Malheur 12

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

Pours mahogany into a Trappist glass. Tan head with excellent retention recedes to hug rim. Pit fruit and yeast aromas. Creamy with sweet, fruity malt from front to back.

Pours out dark brown-black with lots of head. Taste is sweet, fruity, and malty. Notes of dark fruit, caramel, and some bitter hops. Full bodied, nicely carbonated with slight alcohol warming. Very good overall abbey.

Tasted @ Zythos march 7th 2009. The fierce head keeps this sensational beer hidden until it contacts your mouth. A nice pick of dark mouts and a fine palate of hop bitters make up for this fine and balanced beerdrinking experience. Enjoyable long after its last drop. Because the price is so right in comparison to the Malheur Dark Brut, and because even champagne gets boring over time, I rate this beer a bit higher. A botttle is already waiting for a reprise but for now, I rest my case.

Bottled. Dark ruby to brown beer with a medium-sized and a bit soapy but quite creamy head. The aroma is strong, malty darkish fruity (some banana, peach, prunes) and slightly yeasty and alcoholic. The flavor is more malty than fruity. Darkish caramel, prunes and other dark fruits. A bit too sweet maybe. Low bitterness and some alcohol in the finish. Some sour yeast and ripes in the finish. Full bodied palate is a bit carbonated but pleasant. Alcohol is warming nicely. Dangerously easy to drink.

A wonderful dark Belgian ale. Aroma is caramel like and slightly nutty in character. Appearance is dark brown with a well developed, creamy, thick, frothy head that compliments the flavor quite well. Taste is typical Belgium dark ale, similar to a quad. A velvety smooth malt with a tasty sweetness provided by typical Belgian sugars, mildly hopped but it is enough to offset the sweetness and add to the aroma. Very tasty.

25cl bottle. Pours a brown color with a huge head. Aroma is spicey with some cinnamon. Sweetmalt,fruit anc caramel can also be found. Taste is just a sweetexplosion! Caramel,candy,overriped fruit,plums and some chocolate. Really sweet but finishes a bit bitter. Superbalanced with note hint of the 12 %.

Bottle From Whole Foods San Diego. Pours a hazy coffee brown with a good sized beige head. Lots of candied dark fruits and a touch of booze on the nose. Flavor was sweet with toffee and also a bit boozy.

Bottle. Creamy off-white almost light brown head. Dark red-amber colour. Moderate malty and very fruity aroma. Rasin notes. Moderate bitter powerfull fruity flavor. Long nice not that powerfull finish. Creamy palate. ABT caracter.