Malheur 10

Brewed by De Landtsheer
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Buggenhout, Belgium

(Sample at September 12, 2008 Beer Club Meeting) Pale and very cloudy orange color. You can tell this is a Belgian just by lookinbg at it. Its aroma sweet and spicy, much like a wit in a way. Its flavor is sour and musky, making my tongue swell a little as the sweetness creeps beneath it. For some reason this beer reminds me of puppy breath.

Pours a cloudy straw color with orange hues. Thin white layer of head. Aroma is sweet light grain and Belgian yeast, very fruity. The taste is very straightforward - very sweet and grainy, too grainy. Doesn’t offer a whole lot that is interesting.

33cl bottle from Oldsmar Tap House (Tampa, FL). Pours a hazy golden copper color with thick and foamy bright white head. Good retention and lacing. Aroma is grain, flowers, hay, cooked veggies, honey, sweet malt. Flavor is wheat, sweet malt, flowers, banana, faint citrus, some faint spice. Generally medium to full body with with sweet and malty finish.

Bottle. Had an odd fruity and a barnyard ammonia aroma. Gold body with white head. Fruity peach flavor along with some dry bittering. Leaves the palate dry on the finish.

Pours a lightly hazy golden-orange color with a small, foamy, off-white head. Thick, sticky flares and spots of lacing mark the glass well. The aroma shows ultra-sweet fruity notes of stewed golden raisons and green apples, with sweet pale malts and hints of vanilla. Perfumy, floral hops and slightly funky Belgian yeast complete the nose. Flavors are again too sweet, with sugary pale malts and golden raison-apple showing almost dessert-like. A lightly floral hoppiness lends a hint of bitterness, while dry, funky, peppery yeast emerges on the finish. Sweet and sticky up front, the palate transitions quickly to dry and fizzy. Overall, this is a decent brew, but majorly sweet Belgian tripels/golden strongs just aren’t my style.

On draft at the beerfestival at Groot-Vorst (Chiro). A blond beer with a small white head. Fruity and yeasty aroma. Some lemon and oranges. Fruity and slightly spicy flavour. Some nice hopbitterness at the end.

Man its been awhile but this one hit the spot - very think head - lemon and orange, carbonated and lite bitterness. Pretty tasty after moving the lawn!!!

Shared with HogTownHarry, GregClow, Tupalev,Jerc & Blankboy -- courtesy of HogTownHarry - 2000 bottle. App: Light yellow, small white head, some floaties. Aroma: Orange, lemon rind and yeast. Flavour: Toffee and some spice, carbonation and bitterness on the tongue in the finish. Thanks for sharing!