Malheur 10

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Poured yellow orange with a thick white head. Aroma of peaches and fruits with a bitter,yeasty, oranges and spice flavor and a sour finish.

On tap at O’Brien’s in SD. 10 and 12 side by side. Orange gold pour with solid head. Sweet Belgian on the nose. Big full mouth. Chewy. Smooth and sweet. Strong.

Bottle 330ml from Plonk. Great, "yeasty" beer. Aromas of butter and citrus, with hints of vanilla. Taste is sweet, with touches of sourness, and long-lasting bitterness. Palate is creamy, and full bodied. Yellow, with a frothy head.

THOUGHTS: I’m really behind on my rating. I had this one back on Leap Day. Not awful, but not one of the better Belgians I’ve had. A little too metallic for me. It was kind of like a more syrupy Duvel, but not quite as nice. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a hazy, light to medium yellow with a huge, white head that kept a thin sheet. The aroma was moderate yeast, white wine and fruit. The initial flavor was lightly to moderately sweet, moderately to heavily acidic and lightly bitter; while the finish was moderately sweet and heavily to harshly bitter with and average to long duration. It was fruity and yeasty then there was tons of metallic hop bitterness. The medium body was dry with fizzy carbonation and a metallic and light alcoholic finish.

Pours a dark yellow orange hazy color with an absolutely huge amount of froathy billowing white head that literally fills my trappist glass to the brim. Looks absolutely delicious. Aroma comes right after you very strongly: tart citrus fruits, banana, dough, cloves, some slight toffee to round it out. Flavor is definitely honeyish and sweet, banana, and a bit of earthiness. Heavy mouthfeel. Overall, looks and smells better than it tastes, but still pretty decent.

Bottled. Beer is slightly murky light gold with a large/huge, frothy, white, diminishing but lasting head.<P>Malty with light notes of toasted grain, cracker; Moderate (hint peppermint) herbal lemon—slightly vegetal; Yeasty with moderate notes of basement and barnyard, light note of dough; Moderate spicy alcohol, trace of vanilla extract. <P>The flavor is moderately/heavily sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter with a long, warm, moderately sweet, trace acidic, lightly bitter finish. Alcohol is very stealthy.<P>The body is full, the texture is velvety and the carbonation is lively.

(10 years old - 2000 vintage in 2010)

mostly sweet caramel, with some sherry notes, and a lot of carbonation.

11.2oz bottle in a tulip. Pours deep, cloudy golden with a fluffy, off-white head. Aroma of spicy yeast, caramel malts, floral hops, and a little alcohol. A typical Belgian ale with more alcohol than most. Smooth, thicker texture. A really good beer.