Delirium Noël

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

Bottle. Brownish / amber pour with lots of malt particles and a thin off-white head. Very sweet aroma; candy sugar, raisens, lightly spiced and nutty. The palate is creamy. Flavor is a little odd, lots of spices up front, with dark fruit, and malt; then it sort of transforms into a spicy juice-like substance with some hops and cinnamon. Lots of flavors, but they don’t work well together and provide for an odd tasting experience.

Poured a reddish brown color with a medium tan head that receded very quickly. The aroma was of dark malts, caramel, belgian spice, and dark fruits. The dark fruits come forward first then the spices and malts mix in to give a semi sweet taste. The alcohol is masked nicely. This has a medium mouthfeel with a creamy texture that finished with some spices and a little hop bite. Pretty good for a christmas beer.

Pours cloudy dark bronze, with a head of large bubbles that fades very fast. Aroma is big alcohol upfront, with dark fruits and some candi sugar and malt backing it up. Body is suitable medium to thin for a Belgian beer. Flavor is very fruity, sweet malt, with some balancing hops, an d a bit of sharpness from the alcohol. Finish is sweet but not heavy or cloying.

Bottle. Has the floral accents that I enjoy in the Belgian beers. I can also taste a bit of the alcohol, which I also enjoy. I’d buy this beer again.

Bottle: Pours a hazy amber/brown with a large tan head that quickly fades to a thinner head with a crown. Spicy nose that is hard to pinpoint. The taste is spice driven with some malt. I get some nutmeg, coriander and white pepper. The mouth feel is lighter and more astringent than I expected but I don’t get a strong alcohol presence. This is a nice beer overall but I would like to see more body and complexity.

Pours copper with fizzy white head. Light Malty aroma flavor following suite. clean finish with a hint of hops. alcohol well masked.

Poured a deep chestnut color very thin creamy beige head. Smells very sweet. Full body malty somewhat peppery brew. Tastes very fruity almost cider like with a good amount of carbonation.

Aroma is strong, malty, with plenty of spice hints and even a bit of an odd, rubbery odor that still was not unappetizing. It pours out a dark amber-brown, almost the color of cola with a decent head. Flavor is strong and mouth-filling, malty and quite spicy, with a touch of hops. This ale is quite smooth but has a good bite to it.