Delirium Nocturnum

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

bottle @ the dovetail. Smells of brown sugar, red wine gravy, caramel and dried fruits. Yum! Tastes of primarily malts and dark fruit. Weird finish that I can’t pin. A lot of yeast, earthly malt and orange in the taste and aroma.

From the tap at Delirium Cafe, Brussels. Brown, reddish in direct light with a significant, nice looking tan head. Aroma is spicy, with dark pitted fruits and sweet malt, most noticeably and surprisingly a distinctive caramel component. Taste is a bit muddled to me - caramel, prunes and plums, a bit of alcohol. Very sweet with a sweet finish and a slight spice in the after. Soft, rounded on the tongue but the carbonation needs to be picked up a bit - maybe better in this respect from the bottle. Nice but doesn’t compare to some.

Poured a brownish amber with big off-white head with good lacing. I really didn’t smell anything at all. The taste was nothing special.

Belgian beer festival Brussels 2006: rich caramel raisin cake flavour, high quality pipe tobacco, sweet sticky mouth feel, lack of hops, yeasty, even malt. Really nice!

Poured from bottle into my St.Berndardus chalice. First off, wow what a head! I poured this thing gently and was starting to worry that it was going to overflow the side of the glass. Needless to say, I let it sit for a couple of minutes to recede. Smell is some fruit, yeast and alcohol. Taste is a slightly bubbly cherry and raisin with alcohol on the back end. It tastes really light and velvety smooth. I get a lot of dark fruit and raisin in the aftertaste in my mouth. This is a highly sessionable beer. One I wouldn’t mind sipping all night long. You’ll constantly find a subtle flavor showing up throughout this beer as it warms. This beer will definitely be revisited. Very happy with the purchase and will definitely purchase again. Highly recommend.

From pours dark brown with lots of head. Great aroma alot of particulate at the bottom of the glass. Nice flavor, with a lingering after taste.

Bottle. Poured a reddish brown with a tan head that lasts and leave good lacing. HUGE floaters in the glass. The aroma was of fruit and floral that starts sweet but turns a little sour. Light alcohol and malts also in the aroma. The flavor is mainly fruity with apple, raisin, and prunes standing out. Light chocolate background also. Medium body. Definitely not my favorite Belgium but it’s decent.

I didn’t enjoy it as much as the tremens. Almost doo heavy feeling. Very dark amber color, with a decent head. I could taste a very strong alcohol presence. Taste was also quite malty.