Malheur 10

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

Pours a deep golden straw color with a big white head. To me, this is very funky on the nose. It’s very citrusy (lemons and oranges), but there’s a moderate amount of "rot" to the fruit, which works well here. There’s some cloves, sourdough bread, and a slight hint of white chocolate. Deep earthy taste at first, but there’s more to it. It’s like a strong pilsner malt taste with more sourdough bread notes. A slight bit of pepper as well. Finishes with the same flavors, but slightly drier. The fruit comes back a little bit, but it’s not dry enough, and/or there’s not enough hops to this. It’s cloying but without the syrupy body that should necessitate cloying, so it feels off. Highly carbonated body, but it feels creamy and medium to light, while the flavor lays on the throat heavily. No traces of any heat. Good stuff, but great aroma.

Hazy golden-yellow beer with light orange glow and creamy white head. Round sweet aroma with accents of herbs and eau de vie de Gratte-Cul. Also hints of malts, caramel malts, roasted nuts and burned edges of a fruit cake end with a vegetal herbal smell. Taste is round and has some alcohol sweetness and hints of sweet cake. also touches of herbs, hints of corriander. afthertaste is drying out and end with a strange bitter finish.

Bottle. Pours with a nice hazy golden yellow color and a light head. Highly carbonated, almost fizzy but in a good way. Somewhat lighter body but great flavors of bubblegum, banana, bread, some peperrines and a bit of alcohol heat. Quite good.

Good Belgian ale. Big foamy head. Spicy, hoppy, and citric flavor. Finishes crisp, dry, and warming.

Extremely effervescent, almost too much so as the pour becomes difficult. Nice spicy ale with a nice malty, warming finish with some sweet fruit, apricot?. Similar to the brut but perhaps a bit creamier and less crisp. Slightly darker color.

Bottle from MJ’s Belgian beer of the month club, 2002. Pours a hazy pale orange with a massive, fluffy, meringue-like head. Aroma was great...rich complex orangey hops and apricots. Taste was sweet, but strikingly hoppy, peppery, and yeasty. The lingering bitter finish was typical of the Malheur ales I’ve had. I really like the ales this brewery puts out.

Murky golden with a dollop of white foam on top.Nose is yeasty, slightly spicy with honey and grass dominating. Medium body with a herbal candy like flavor at the front. The herbal bitterness seems to fade in the middle, ending up with a sweet dry finish.

Pale yellow, thick creamy, rocky white head. Yeasty, sugary, slight almondy nose. Quite sugary in flavour as well with some candy-ish and lemony hints. Somewhat malty too.