malt--kinda strange, but not bad. Still quite fruity, alcohol is noticeable and warming, though not really distracting. As it warms I also got a little nose of freshly baked sugar cookies, didn’t really get it in taste. Full bodied, highly carbonated. This is definitely better than Nocturnum, but can’t remember if I like it more than Tremens.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy deep orange-red with a few black floaties and a thin, but retentive, whitish head. The aroma is orange zest, clove, some malt, and other spices. There is a caramel sweet maltiness up front, with a quick hit of the alcohol close behind. There are a lot of autumnal spices detectable, and the finish is largely clove and maybe cinnamon. This is definitely good for drinking in the cold around a fire.

This brew pours with a slightly cloudy amber body wtih a thick head and a good amount of lacing. The aroma is sweet and malty with nice spicy notes and a little candy sugar. The flavor is slightly sweet and spicy with a malty note and a touch of candy sugar. Full bodied and slightly dry.