Delirium Tremens

After a long hiatus from my craft beer blog, I am back!!!! Reasons for my absence, LIFE. Or as I like to call it mother-fuckin life. Yeah work is a bitch, parents' a constant pain in the butt, friends' getting married left and right, vacation with the homies, that sort of shit. But back to why I have this blog, it is about the beer damn it! So this is my most recent discovery when I went to browse the high end grocery market in my hood. The bottle captured my attention and I didn't have my phone on me to look up the reveiws. Well to my surprise, this is an award winning Belgium strong ale according to Wikipedia: Delirium Tremens was named as "Best Beer in the World" in 2008 at the World Beer Championships in Chicago, Illinois, USA.^[1][2] Stuart Kallen gives it the number one spot in his The 50 Greatest Beers in the World.^[3]

So lets get on with the tasting shall we? The beer poured a beautiful golden yellow. Nice thick head that holds its retention with dancing heavy carbonation bubbling below.

The smell hit me with citrus, a bit of banana and a nice yeasty floral fragrance.

The first taste brings me back.  The mouth feel is creamy, which has the citrus and carbonation riding through,  then the yeasty mustiness comes in along with some sourness. The carbonation takes over and leaves a nice dry finish.  The taste is complex and gets better as you drink. Tasting different notes as it warms.

Wow. This beer is in every word, an extremely “drinkable” beer. Goes down easy and satisfies that deep “good beer quality” thirst you yearn for AND deserve.

Rate Beer: 96 overall score, 8.5% ABV, Brewed by Brouwerij Huyghe

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/delirium-tremens/1039/