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 gold pour decent lasting head. Nose is yeasty and sweet candied fruit with spices. Tastes exactly like it smells with a slightly thick chewy mouth feel. 11.2 oz bottle at $3.49. Decent brew

A big, noise orangey brew with great head and excellent aromatic qualities. Incredibly light-bodied considering its powerful 10% abv punch. Certainly a smooth, tasty beer, but I’m not too crazy about the final finish -- do I sense a bit of pilsner in there? Fraid so, but you can’t take the craftsmanship out of this one no matter what. 12 is still my favorite Malheur, though.

cloudy dark murky yellow with a huge creamy white head. fresh herbal, hoppy, grassy, yeasty aroma. flavors of yeast, lemon, candy sugar, butterscotch, and herbal hops. maybe a touch of mint. good but no surprises. a typical strong belgian.

Bottled. Beer is slightly murky light gold with a large/huge, frothy, white, diminishing but lasting head.<P>Malty with light notes of toasted grain, cracker; Moderate (hint peppermint) herbal lemon—slightly vegetal; Yeasty with moderate notes of basement and barnyard, light note of dough; Moderate spicy alcohol, trace of vanilla extract. <P>The flavor is moderately/heavily sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter with a long, warm, moderately sweet, trace acidic, lightly bitter finish. Alcohol is very stealthy.<P>The body is full, the texture is velvety and the carbonation is lively.

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.

Poured a hazy white with a two finger creamy white head. The nose was sweet, Belgian, yeasty, white pepper, phenolic, alcohol, curacao. The flavor was spicy, warming, fruity, white pepper, yeasty. Nice Belgian influence. The palate was very nice, very large prominent carbonation. Alcohol became very hot.

Brown bottle, 750 ml, best before27.09.09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on December 12 2009; eye: golden, hazy, lots of effervescence, suspended matter, nice sheet of white head, average lacing; nose: yeast, citrusy, orange, light malt, pear; mouth: yeast, orange, citrusy, light malt, pear, finale in orange with presence of yeast, medium body, rather carbonated, slightly bitter, lightly sweet, foamy texture; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, meilleure avant 27.09.09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 12 décembre 2009; œil : dorée, trouble, matière en suspension, très effervescente, belle couverture de mousse blanche, dentelle moyenne; nez : levure, citrique, orange, léger malt, poire; bouche : levure, orange, citrique, léger malt, poire, finale en orange avec présence de levure, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée, très légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture mousseuse; en résumé : bien aimé