Malheur Bière Brut (Reserve)

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

750ml Bottle at Coles Rare Beer Fest 2009> One of my favorites if not the favorite. Im just a sucker for Belgian blondes, though. Pours a light gold with lots of tiny bubbles. Dry like a champagne brut but much tastier. Floral with some fruitiness. The most easy drinking 11% beer ive had. My new 12/31 treat every year

Bottle (750ml). At Cole’s Rare Beer Fest, January 2009. Bottle marked best before January 2008, but it was FINE. Clear bubbly light gold with a large and lasting fizzy white head. Dry and floral aroma, quite tart, with pineapple and yeast. The taste was dusty-dry (like a very dry sparkling Spanish wine), with unripe pear, acidic and somewhat floral in the finish. Very lively and light mouthfeel, acidic, somewhat alcoholic - very nice, would drink this instead of champers.

A little hazy golden colored beer, with a thick foamy white head. The aroma of fresh fruit like citrus and peaches. A little sourness. The taste is sparkling fresh, fruits like citrus and grapes with a little orange. Also a little sourness with some bitter. There are some notes of hop and caramel. The aftertaste is bittersweet and fruity.

This may have been the most I paid retail for a beer in 2008 ... was it worth it? A champagne style Saison like Golden Strong, brut, bubbly and very dry. Slight earthy,noble hops and biscuit notes in the nose. Biscuit and slight hoppy earthiness up front, then with pear, apple and slight bubblegum esters throughout the middle. The finish ends dry, bitter, and delicious.

Cloudy yellow with a big white head. Grainy malt aroma with some candy notes and a touch of sulphur. Dry and malty with some grassy hop flavour.

Green bottle, 750 ml, best before 01/01/2010, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on January 10 2009; eye: golden, hazy, good effervescence, champagne-style white head that remains, lots of lacing; nose: yeast, fruity, light spices, light floral hops; mouth: yeast, fruity, orange, light pepper, pear, light spices, light floral hops, finale in lightly caramelized malt with a hint of orange, rather carbonated, medium body, lightly bitter, medium body, slick, slight astringency; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 750 ml, meilleure avant 01/01/2010, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 10 janvier 2009; œil : dorée, voilée, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche style champagne qui demeure, beaucoup de dentelle; nez levure, fruitée, léger épices, léger houblon floral; bouche : levure, fruitée, orange, léger poivre, poire, léger épices, léger houblon floral, finale en malt légèrement caramélisé avec une p’tite pointe d’orange, plutôt carbonatée, corps moyen, légèrement amère, corps moyen, texture coulante, très légère astringence; en résumé : très bonne

75cl bottle from VinensVerden, Odense. Pours cloudy orange with a large white fluffy head. Nose is yeast and fruits. Strong notes of yeast, liquorice and alcohol. Lively carbonation. Lots of yeast. Fresh! Great.

Flaske: Fantastisk skummende øl, ser ud som champagne. Let og fluffy. Tydelig belgisk i sit udtryk, men dog en anelse alkohol der skinner igennem, hvilket trækker lidt ned.