Sweet, fresh grain smell. Light, dry, bubbly taste that finishes a bit sweet. Clean, sweet aftertaste. Label says it is bottle fermented, and brewed with wheat, oats, and barley.
3 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet, fresh grain smell. Light, dry, bubbly taste that finishes a bit sweet. Clean, sweet aftertaste. Label says it is bottle fermented, and brewed with wheat, oats, and barley.
3 out of 5 Stars.
Mild aroma, a bit hoppy taste with a slightly malty aftertaste. Very easy drinking.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slight hop aroma. Good hop bite that fades out pretty evenly. Well balanced overall with a good hop taste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slight sweet smell. Hits taste buds with heavy sweet taste of hops. Finishes fairly easy, with a moderate hop aftertaste. Good.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Nice slightly sweet aroma. Clean malty taste that finishes with a clean malt/grain taste. Very refreshing with slight hint of hops that compliment the malt well.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Nice fresh moderate hop aroma, with a hint of dark malt aroma. Full hop flavor with an aftertaste of a nice stout.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Nice rich malty aroma. Full flavored, but light and almost refreshing at the same time. Finishes with a moderate dark malt flavor with a hint of hops.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Delirium Café Bar Complex, Brussels, Belgium
Before my flight back to Michigan, I spent the night in Brussels. I looked up my hotel in Google Maps, then had the Google supercomputer show me anything beer related nearby. It showed me this place called Delirium Café. A brief internet search said something about 2,400 beers and holding the Guinness Book World Record for bar with the most beers. And it was only ½ block from my hotel. What a deal. After checking in to the hotel, I walked around a bit. I was in what seemed to be a downtown major area. Lots of car-free walking roads, with shops and beautiful architecture around. A lot of tourists, but for good reason because it was quite scenic. As I slowly honed in on Delirium, the path went through narrow streets that were crowded with restaurants with sidewalk dining. It seemed each one had some used car salesman type guy lurking outside fronting as a maitre d’ trying to lure you in. Somehow I luckily must have given off an air of “don’t bother me, I’m not interested in eating at your restaurant” because they didn’t really bother with me, I just saw their techniques on other tourists.
The Delirium “complex” is in a good location, having all the storefronts in a narrow dead-end cul-de-sac type street. They have 8 bars, all with related, but different themes. The relation is alcohol. I won’t repeat all the details and stats of all these places that specialized in beers, tequilas, absinthe, rum, etc. as you can find it here: http://www.deliriumcafe.be/. I of course concerned myself with the main place, with 3 levels of beer. The basement had the mega-book of something like 2,400 beers (in bottle). I saw the book, but am kicking myself for not actually looking through it. I figured why bother since I was drinking off tap.
Anyway, on the main/ground floor was their “taphouse” that had 27 beers on tap, changing them every week. The upper floor was called “The Hoppy Loft”, which had about 8 taps, and beers in bottle, supposedly specializing in hoppy beers that were mostly imported from the U.S., Britain, Norway. I started off in the Hoppy Loft, having missed my American IPAs while drinking all the yeasty Belgian ales. I was disappointed to find a collection of Belgian beers on tap (not hoppy), and one hoppy one from Dark Horse Brewery in Michigan (Special Reserve Dark). I then went down to the main floor and tried a few Belgian beers on tap that I’d seen but hadn’t tried yet. Equally disappointing as on bottle I found. Of the 27 beers, 25 of them were Belgian, with 2 imports- Guinness, and Dark Horse Crooked Tree IPA.
I thought that was pretty cool that Michigan was representing the U.S. there, so I ordered one. It was the best beer I had since being in Belgium for 2 weeks. I had a few more, then called it a night- happy.
Strong sweet smell, almost like honey. Full sweet flavor which is quickly followed up by a severe harshness, which then eventually fades to sweet again. After a few more drinks, taste the quintessential Belgian yeast taste. Not impressed.
2.5 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet, fresh aroma. Fresh, light taste with a light sweetness. Fades off and leaves a nice fresh taste with a slight hint of fruit.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.