Malheur Bière Brut (Reserve)

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

(Bottle 75 cl) The colour of acacia honey Tina claims, adding that she’s got a bracelet the same colour. Well, so be it: this is acacia honey coloured. Tall bubbly and very full head. Loads of floating impurities. Sweetish with pronounced notes of yeast and a solid hoppiness to level things out. Produced by the "méthode champenoise". 190305

Bottle. Hazy yellow with a white head. Sweet sour spicy yeasty aroma and a sweet sour sparkeling dry malty citrus taste. Medium to full body and a light sweet finish.

Very large, white head over a yellow/gold brew. Aromas of citrus, spice, yeast, and hops. Flavor is citrus, spice, some hops, and yeast. Medium body is rather creamy. Very good, if not terribly unique. Thanks to BeanDip for this one.

Head is initially huge, frothy, white, fully lasting. Body is hazy medium yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately hoppy (lemon, flowers), moderately yeasty (dough, cobwebs, mold), with notes of mint and alcohol. Flavor is heavily sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Finish is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, heavily bitter. Medium body, creamy texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic. Full flavored, dry finish, interesting creamy texture, somewhat tongue-coating (almost in the same way some ginseng beers have been). Kinda Duvel-like, but yeastier. Enjoyable, but not phenomenal.

3/19/05. Poured out of 750 mL bottle, sampled at Pizza Port 12-Hour Belgian Fest ’05 in Carlsbad, CA 3/19/05. Hazy golden. Fluffy eggshell head, slightly beady. Lacing is good-- sticky, ribbony. Very nice aroma of light vanilla and sweet spiciness. Strong fruity esters. Very yeasty pepper and faint sourness. Hints of apple and tart, crisp yeast. Alcohol melds nicely. Peppery green olives in the background. Very herbaceous with stately aged hop dry-bitterness. Clean like a Snuggles dryer sheet. Malty finish with lovely spritzy carbonation. A wonderful spice finish, clean and a touch fishy-- I bet this would be awesome with seafood. Wonderful, soft carbonation, slightly silky and fluffy. Almost no alcohol presence at all-- barely detectable beneath the dry effervescence. Perfect, elegant and controlled finish. A fabulous beer.

Aroma,citrus,spices.... Appearance:clear gold with a good head... Flavor:sugar,malt,citrus.... Overal impression:A will not pay the price for this beer....

Pale straw color with a big white head. Aroma of yeast, "barn yard", and citrus. Flavor was sweet and yeasty. Slight flavor of alcohol but for 12% very well hidden.

Pours a hazy light orange color and a thick white head with huge bubbles. Amazing aroma and flavor of spices, fruits and champagne yeast with a mild bitter finish. Full body, dry texture, lively carbonation. Wow ! My first tasting of a champenoise beer and I’m totally impressed and amazed, this is world class stuff and I want more ! Merci infiniment Martin !