Malheur 10

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Hazy golden color with a tall off-white head. Sweet aromas of honey and light fruit. Stewed raisins and figs with a few thin slices of orange floating on top. Touch of yeast and some white pepper and vanilla. Interesting scents but I’m not being sucked in. Alcohol also creeps in as this sets in the glass for awhile. Light sweet malt in the start is met by an in rush of ripe light fruits soaked in light rum. Mild yeast and spice in the middle. Apricot really comes in the linger. I enjoy this and am thinking the sum is truly greater than the parts.

UPDATED: JAN 11, 2008 RERATE of a 2005 Bottle and shared with Tom: Pretty much the same as before except I noted a bit of soap and sweet bread on the nose. The taste seemed more fruity and there was a trace of a lacto sourness too. -1 Flavor and -1 Overall.

Bottle, 2000 - Millennium Release and served in my Duval Snifter:

Greeted me with a lightly hazed golden hue topped by an everlasting frothy white head and good lace.
The aroma has notes of earthy and dusty yeast esters playing along with light apricot and pear. Additionally the nose detected mild pepper and clove along with some remaining sugar candi but not a lot.

The taste starts with a dose of sweet malts and candi supported by ripened fruit followed by a mild spicy midesection. Throughout the the tasting there is the common yeast character often found in most Belgian Strongs. There was a bit of prickly bitterness by I think age as mellowed and dried it out.
The palate is biting at first before a heavy serving of yeasty and woody dryness comes about. While the alcohol is there, again age seems to have mellowed it out as well, nicely warming.

I like it the more I consumed it, very tripel like and would be if brewed by monks. I really like how it aged out and it appears to just now be hitting on all fours. If cellared right, this five plus year old beer will be more than just fine. Thanks for the bottle!

Sampled on 9/9/2010. This Belgian Strong ale pours a medium orange gold color from a 33cl bottle. Lots of suspend stuff in this bottle. Medium sized white foamy head with nice lacing and good retention. The aroma is fruity and sweet with some hops and yeasts. A medium bodied Belgian Strong Ale. The malts are fruity and sweet, lots of apricot and peach flavors. Bright yeasts. The hops are herbal and floral. Nice carbonation. I wonder if this is an older bottle, there is a whole lot of stuff floating around in this beer, but it does not seem to affect the taste any. Hides the alcohol well. Mouthfeel is ful and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Bottle (750ml). Shared with blankboy, garthicus, GregClow and jerc. Is this really from 2000? best before April 09. Incredibly murky light gold, tons of floaties, huge fluffy white head. Sweet, light aroma, green apple and yeast - floral. Taste is a little boozy, apple and grape, quite sweet, mostly balanced by floral pungency. Light body, stinging life on the tongue, quick malt finish - good, not great.

11.2 ounce bottle from Market Street Wine Shop Uptown Charlottesville, VA. Best by 03.10.09. Pours a hazy peach color with a medium fizzy head. Average head retention and lacing. Fruity and syrupy aroma with pear, peach and hop notes. Taste is strong candi sugar and cotton candy. Some spice and fruity notes as well. Alcohol warmth in the finish. Full bodied and slightly chewy.

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.

Thanks to JK and Katie, who brought this bottle back from Belgium. I have to find out how they got this past TSA Security. Pours a very cloudy, light orange brew with a thick white head. Lasts a while too. Aroma of lemon peel, sweet seeded fruit, citrus hops and a touch of vanilla. Taste is a good balance of sweetness and dry malt. Maybe a slight acidic but a crisp and full body finish. Alcohol is a bit over-board - Woo hoo! I’m finished for the night.

Courtesy of the BeanDip-s, thanks guys. It pours hazy gold with yeasty floaters and white head. The aroma is complex and melded with age. I get tartness, lemon, hay and yeast. Wow, yep, a wow type flavor. Lots of blended fruitiness from dark fruit and berries mixed with muted banana and mild hidden away lemon. It ends up somewhat sugary and slightly dusty. Very nice.