Delirium Noël

Bottle. Poured nicely with a good size head. Aroma of spices and yeast (no elephant dung though - what a shame). Spices, malt and caramel on the tongue (still no elephant dung). The 10% alcohol in this is not that apparent, so it’ll hit you hard - and thus, the pink elephant (without dung).

This is a surprisingly good Belgian. On tap, hard to tell what color it was due to poor bar lighting. It was dark copper maybe. Has a great aroma of hops and yeast. First Belgian I’ve had that you can actually taste some hops. Quite tasty. Gets ya drunk...(RERATE) Had it again out of the bottle and it still rocks. This is like Belgian Strong meets IPA. I can’t get past this. ps. you get one hell of a buzz if you take on a 750ml of this.

2004 bottle. Aroma of celery (acetone), caramel, cinamon and a slight hint of dried fruit. Cloudy orange-copper in color iwth a thin white head. Flavors of caramel, brown sugar and some dried fruit with some spice and belgian yeast character. Noticable alcohol with an abrubt finish. Dry texture and a lighter body. Similar to Stille Nacht, but not nearly as good.

2005, Bottle, a Red-brown colour. Nice malt taste. Typical christmas spices. A very slick texture. To be enjoyed, not gulped. Enjoy this wisely!

Vintage 2005. In the bomber bottle. Pours a reddish brown color with a yellow ocher head. Just a beautiful beer in the Tulip- walls of lace and contrasting colors. Aroma is fruity- D’Anjou pears and bing cherries. The malty sweetness is clear in the taste, but there’s enough tart bitterness to allow it. Slightly medicinal, but whoo boy, the big flavor here is a super strong cherry taste. The finish is at first a little bit smokey, but you can’t really tell after a couple of swallows. The residual alcohol burn lingers in the alimentary canal long after all other senses have subsided.

Bottle 2004, rated 2005. Tasted this beer last year but didn’t add it to ratebeer. Alcohol is more pronounced than what i remember from last year, but still a very good christmas ale (still, 10% alc..). Smooth texture and a lot of different christmas spices.

From bottle at Cafe Delibere. Dark brown colour, off white rocky head, no lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, dark fruits, grass, orange citrus, raisin, light alcohol. Flavour is spicy and malty, medium bodied, more sweet than bitter. More malty medium-lenght finish, but not very pronounced. Alcohol is well-hidden.

Merry Christmas!!! The ultimate X-mas beer, A velvetly smooth taste of spices with taste of colilander, caramel wrapped up with a smooth texture like cola syrup. Truly to be enjoyed for the holidays.