Malheur Bière Brut (Reserve)

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

Bottle. Cloudy orange colored pour with large frothy head. Pleasant fruity aroma with champagne like mouth to it.

Bottle. White champagne look-alike head. Clear yellow body. Fruity aroma. Got i warm so flavor was very sweet and - sorry mates - no experience.

Pours gold with a creamy head and consistent carbonation and lacing. Aromas of straw, fresh fruit, vanilla, wood and honey waft from the glass. The taste of this one is what makes it a true standout: fruity with bananas, apples, pears, vanilla, oak, honey, maple and just a hint of peppery hops. Mouthfeel is thick and oily with generous bubbly notes tickling the tongue in prickly, peppery decadence long after the glass is empty. Finish is of lemons, oranges and sugar candy. A truly spectacular beer.

Yes indeed, this is a beer, that has been treated and aged like a champagne. Malheur Biere Brut is marketed in corked champagne bottles. After brewing, and aging, it is put on champagne racks, where it is riddled. The bottles are tilted and turned, in a traditional, labor intensive method, used to precipitate the yeast to the neck of the bottle. There it then goes through the process of degorgement, where the yeast collected in the neck is frozen, and expelled in a plug of ice. This is what is done with champagne, and now with one amazing beer as well. A beer this special, which comes in a corked 22.45 oz champagne bottle, should be treated as such. I didn’t chill this beer in the fridge. I let is sit on ice in an ice bucket like a fine champagne, and served it in a champagne glass as well. Malheur Biere Brut pours to a beautiful, very bright(clear) deep golden color with a pillowy white head, and a very vibrant carbonation. The nose on this beer is very perfumed, with aromas of lemon rind, peach, and vapors of peppery alcohol. The palate is smooth, refined, and silky, with strong flavors of peach and vanilla on the tongue, with a nice back drop of flowery flavors as well. Malheur Biere Brut finishes with a firm, dry after taste, with just a touch of peppery alcohol. This beer is stunning. It is rare, unique, and really is as elegant as champagne. For a beer lover? This is better than champagne. Malheur Biere Brut, makes the ultimate aperitif, and would match well with oysters, or any dish you would pair champagne with.

Sampled new years eve 2005/06 with some friends. Extreme carbonation - almost impossible to pour. Mouthfeel is very sparkling and champagne like. Finish is very dry and bitter. In terms of value-for-money this is not a good deal...

Bottled: Golden coloured. Unclear. Off white huge head. Loads of yeast, spices, sweetness and fruits in the nose. Is very carbonated. Sweetness, herbs, alcohol and spices in the flavour. Yeast notes as well. Quite complex and full mouthfeel. Is dry and refreshing in the end.

Licking the sharp, rocky islands of foam remaining on the sides of the glass, you will receive a bitter, herbal, leafy, yeasty set of flavors that fully encapsulates Belgian brewing. A monster of a dry, bone-dry, yeasty, complex beer, with raging naturalness in the form of honest to goodness bitterness. A tiny bit of honey washes in to relieve you. The aroma is all grass and hay. Delicious. Truly.

bottle. pours a white-golden body with small specks of yeast floaties and a small white head. phenomenal aroma - funky earth, wood, yeast, and apple skins. tastes pretty wild too with significant lemon citrus flavour and some grassy hops. some alcohol peering through towards the finish. sharp and flavourful. nice.