Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Labled as "Delirium Christmas," though I believe it’s the same beer. Hazy, brick red in color with a large, off-white head. Aroma is very nice. Sweet, spicey, caramel, fruit, coriander, and citrus. Medium body, watch out for the sediment. Malty, spices, yeast, fruits, and alcohol. Finishes with a nice bite, and noticeable alcohol. Exceptional.

malty aroma with mainly fruit notes. which was mainly banana with a slight hint of alcohol. flavour was mostly malts bread-fruit-alcohol. A nice warm feel to it. Poured a brown color with a small off-white head which faded down to a barley nothing. good.

opaque light brown, medium tan head, lacy. nose of dried fruit, sweet malt, spice. flavor is is mildly sweet fruit, raisins, winey alcohol. medium bodied, a bit of a bite on tip of tongue, sweet fruity finish. 10% abv? merry f***ing chrishmas!

Bottle courtesy of my wife. She couldn’t resist the bottle with the "cute" pink elephants. Pours into my Delirium goblet with a nice hazy brownish color with a red tinge and a foamy off white head. Aroma is belgian yests, candi sugar, fruits, spices. Flavor is yeast, fruits, candi sugars, spices a little bitterness. I enjoyed this one quite a bit.

Deep brown body. Brownish frothy head, mostly diminishing. Aroma of some kind of cleaning-product, I think "Mr. Propre Wood-fresh". Lightly sweet, lightly bitter initial flavour. Lightly sweet finish. Good flavour, but nasty aroma.

Bottle @ Home. Amber with a nice white head. Nose is sweet fruit, caramel, malt , cinnamon and xmas spices. Taste of sweet malts, caramel, plums, raisins, licorice, alchohol. Some bitter / tart cherry notes in the finish. Medium body, soft carbonaion, long warming alcohol finish.101126

2002 bottle. Was expecting more, but was decent overall. Cloudy copper color and lasting thick head. Big fruity aroma. Rather thin malt with fruity notes throughout. Alcohol well hidden for size. I thought that this would have a fuller palate than it did.

Pours into the snifter a strangely darkened yet beautiful murk of orangey brown, borderline leathery looking; moderately high creamy cap of dusted yellow foam sits atop, which slips away at an average rate. Keeps a thin collar and the lace is drippy, clinging in some glaring tones and globby spots. Aroma is a wild tropical fruit display of sharp dark fruits fronting a grapey, raisiny, pruney thing; quite tangy for sure, a nice nose to behold. And as it sits for a bit the yeasty spices start to intertwine over the fruity tang as some banana and pear begin to push aside the other fruits and a smokey alcoholic tinge floats among the last slice of air leaving tiny bits of phenols dancing underneath. Taste is fruitfully tanged with a fairly large supply of raisin, a crate or two of dates, a couple shelves of prunes, a basket full of ripe pears, and to finish it off in the finish along with a caramel smoothness is a bunch of bananas. A tropical salad in a glass! Smooth, rich, full, kinda sugary, with more of a brown sugar and maple syrup ascent to it that is fully enjoyable. It lasts and lasts, yet still begs to be consumed. Feel is quite full and yeasty with a sugary coating across a sweet taming ride of tangy fruitfulness. Edged with a certain alcoholic kick with phenols that fits just right. Very well-rounded and smooth with a chewy little afterbite that sticks nicely across the palate leaving all sorts of left over fruity bits, then to the spices, then a unique subtle drying, way, way, super late. Slight burn of alcohol too, just to keep you, and it, all in check. Nearly perfect! A very nice Holiday treat.