Delirium Tremens
Beer No: 75
Page No: 358
Category: Blond
There really is no better way to follow up two drain pours than with a Delirium Tremens. A complex blend of spices, fruits, and malts, this golden strong ale is always a consistent, tasty beer. You just always know what you're going to get. At 8.5%, the beer once banned in the United States and parts of Canada because of it's name is one of many "eclectic" beers from Brouwerij Huyghe in Belgium. 1001 Beers notes that they make a "Mongozo Coconut beer, served in a glass styled after a half coconut shell, of course, and the Floris line of fruit beers, which includes one flavored with cactus and another with chocolate." Now, those are a couple of beers I need to find. I've had their Floris Apple, and well, if you're looking for an apple beer, this is probably it.
I just wish I could get my hands on more Huyghe beers - they may be off-the-wall, they may be gimmicky, but Delirium is a damn fine beer, so they can't all be bad. Even Floris Apple is good if you really want a sour apple beer...
My review, cross-posted at RateBeer.com:
Delirium Tremens by Brouwerij Huyghe
Aroma: 8/10
Appearance: 4/5
Taste: 8/10
Palate: 4/5
Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.9 / 5.0
Had from 11.2oz. bottle from BevMo. Pours golden yellow with good, fizzy head that dissipates to a thin white film with slight lacing. Aroma is spicy, with fruits, cloves, alcohol, and yeast. Taste is complex with lovely spices, cloves, sweetness, fruits, and hay. Finishes slighty dry, very tasty. A quality brew.
