Delirium Noël

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Hazy light brown coloured beer small white head and medium carbonation. Malty fruity aroma with some roasted touches. Medium palate slightly sparkling. Finish is roasted, bitter and sweet. Good one.

Bottle thanks to my friend sam. Pours a somewhat cloudy mahogany with a somewhat small beige head. Nose and flavor are both marked with candied sugars, rich raspberry, toasted almonds, raisin, and a touch of sweet chocolate. Good spice (cinnamon, nutmeg) come through on the tongue as well. Good stuff.

Amber pour clear malty bready dark fruit clove in the aroma ... light white head lacing ... belgian taste caramel dark fruits raisin clove and bready malt flavor ..... spicy bitter hop finish you kind of taste of alcohol in there too ... a good warming winter beer never a disappointment from this brewery

750ml bottle. Poured a cloudy copper with a thin off white head. Nose was spicy, malty, with belgian yeasts. Fairly smooth with a light alcohol bite. Some nice spice notes, but on the mellow/simple side. Finish was spicy.

33cl bottle from Willow Bend Liquors (Tampa, FL). Pours a dark brown red with thick and creamy light-tan head. Good retention and lacing. Aroma is sweet malt, cinnamon, raisin, dark ripe fruits, hints of vanilla. Flavor is very similar with notes of dark ripe fruit, sweet malt, some caramel and spice. Medium body with a sweet finish. Interesting Christmas ale.

750ml bottle. Pour is a deep orange brown with bubbles that constantly surface to keep the beige head atop the beer. Nose is malty and yeasty with some nice fruit smells. Taste is complex with some sweet malts then a bitter hop wave, followed by some yeast aftertaste. Alcohol is well hidden. Interesting brew, great on this cold, crappy night.

I really didn’t taste a lot of the flavors I normally associate with xmas such as ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg, rather I got a little bit of spice, pears, sour apples, plums, yeast and some candi or brown sugars. Very drinkable though, 10% is hidden. The appearance is nice, amber-brown color, nice fluffy off-white head that sticks around. I admit I expected a little better but this is still passable as a good beer. On to the next xmas beer!

Aroma is of candied apricots and sugar plums, probably the best aroma I have ever smelled. I almost don’t want to drink, just keep smelling it, or mix it with wax and make a scented candle. Flavor, though, is kind of lame- meaty and yeast, rather salty, too. Probably because it was brewed before Christmas and it’s now summer. Bottle at Lucky Liquors, Miami, Fl.

Tumma hedelmäisyys, marjat ja rusinaisuus jotenkin puhuttelevat ihan erilailla näin jouluaikoihin, sen vuoksi muuten kohtalaisen keskinkertainen Gordonsin jouluolutkin sai hyvälle tuulelle. Tukevampi kroppa ja mausteet ovat juuri sitä, mitä haluan jouluoluen ollessa kyseessä ja tämä olut ei siinä minua pettänyt. Pullo on harvinaisen jouluhenkinen. Makeus ei ole liiallista, sitä tasapainottaa happamuus ja pienoinen katkeruus. Jotain banaaniakin tästä voi aistia, siinä mielessä voin yhtyä kommenttiin sahtimaisuudesta. Ei niin monimutkainen kuin monet klassikot, mutta pätevä belgi, lämmittää ja menee alas helposti. Can’t bother to translate that. A good xmas beer for what it is worth.

Small head, nice dark amber color. Nice alcoholic taste. 10%... needless to say i was seeing pink elephants after drinking it. My fav. Xmas beer to date.