Dju Dju Palms Strong

Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Traditional Ale
Melle, Belgium

I was hoping this was truly a beer from Ghana, as the label suggests (albeit not in English). It would have been the best ever African beer. It has that Belgian sweet caramel, a little duller than the best Belgians, but loads of fruitiness (banana) and a hint of spice (cloves as baked into ham) from the alcohol. Perky body, tingling. I’m sorry, I found this quite enjoyable--quite against the grain, I suppose. I was thinking that this was African, and on those terms I was very impressed. Bottle in Berlin.

Brussels, Cafe Delirium, Nov 2004. Head is initially large, frothy, light brown, mostly lasting. Body is medium brown. Aroma is moderately malty (cookie, caramel), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with notes of cola, coriander, and orange peel. Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, creamy texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic. Similar to the Mongozo palm nut beer (in that it’s supposedly made in Africa, and also in that there is a banana version as well), but higher octane (though hidden pretty well under all the sweetness). Not too bad for Huyghe I suppose.

Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, malt, hop. Flavour is alcohol, apple, caramel, hop, dried fruits. Medium body. OK beer.

Bottle, from trade with Papsoe. A brown, slightly hazy beer with lots of (protein?) chunks, topped by a small, beige, creamy head. Spiced nose with dried fruits, cellar, rum-raisin, some notes of oxidation and alcohol, and a herbal touch. Sweet, herbal flavor with cellar, raisin, green apples, some spicy notes and a fine bitterness. Quite thin on the body, medium that is, and with a warming feeling. Dried fruits and a herbal bitterness in the finish. Maybe a bit herbal, but a quite nice one. Would like less chunks though. (090228)

Reddish colour with small head.Really bitter taste.Aroma of plante and fruits ,nose of wood and a odd bitter finish.Should be from Ghana ?.

33 cL bottle. Pours unclear yellow with yeast floaties and a small white head. Dry wooden and slight malty aroma. Oxidised flavoured with a mild fruity note. Slight malty and yeasty finish. Somewhat flat and boring in flavour. Not as artificial as the 3 others.

Bottled - searched for it forever - tasted June 2004 - wow Ernest, you found more infos on it! Straw yellow, medium frothy head. Artifical lemon nose - might be the supposed passion fruit aroma. Like a fruit soda, very weird and not likeable at all.

Bottled. A light golden beer with protein floaties under a lazing white head. The aroma is sweet with weird notes of palm. The flavor is sweet with notes of palm, leading to a dry weird notes of fruit.