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Malheur 10
Another tasty brew that Beer of the Month Club graced us with this month is the Malheur-10, a Belgian brew that, by most accounts, is of the Tripel variety. Coincidentally, I just finished a rather comprehensive review of this beer a few days ago, so I will merely re-allocate it to this position. To those of you who already read the prior review, I apologize for the redundancy. For those of you who are checking this out to see how BOMC is doing with their offerings, take note that this is an excellent Belgian ale from a relatively new Belgian brewery, and I was very excited to see it come in the mail:
“Seems like I’ve been tied up in American brews lately and haven’t been giving the Belgians their usual due. For this, I apologize. I apologize to those readers who might be especially fond of the Belgian ales. I also apologize to my poor tastebuds, because I am quite certain that they’re fond of Belgian ales, and I have lately been depriving to them. So, that brings us to the Malheur ale that jumped out at me because of its simple and effective label art, and because I find the name rather appealing. Let’s hope the beer is equally appealing.
This brew pours a VERY effervescent golden with fairly course debris. I say that this is very effervescent because the cork nearly killed me and, despite a careful poor, I ended up with 2/3 a glass worth of course white head. For that reason, I thought that this might be a bum bottle. However, after allowing the beer to settle for a few minutes, it turns out that it doesn’t come across as too carbonated at all. Highly carbonated, yes, but not overly so. The aroma of this brew is fairly sweet with a predominance of lemon zest and spices. While it isn’t called such on the label, it truly reminds me of a tripel. After the first taste, I do believe that I’m correct in my tripel assumption. The beer starts off with a sharp carbonation burn that is blended with an early tart sweetness. On through the mouth, this sweetness begins to fade and an interesting musty bitterness creeps up. Within this musty bitterness lies very little hop, but quite a bit more of a herbal flavor with some honey tints blended with a citrus undertone. This lasts all the way to the back of the mouth and pushes itself against your throat in the aftertaste. Frankly, this aftertaste might seem initially displeasing, but it actually follows the early sweetness to make for a full and complex flavor experience. Furthermore, the bittersweet aftertaste sticks around and makes you yearn for the next taste. All in all, I consider this a great beer. It has a smooth and full mouthfeel, a very complex flavor for a beer of the tripel variety, and I don’t recall it being excessively expensive. Another excellent showing from the Belgians, which is no big surprise…”
Malheur-10 Belgian Ale
Seems like I’ve been tied up in American brews lately and haven’t been giving the Belgians their usual due. For this, I apologize. I apologize to those readers who might be especially fond of the Belgian ales. I also apologize to my poor tastebuds, because I am quite certain that they’re fond of Belgian ales, and I have lately been depriving to them. So, that brings us to the Malheur ale that jumped out at me because of its simple and effective label art, and because I find the name rather appealing. Let’s hope the beer is equally appealing.
This brew pours a VERY effervescent golden with fairly course debris. I say that this is very effervescent because the cork nearly killed me and, despite a careful poor, I ended up with 2/3 a glass worth of course white head. For that reason, I thought that this might be a bum bottle. However, after allowing the beer to settle for a few minutes, it turns out that it doesn’t come across as too carbonated at all. Highly carbonated, yes, but not overly so. The aroma of this brew is fairly sweet with a predominance of lemon zest and spices. While it isn’t called such on the label, it truly reminds me of a tripel. After the first taste, I do believe that I’m correct in my tripel assumption. The beer starts off with a sharp carbonation burn that is blended with an early tart sweetness. On through the mouth, this sweetness begins to fade and an interesting musty bitterness creeps up. Within this musty bitterness lies very little hop, but quite a bit more of a herbal flavor with some honey tints blended with a citrus undertone. This lasts all the way to the back of the mouth and pushes itself against your throat in the aftertaste. Frankly, this aftertaste might seem initially displeasing, but it actually follows the early sweetness to make for a full and complex flavor experience. Furthermore, the bittersweet aftertaste sticks around and makes you yearn for the next taste. All in all, I consider this a great beer. It has a smooth and full mouthfeel, a very complex flavor for a beer of the tripel variety, and I don’t recall it being excessively expensive. Another excellent showing from the Belgians, which is no big surprise…
