Delirium Noël

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

Bottle. Orange, with a small, white head. Aroma is brown sugar, sweet malt, and fruit. Flavor is fruit, yeast, malt, and sugar.

A well aged corked bottle that I have had around for quite some time and just now got around to drinking, served in my St Bernardus chalice, some cork leakage detected on the bottle:

Displays a deep bronze hue with a quickly disappearing fizzy head but traces of carbonation still come forth, leaves a oily film on the glassware. The aroma has notes of ripe apricot and fig, juniper berry and light coriander, caramelized and bready malts, honey and other earthy and vinous esters. The taste starts with sweet ripened fruits and heavy malting with an interesting twang on the sides of the tongue that is both spicy and even a bit salty. There is a bit of sherry like note giving a vinous quality to the finish. While the beer is warming, it is not powerful and seem to flame out at the end. The aftertaste had both lingering white pepper and honey notes. Smooth and lush but much like the taste it falls just short of a knockout. Aging may have mellowed it out too much, I don’t know. My least favorite of the three Delirium releases but still worthy of another try .

Thanks SS! Medium murky brown, decent head. Aroma of cola, perfume, and alcohol. Plums with a note of chocolate, more perfume, a touch of cola, and that Huyghe yeast. Nice. Very reminiscent of the Nocturnum. Nice mouthfeel.

On tap @ Prespa in Buffalo. Reddish amber underneath a frothy beige head. Malty, fruity: melon, orange; and spicy: coriander; also with a bit of caramel. Medium to full body, very little alcohol detected. Very good.

Bottle pours deep caramel, slightly burnt, large sand colored foamy head, attractive lacing, with light carbonation.   Sweet candyish nose, caramel, with light dark pitted fruit notes.   Smells wonderful!   Subtle hints of alcohol as well.   Strong malty dark pitted fruit flavor immediately up front, followed by a slight alcoholic burn.   Mildly sweet, with minor hop bitterness at the finish.   Lingering hints of alcohol.   Nice body, enjoyable mouthfeel.   Decent Winter offering, but could stand to less heated.

This is a hazy orange beer that comes out of the bottle with a rich, but quickly diappearing head. Strong raisin and alcohol in the nose which turns spicy as the beer warms. A slightly watery, cold brandy. It needs to hide it's alcohol better to suit me.

Golden brown w/ orange highlights, slight head and no lacing. Malty and sweet, spice and citrusy notes on the nose and mouth, but additional slightly bittery finish to the mouth. Creamy and smooth w/ light body.

Bottled. I think Huyghe get a lot of bad press because they brew a huge range of beers, alot of which are decidely dodgy. However I think when they think about it they can do a good job, and the Delirium range prove that. This is a dark reddy brown coloured beer which pours with alarge off-white head, which shrinks down but leaves good lacing. the aroma is yeasty with moussey fruit and peppery spices. The taste is also yeasty. The 10% comes through to a certain extent. There are peppery hops and red fruits. Well brewed with a long tasty finish.