Malheur 12

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Large off-white head. Dough aroma with clear alcohol. Strikes a good balance of brown sugar, dough yeast and alcohol. Creamy palate.

Draft at Mekong. Deep reddish brown of antique mahogany, with nary a wisp of head. This drinks as you’d expect it -- super rich with brown sugar character. 12% is not evident at all. (#4424, 12/31/2011)

brown with a cream head. nose is heavy dried fruits, spices, and yeast. smooth on the palate, very nice fruity flavor, faint spices, no alcohol, and caramel.

750ml cork and cage. Light haze, deep chestnut in color. Tan head wwith a full three inches of foam. Fruit dominates the aroma, vanilla, raisin, fig, rum cake, spice. Palate is lush, big mouthful, some sweetness. Flavors of dark rum, raisin, fig, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Some rum in the finish but otherwise clean. Nice Quad.

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2012 12oz bottle in pint glass. Pours an opaque brown or very dark red. Small active head quickly dissipates with no lacing. Clumps of presumably yeast are evident. Aroma is very sweet and inviting. Taste is good and alcohol is well hidden for 12%. This is my second Malheur 12 and while I enjoy it, it is quite sweet, it would be hard to drink a lot of this. Very malty. Good, I like it, but it will be an occasional treat not a mainstay.

Dark pour almost like a porter with some deep red colors. Very soft carbonation and small head. Bitter then sweet in the palate, taste of rasin and then a candied molasses after taste. Slight yeast and hoppyness flavor. Great for after dinner. Almost no alcoholic taste even though %12 abv.

33cl Majestic bottle. This reminded me of a pretty sweet quad. The first flavors reminded me of a nice Belgian quad but then finished with some dark, candy sugar. The 12ABV was not noticeable even at room temperature. Maybe a little too sweet for some folks but I liked it.

Bottle in a Palm tulip. Purchase in September - probably an ’09 bottle. Dark pour that looks like brown ale spiked with blood. Lots of suspension. Aroma of dates and currants, chocolate and alcohol. Also undefined hops and yeast. Taste is very sweet yet stingingly bitter. Reacts on the palate like a brandy shot. Not classically Belgian, Malheur’s 12 reminds me ever so slightly of very strong doppels such as Samichlaus and the like. Good after dinner confection.

(330ml bottle thanks to mar) clearish deep amber with head that faded quickly. Nose is rich and decadent, raisins, sweet dripping caramel, mild Belgian spices. Taste of cinnamon, no alcohol presence whatsoever, very impressive given the ABV, caramel, rich brown sugar, light spice component but doesn’t strike me as truly "Belgian" as most do. Carbonation is a bit light, wish it was a bit more dry. Pretty sweet finish but this is welcome for me. Body lacks maybe a little bit, but in general I really liked it and would drink it again.

A cloudy amber brown ale. Ripe fruits, candies, malt, caramel. toffee, herbs and chocolate in nose. Rather sweet taste with a good carbon and full body. Hidden alcohol. Fernet and chocolate on palate. B@H