Malheur 10

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Courtesy Beandip. Pours a cloudy orange, with a small white head. Smells of big Belgian yeast, citrus fruit, and sweet malts. Very Belgian smelling. The flavor was pretty sweet, very malty, some orange citrus was there as well. The mouthfeel was syrupy and almost sticky in its texture. The alcohol was masked quite profiiently as well, I didnt get a huge alcohol presence at all. Pretty decent brew.

Bottle shared at Oak Cafe: Pours a hazy gold with a white head. Aroma, fruits, yeasty and bready with some spice in the background. Flavor, yeasty, bready malts, some spices, doughy with some light fruits.

Smells like apples. Juicy and crisp. Good stuff, crisp and biting, it has a sweet flavor, but one that goes down smoothly. Eminently enjoyable!

Bottle. Pours with a nice hazy golden yellow color and a light head. Highly carbonated, almost fizzy but in a good way. Somewhat lighter body but great flavors of bubblegum, banana, bread, some peperrines and a bit of alcohol heat. Quite good.

12oz bottle. Aroma is sweet and fruity with notes of yeast and alcohol. Pale orange amber and hazy with a huge white rocky head that left decent lacing. Sweet complex flavor with a slight bitter medium finish. Full bodied. Very good beer and I’m not a fan of the style. Sweet honey notes and an earthy undertone that hide a huge 10% ABV very well. I will probably age the rest but would recommend either way.

Cloudy, light tangerine color, and frothy, but very over-carbonated. Strong yeasty aroma with alcohol fairly well masked considering it comes in at 10%. Rather cloying. Not there yet, could profit from aging and perhaps develop further.

Pours a cloudy orange into a Affligem glass. Bubblegum, dry yeast and pepper in the aroma. Tripel like with a softer passion fruit taste. Has a bitterness that is rounded out with sweetness. The 10% is well masked.

The aroma was earthy peppery and lightly citrusy through the large bubbled moussy head. Pepper and a light tartness led the charge followed by sweetness and spice, light spice, coriander and perhaps cinnamon and clove. The beer poured clear golden with large globulous particulates into the chalice, a bit on the gross side but probably my fault in carrying the bottle. The flavor was nicely done with a sweet start which quickly dried out with pepper and a bit of menthol. The hop bittering was well achieved and even a bit of spicy hop flavor came along for the ride. The finish was just dry with a lasting impression of sweet malt and light spice into the aftertaste and beyond. The body was just above medium and the carbonation level was very high leading to a creamy impression on the palate. The warming post consumption was very high, yet the beer did not exhibit strong alcoholic tendencies in the aroma and flavor. A really nice Belgian Strong Ale! 750 ml corked and bailed bottle. $8.99