Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottled, 75cl champagne-style. 2004-vintage. Sold as Delirium Christmas in Norway. Copper/red with a nice off-white head. Carbonation and lacings. Sweet, cellar, candi, some caramel and dried fruits in the aroma. Flavor has yeast, cellar, dried fruits, some alcohol and candi. Full-bodied and sweet. Nice beer, both on its own, and with food. (060527)

750ml bottle-pours a light tan head and dark amber with red color with small floaties. Aroma is medium/dark malt-toffee, some spice-nutmeg, herbal/metallic, dark fruit, yeast. Taste is medium/dark malt-toffee, some spice-nutmeg, herbal/metallic, dark fruit, tart/somewhat sour, yeast. . Thanks jwc215 for picking this out. At cellar temp 2.7 at room temp 3.2

Bottle. Delirium Christmas. Pours a nice clear amber-brown colour with a huge creamy long lasting off-white head leaving a very nice lacing. Aroma of dark fruits, alcohol, caramel and spices. Chanpagne mouthfeel. Sweet, roastish, spicy, caramel, dark fruity, alcoholic flavour. Warm up the belly for sure. Great brew!

Bottle at ØLbaren - shared with Bager. Clear deep red - white head. Fruity, licorice, high sweetness, spicy, too high carbonation - kills some flavors. Not complex enough.

UPDATED: JAN 24, 2008 Bottle. Pours deliciously dark burgundy with first a fizzy head that settles as a ½ cm off-white cream on top. Stunning aroma - berries, coriander, yeast and sweetness. Much fuller than you’d expect. Flavours begind sweet with heavy malty tones - quite musty. Then the fruityness prevails ending with subtle bitterness (in a toffee way) with an alcoholic tone at the end.

Cloudy amber with small flakes, beautiful lasting creamy off-white head. Aroma has raisins and figs, some spice and sherry. Somewhat sweet, fruity and spicy flavour. Too sweet for my taste, and not quite as complex as I would like. Disappointed my high expectations.

It is beautiful, dark amber with a huge, creamy head. The aroma has sweetness and notes of malt, caramel, berries, yeast and fruit. The flavour has sweetness and notes of malt, caramel, yeast, spice, berries, dark fruit and alcohol. The overall impression is rather vinous.

Big creamy head. Malty aroma with a hint of red berries. Alcoholic and sharp. Malty flavor with apples and red berries. Nutty bitter aftertaste. I really don't understand the high ratings. The beer isn't well balanced at all. The alcohol dominates.