Delirium Tremens

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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On tap at the namesake cafe, Brussels. Thick sudsy white head over clear golden yellow in the appropriate tulip. Lace is sticky from the get go, interesting variegation of dense sheet and large holes in no identifiable pattern. Racing is average. Smells like freshly harvested grains and natural sugars, with orange peel and yeasty coriander. Last time I had this (at Map Room in Chicago a few years ago), I remember not liking it that much. This, however, is much better than I remember (although still not a favorite). The fresh grain is the baseline in the taste with a medium body that somehow maintains a kind of wateriness in the face of the 10% alcohol. On top of the baseline is lots of herbal mintiness, with the edge cut off by grainy sugars. The mint in the finish is more like eucalyptus, and for some reason I’m reminded of bamboo (there’s a low-level woodiness to this). The grains come back in the end (especially corn), and in the very end of the finish get kind of mealy (leaving you with an impression far worse than most of the beer). Very interesting; not something I’d need to have all the time, but every once in a while just to remind you something like this is out there.

Cloudy yellow with a dense head. Grassy banana and some citrus. Hoppier than I expected. Just a hint of bubble gum under there. Not terrible, but not my pick.

Bottle. Pours a nice golden color with a white head. Lots of bubbles. Aroma is mostly Belgian yeast with some sweety and grassy notes. Taste is yeast, orange peel, and some sweetness. Nice carbonation and mouthfeel. Overall a top notch beer.

5-ish year old bottle, pours a dark red color with a small head. Aroma is very sweet wuth hints and raisins. Smell reminds me of wine as well. Taste is okay, very sweet. Has a long lingering aftertasge

This was a great beer and it was a good pour and it was a nice pour. It was a very nice head and it was a beautiful white.

Pours yellow with frizzy low head. Not a lot of aromas, some citrus and belgian yeast. Taste is medium sweet, citrusy, frizzy and some alcohol. Nice evenly smoothed sweetness all way makes this beer enjoyable.

Big aroma of yeast, very zesty with a nice warm undertone of alcohol. Extremly high carbonation at 1st which makes the beer lively but as the carbonation begins to fade and as the beer begin to disappear along with the alcohol a pleasant mellow feeling takes over. Nice beer.

golden color, aroma of yeast, banana, citrus fruits, clove, flavors of banana, citrus/tropical fruits, candy sugar, yeast, med body, very enjoyable brew

22oz bottle into tulip. Nice Belgian ale pours a clear golden pale with a good size head. aroma of malt, yeast, some floral with some hay. Clean refreshing finish, drinkable.

Tap. Pours mostly clear golden, medium head, decent lacing. Light aroma dominated by yeast and wheat notes. Malty sweet flavor, wheat and alcohol notes noticeable. Watery palate.

Hazy blond, medium tan foam head. Yeast and cereals, reductive notes melted with esters. Again dominated by yeasty flavours in mouth. Fresh palate, then smooth and a bit tannic, medium bitterness, a bit short in aftertaste.