Malheur 10

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

Date: 01/07/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

hazy yellow, thin white head, nice sweet aroma, good sweet malt flavor, nice fruity character,
-------- /> Date: 07/31/2007
Score: ii to iii
Words: Bottle
Words: Brick Store Pub

clear gold with lots of tiny bubbles, fine white head, sweet bready and spicy aroma, creamy body, lots of bready malt flavor, lots of spices, well balanced between a malty sweetness and the spices,
-------- /> Date: 11/06/2007
Mode: bottle
Words: greens

gusher, dark yellow is opaque with yeast bits stirred up by the gushing, frothy white head, lots of lace, same sweet spicy bready aroma and flavor, sweet bread flavor combined with the spices and creamy body is like a sweet spiced sponge cake,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Opaque light orange colour; thick, creamy head considering how much alcohol this has; aroma shows orange, melon, alcohol, spice (thyme, mint, anise); firm body; yeasty, malty palate, dry from alcohol, more fruit (apricot, pear). I love the yeast-fruit interplay.

Cloudy golden color; big head. Quite poor aroma: sweet, corn, light malt. Malty, dry mouthfeel. Powerful, not impressive.

Hazy orange with sediments and medium head. Sweet yeasty aroma with fruits. Flavor is malty, sweet, yeasty with corriander and apricot. Finishes of dry. Pleasant.

(Bottle, RBSG05) Explosive on opening, eventually yielding a cloudy lemon yellow body topped by a white head. Aroma is medium sweet, lemon sour, yeasty. Taste is medium sweet, yeasty, lemon, her, light banana, definite yeast. Nice carbonation, light-medium body.
Earlier Rating: 5/7/2003 Total Score: 3.2
Hazy apple juice color, with a medium off-white head. Aroma is spicy, apple, acidic, musty. Taste is fruity (apple/pear), acidic and yeasty, with minimal sweetness. Finish has slight bitterness. Alcohol is apparent, but not overwhelming -- has a nice warming effect. Quite dry. Evokes comparison to champagne, though not as sweet. Given that I am not a fan of champagne, this isn't something I relish.

Bottle at Paters Vaetje, Antwerp. Golden beer with thick white head. Taste is quite strong. Quite a light aroma. Some sweetish golden syrup, a little sharpness and then fine in mouth. Can’t taste the alcohol really, but the effect hits home. Strong golden barley wine which is a bit intense.

Bottled "Malheur 10 Millennium 2000", vintage 2004 - or at least cork says 2004 (BB 01/2007). Hazy yellow, floating yeast, decent white head. Aroma has lemon, honey, pepper, cork and alcohol (vodka). Very carbonated mouthfeel. Bitter and with alcohol burn. Some honey-fruity notes in the finish. Similar to Malheur Bière Brut (Reserve) but not as sophisticated, more simple and just too powerfully alcoholic.

Hazy amber with a very nice head. The aroma is sweetish with notes of fruit. This goes for the flavour too, and here I find even more notes of fruit, citrus mostly. It has a nice hoppy bitterness to balance the sweetness. The alcohol is IMO a bit too dominant, especially in the last part of the flavour.