Delirium Nocturnum

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Melle, Belgium

Bottle sampled. Pours a dark mahogany/amber color with a light tan head. Aroma of yeast, sweet malts, caramel, dried fruit and spices. Sweet and malty flavor with caramel, dark fruits, toffee, and some spices with a nice dry bitter finish.

Pours cloudy brown with a frothy tan head. Aroma is yeasty and clean. High carbonation, complex and bold palate. Strong and fruity with perfume undertones. Finishes heavy yeast and bitter - great belgian strong.

Dark red-brown body, mild white head. Slightly low carbonation. Strong yeast with slight fruit aroma. Flavor of dark fruits (plum, cherry) and a hint of caramel.

old rating: 7/4/7/3/15 - 3.6 ( 12/1/2007 ) pour is cloudy copper with a large tan head, a few floaties hanging out in there swimming around with the many bubbles, and some lacing. smell of sweet fruit, apple, pear, after a bit darker fruits start to come in along with a touch of caramel, and some cocoa. taste is tart, sour malt, berry, plum, red grape, caramel, and nuts, ends tart and a tad bitter.

Bottled. Dark and cloudy with a long lasting head. Aroma is yeastish, flavor is very fruity. Very carbonated too.

Draught at Delirium Café, Brussels - came very dark, cloudy brown with a thick tan head on top. Aroma very sweetly malty and yeasty, brown sugar, dark fruit. Flavour is of cherries and other fruit along with typical Belgian yeastiness and a smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Fairly typical and not mind blowing...flavour is a little bit mild and simple overall. Not as great as the more popular Delirium Tremens.

Bottle: Deep cloudy burgundy pour, with visible floaties, and a dense tan head. Sweet Belgian malt aroma. Has some brown sugar, fig and raisin hints, and is also somewhat boozy. Creamy carbonation. Roasted flavors upfront, followed by an apparent boozy/alcohol flavor. There’s some faint sweet fruits, with brown sugar and more roast & alcohol toward the finish. A straight forward and simple Belgian Strong Ale.

Bottle. Large thick and beige head that mostly lasted. Excellent lacework. Cloudy amber color. Aroma of yeast, mix of fruit with apricot as the dominant note. Light citrus and some caramel and pilsner malt in top of that. Over the palate light toasted malt and warming alcoholic feel. Medium bodied with a lively carbonation. Moderated sweet flavor with light acidic and a sharp bitter feel, maybe from the alcohol. Sweet and fruity warming finish with a lingering end.