Delirium Nocturnum

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

Pours clear mahogany with with a 2 finger creamy tan head that lasts forever and leaves some decent lacing. Aroma is caramel, apple pie, toasted grain, crusty white bread, a little dark fruit, earth and some planty hops. Flavor is caramel, toffee, dusty grain, toasted grain, sweet malt, toffee, a little apple, some earthiness and dark fruit. Toward the finish the alcohol show up a little more than I would have liked and there is a little earthy bitterness that is pretty interesting. Palate is medium bodied with a slightly slick entry that quickly dries out and leaves you with a fairly dry finish. Pretty good overall, on a smaller sample I may have rated it around a 4.0 but given some time to dissect it I grew somewhat tired of it.

Appearance: Brown with lots of yeast flecks and a dirty brown head. Aroma: Yeast, caramel, lots of dark fruit with some alcohol and a good amount of malt. Flavour: Quite malty with a good deal of vanilla, plums and other dark fruits, some chocolate; toffee and a nice amount of carbonation with a long sweet finish. Not bad at all.

Bottle. Frothy off-white good mostly deminishing head. Dark amber colour. Powerfull fruity and light bitter flavor. Prune notes. Moderate bitter very dark fruity flavor. Average finish. Oily slightly syruply palate.

330mL bottle courtesy of sdriessen. Pours red/black with a big fluffy Duvel-esq tan head which lingers. Aromas of dark fruit, raisiny, cloves, aspects of both dubbel and tripel here. Flavour is very fruity, raisins dominate. The spice is very strong here. Quite a warming beer. Candy sweetness is balanced with a mild bitterness well. Bitterness lingers briefly with the spices. Quite a unique Belgian.

Drank from a bottle in a chalice. The beer pours redish brown with a good head and nice fruity caramal aroma. Tastes of chocolate and berries, I actually like this better than the tremens.

Bit of sourness in the aroma. Nice color, head seems a little "loose"... big bubbles, clumpy. Flavor? Gah! Gnar. Funky. Drain pour, I’m afraid.

Rosso rubino, liquorosa con finale secco. Ottima dark belga. Bevuta alla spina in Pazzeria, spillata in co2.