Malheur 12

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Courtesy of keifdog. Pours amber with thin tan head. The aroma is dusty dark fruity esters of prunes, dates and nearing but not getting to a raisin quality. I also get some faint yeasty spice. The taste is very much the same with pleasing dark fruitiness moving into raisins then prunes, dates and figs then becoming brown sugar like with a hint of Belgian candi. The alcohol is there but not distracting at all. Nice stuff.

33cl bottle. Appears dark brown with a small beige brown head. Aroma’s of sugars, and burnt fruits, earthy and roasted. A bit of yeast in the mouthfeel also a bit of alcohol. Bitter on the swallow and balanced well in the aftertaste. Not really complex in aroma’s and 12% is a lot.

courtesy of keifdog. Pours dark amber, beige head. Aroma of nice dark fruits. Taste, yeasty, dark fruits, some nice candi sugar and spices. Overall taste is very close to a nice strong christmas ale.

33cl bottle very dark brown beer a bit red full taste, very drinkable but heavy beer of 12°

I tasted this beer before I got my account with ratebeer, so I can’t really remember all the flavors.

Bottle, courtesy of redlight. Pours a dark brown with a huge cream head. Caramel, slightly fruity, bubblegum aroma, faint earthy hops. A little grainier in flavor, slightly sweet, caramel, some yeasty fruitiness, bubblegum and alcohol is evident towards the end. Faintly drying and thin with medium carbonation.

This is a pretty good beer. However, it struck me as sort of like a bock - overly cerealy with a malted milk ball sweetness. It had some nice redeeming qualities, but I couldn’t get past the sweetness. Color was dark but brilliant. Head was medium sized bubbles of consistent size, kind of like that of a macro lager. Aroma was earthy and roasty with some sourness. Flavor was sour (which was good) but offered an overly sweet unpleasantness with too much malt. Mouthfeel was clean and pretty good. I would weakly recommend this beer. I had this bottle at Paters Vaetje in Antwerp.

A dark brown beer with a small off-white head. Aromas of toasted malt, apricot, and brown sugar. More sweet than expected, full body, not very bitter at all. Finishes with a roasty flavor.