Malheur 10

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Sparkling honey beads floating on a milky alcohol pond...Yeast-tinged meringue over a pear and peach pie...Combining the qualities of many a Belgian style (funkiness, creativity, strength, nobility, rigor, heat) and thus making a very enjoyable evening sipper...

Bright, fruity aroma, light clove-like phenolics, mild graininess.Slightly hazy pale golden color, big, long-lasting white head. Crisp flavor, nice balance of fruitiness and light malt, a little spicy from the yeast profile. Medium-light body, very high carbonation, dry finish; very drinkable, if you don’t mind a few burps. A really nice Belgian blonde that I would classify as a classic example of the style - it’s not over the top, but very enjoyable and highly drinkable.

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2007 Date: 01/07/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

hazy yellow, thin white head, nice sweet aroma, good sweet malt flavor, nice fruity character,
-------- /> Date: 07/31/2007
Score: ii to iii
Words: Bottle
Words: Brick Store Pub

clear gold with lots of tiny bubbles, fine white head, sweet bready and spicy aroma, creamy body, lots of bready malt flavor, lots of spices, well balanced between a malty sweetness and the spices,
-------- /> Date: 11/06/2007
Mode: bottle
Words: greens

gusher, dark yellow is opaque with yeast bits stirred up by the gushing, frothy white head, lots of lace, same sweet spicy bready aroma and flavor, sweet bread flavor combined with the spices and creamy body is like a sweet spiced sponge cake,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden-orange body with a medium white creamy head and soft lacing. The aroma is strong of apple yeastiness, dough, and liberal spiciness. The flavour is extremely doughy and yeasty with some notes of sweet fruit and then leaving some sharp tartness. Very spicy and warm in the finish. Deceptively easy to drink with layers of complexity. The alcohol only shows up as it warms up. Very good. Sampled at Le Zageman, Brussels on May 9, 2006.

Bottle - Hazy orange/yellow color with a huge rocky white head. Citrus fruit and spice aroma. A zesty, yeasty fruity flavor. Excellent beer with perfect level of Carbonation.

Corked and caged bottle with a best before end date of 01-02--09. Large fizzy white head that mostly diminished, spotty amounts of lacing, visible carbonation, hazy, and a yellow hue. Nose was spicy, sweet, malt, yeast, lightly and fruity. Flavor was malt, fruity, sweet, mildly vinuous, refreshing, spicy, and a hint of sourness. Mouthfeel was tingly and somewhat oily. Medium in body. The ABV was not over-the-top in the taste of this beer, it was easy and delightful to drink, worthy of a try, and hopefully this one will come my way again some day because I definitely enjoyed it.

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!

Pour is a hazy yellow with a active white head. Aroma is very nice with lots of fruits like apple, lemon and banana. Flavor is very rich with lots of carbonation. Lots of lemon and hops with some spice and honey. A very tasty ale from Belgium.