Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Tap. Clear dark orange pour with a thin bubbly offwhite head. Fruit ester and malt on the nose. Taste is semi-creamy, malt and Belgian yeast. Finishes slightly dry. Very good beer.

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.

Dark amber with off white head - malty aroma and olso some belgian yeasty notes - same malty taste along with some hop bitterness and some yeast - a very good and easy drinking beer, alcohol is well hidden

Red brown, small head, malty, somewhat fruity aroma, some yeast in the nose also. Taste is full-bodied, intense, a little bit bitterness, then the alcohol comes in, nice. After that, there are raisins, nutmeg. Good lacing in the glass. Warm and nice beer for cold snowy days.

25-12-10: De couleur brune foncée, légèrement limpide avec une belle mousse blanche épaisse et onctueuse. Arômes de sucre candi, de caramel avec notes de chocolat. Sucrée, avec une toute petite amertume. Corps moyen, avec une belle texture crémeuse et onctueuse. Finale sucrée et légèrement carbonisée. Saveurs de caramel, sucre candi, dates et notes de chocolat. Très bonne bière de noël.

Bottle. Clear coppery amber pour with a short-lived beige head. Aroma has notes of currants, raisins, blueberries, caramel, cola and grapes. Flavour is very similar to the aroma with lots of fruit, well hidden alcohol and a nice balance between malt, hops and sugar. Light, slightly oily, mouthfeel with prickly carbonation and a lingering bittersweet, mildly sour finish. I think this has changed, like all the Delirium beers, in the last 3 or 4 years but this is still a great ale of it’s type and one of the better Christmas ales going around.

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

Reddish colour. Aroma of spices and cherries. Flavour is alcohol, sherry, spices, and berries. Sour and somewhat sweet. Gives you a nice, warming feeling just like a winter seasonal should.