Malheur Brut Cuvée Royale

Formerly brewed at De Landtsheer
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Buggenhout, Belgium

Hazy yellow with a huge head. Floral aroma with notes of oranges, spices and yeast. The flavours are sweet, fruitlike with the alcohol poking through.

15cl sample from 75cl bottle at 3rd Brugs BF. Hazy golden yellow colour, white head. Aroma of yeast, fruits like green apples, floral hoppy notes, light champagne-like. Flavour is light to medium sweet, floral, yeast, some alcohol, light fruity, with a nice dry bitter finish. Despite the champagne yeast very soft in the mouth. Medium bodied.

Green bottle, 750 ml, best before 30/06/10, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on September 26 2009; eye: golden with a whitish hue, hazy, average effervescence, champagne-style white head that turns into a tiny sheet, minimal lacing; nose: yeast, bread, floral, light perfumy, light jasmine tea; mouth: yeast, bread, floral, light perfumy, finale in yeast with light presence of jasmine tea, good carbonation, medium-light body, slick; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 750 ml, meilleure avant 30/06/10, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 26 septembre 2009; œil : dorée avec une teinte blanchâtre, trouble, effervescence moyenne, mousse blanche style champagne qui se transforme en une petite couverture de mousse, dentelle minime; nez : levure, pain, florale, léger parfumé, léger thé au jasmin; bouche : levure, pain, florale, léger parfumé, léger thé au jasmin, finale en levure avec légère présence de thé au jasmin, bonne carbonatation, corps moyen-léger, coulante; en résumé : bien aimé

clear yellow, large thick sustained head, white. aroma is peach, fruity, yesty, kinda like a wheatbeer. flavor is fruity, dry, cellary, alc. is hidden.

Botella. Courtesy of Pinball. Hazy looking golden colour, nice white bubbly head. Good fruity sweet, yeasty and alco aroma. Pleasant mouthfeel. Sweet yeasty and fruity alco lighty bitter flavour. Fruity and yeasty alco finish with some bitter sweetness.

Bottle at WSF. Pours straw golden with a bubbly egg white head. Aromas of cereal, sweet malt, spice, yeast and fruit. Yeasty flavour with notes of fruit, grain and alcohol.

75cl bottle @ WSF. BB 06/10. Pours a clear yellow with a creamy white foam. Nose is yeast, fruit and spices. Lively carbonation. Cellar/matured notes. Lots of orange fruit and yeast with a slight citric appearance. Smooth and full palate. Nice

Clear yellow with a lasting white head. Clean and elegant yeasty aroma with delicate fruity notes. Dry and yeasty flavour with a fruity sweetness in the finish. Very elegant beer.