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(HUYGHE) DELIRIUM TREMENS ALE

Brewed since 1654, robust highly-hopped triple-fermented strong ale decorates caramel malt facade with banana-dried coriander-spiced orange-apricot-pineapple-mango fruiting and dark floral bouquet. At midst, sugar-candied cherry-plum illusions dance on the tongue, informing  busy white-peppered tropical-fruited finish. Cream-colored bottle depicts pink elephants – a sign of ‘delirium’ for this mastodonic 8.5% alcohol-fueled ale perfect as dessert or fine replacement for sherbet.

WAGNER VALLEY SLED DOG TRIPPELBOCK

Busy maroon-hued, ruby-highlighted, full-bodied, 10% alcohol bock counters off-dry astringency with pecan-buttered date-raisin-fig medley and considerable heavy molasses malt strength. Smooth brandy illusion informs creamy toffee-caramel finish. Aged three years in growler, raisin-pureed citric-soured prune-plum tartness, tannic Muscat grape dryness, and cider-fused Merlot-wined burgundy-bourbon finish reach summit.

(HUYGHE) DUINEN TRIPEL ABBEY ALE

Unique white bottle packaging can’t make up for overbearingly unrealized peculiarities. Up-front honeyed citrus sweetness and phenol clove spicing mired by murky malt-hop manipulation to sullied barleywine finish. Weird medicinal aftertaste ensues. Dried fig-peach-cherry-apple tartness coarsens yeast-soured brettanomyces pucker. Casual novice drinkers need not apply.