Malheur 10

Brewed by De Landtsheer
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Buggenhout, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Peculier Pub: CARBONATION!!! 2x as much as I ever want in a beer, actually scrub away the taste way too quickly. Dark golden pour, and despite the carbonation the head disappeared almost immediately. Very sweet, but bad sweet. Like young, sugary fruits. No thanks!

In short: A very hoppy and crisp Belgian blonde ale.
How: Bottle 750ml. Consumed when almost 1 year of age.
The look: Cloudy blonde body topped by a large persistent white head
In long: A pleasant noble hops nose with lots of dry grass. The body is crisp and a bit too slim. Crisp pale malts with a slightly honeyed crackers sensation. Strong dry grassy hops presence. Meringue, a little lemony. Alcohol is a little apparent from start to finish and that’s too bad. That’s a very clean brew. Gets better in the last third of the bottle when the fluffy yeast provides more body to cover up the alcohol. This is the only brew from the Malheur lineup that shares many characteristics with my personal favourite Malheur Brute but it lacks the depth and finesse of the Brute. I suspect that this is pretty much the same beer as the Malheur Brute except for the champagne yeast/process used for the Malheur Brute. This really is a classic Belgian strong blonde ale, Malheur is not an odd brewery, with their Malheur 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 they are clearly an even brewery.

UPDATED: JUN 14, 2009 Dark golden with a generous head (actually tried to spout outa the bottle)... pity about the shit floating around. Fresh, wild bramble aroma. Bready. Bitter sweet with a round fermented palate. Overripe fruit, dried grapes, somewhat burned, caramel taste. Bit too alcoholic in the main body. Not my favourite beer at all.

Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in McKinney, TX. Pours a light gold, hazy, does have alot of sediment, white fizzy head. Aroma is fruity, had a mix of dark fruit, malty, alcohol, perhaps a little honey??? Flavor is malty, some fruit, also a little dark fruit, yeasty, alcohol, sweet. Mouth feel is heavy with high fizzy carbonation. Overall, WoW, some good shit!!!

Bottle. Pours an orange gold body with a big white head. Lots of citrus and sweet etoh latent fruits. Peach and citrus with some floral hoppiness. Chewy etoh latent fruit to finish.

At World Beer Festival this brew poured a dark amber with lots of head from the bottle. Aroma of dark fruit and malt. Lots of raisin taste with a very dry hopped finish. Nice carbonation.

(33cl bottle) Hazy, golden coloured and effervescent hue with a big frothy white head. Yeasty, moderately sweet pale malty aroma with grassy and slightly flowery hops, accompanied by traces of alcohol. Sweet and balanced bitter flavour, full bodied with a pleasant carbonation. Malty base with a pleasantly strong hops-character and a shy lemon-fruity note; dry-ish bitter-sweet, still pretty hoppy finish with bearable coriander- and peppery spice. Truly nice. (26.IV.09).

Gusher at The Penguin in freshly acquired £1 La Guillotine tulip. Ridiculous, uncontrollable Himalayan pour towering with froth. Superb enticing fresh hop and yeast aroma, suggesting marmalade, oak, houmous and lemon/lime jelly. Shit. Can you wring this kind of citrus out of Belgian hops?? Spruce, marmalade and pale nutty notes like a GA eisbock; big alcohol, but savoury flavours that make it irresistable. Little bit of warm. Really balanced, well-hopped, unsickly tripel/BSA it’s hard to pick fault with.