Rastacouere (5270), Montréal, Quebec, Canada Sep 11, 2007 Delirium Cafe Hazy pale golden ale with a large and rather dense white head that leaves no lacing. Citrusy, honeyed, almondy nose. A growing sourness is the main feature of the flavour profile that shows its honey highly attenuated. Dry and sour through and through with a generally spicy yeastiness accompanying the taster until the very end. Long floral and mineral finish with moderate bitterness. A well executed brew that I would probably prefer if 2% lighter, but it sure drinks easily for 2%. bierkoning (4738), La Tropica, Netherlands Oct 28, 2005 Golden color. Honey aroma and flavor with a touch of mandarin. A bit alcoholic, but well balanced, not even a bit of sweetness, so very well attenuated. Very light bitter aftertaste. sayravai (3048), Helsinki, Finland Jan 31, 2005 (Bottled, 0.75l) Opaque golden color with smallish head. Slightly sour, honeyish aroma with some strange, toilet-freshener-compost hints. Sweetish honey flavor. Medium-bodied, quite thick, low-carbonated palate. A quite decent brew, but the aroma was not so pleasant. JorisPPattyn (4282), Antwerpen, Belgium Jun 27, 2004 Quite hazy (like very fine yeast in suspension), very pale yellow (as pineapple juice) beer; huge, light-yellow head, creamy in consistency, quite stable and leaving some lace. Spring flowers nose, honey, spicey - couldn’t be more Walloon farmyard nose. Bit of citrus as well. Surprisingly bitter taste, more spicey bitterness than hoppy, even a tad harsh. Again flowery-spicey. Honey might leave some flavour, but absolutely no sweetness. Finish betrays slight acidity. Not really light bodied. This beer seems extremely well-attenuated, but the malts/honey left some imprint! A surprising, and interesting brew. I’ve seldom had such a well attenuated honeybeer. I fear, however, that the used hops are very British-Belgian, meaning not very noble. if they could better this, it would become really great. BTW, if all commercial descriptions would be that accurate!
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