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BELGIAN STRONG PALE ALE

Delirium Tremens

Brouwerij Huyghe • East Flanders Belgium

Top Fermentation Bottle Conditioned● 8.5% ABV

Famous pink elephant beer. Pale blond, fine and stable head. Malty, spicy, and warming alcohol with a round finish.

PERFECT FOR
✦ Celebrations✦ The Curious Palate🍂 Autumn Evenings
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FLAVOR PROFILE
ApplePearPepperyMaltyWarming

Bright, golden and deceptively strong, with notes of apple, pear, peppery, with a balanced, moreish finish.

SERVING

Serve at 8-12°C in a tulip to maintain a generous head and let the aromas bloom.

8-12°C

CHARACTER
DryOff-drySweet
LightMediumFull
SoftBalancedBitter

Style-based profile from ABV, style & tasting notes.

TASTING NOTES
Appearance
Pale gold, clear, with a tall white head
Aroma
Apple, Pear, Malty
Taste
Off-Dry, medium-bodied, apple, pear, peppery, malty
Finish
Clean and a warming glow.
BEER DETAILS
Style:
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
ABV:
8.5%
IBU:
25-40
Origin:
East Flanders, Belgium
Glassware:
Tulip
CELLAR1 to 5 years

Can age. Will soften and gain a honeyed depth, though it is lovely fresh too.

PERFECT PAIRING

"Strong enough to handle rich pork dishes or pungent washed-rind cheeses without getting lost."

Aged Cheese

Aged Cheese

Gouda, Trappist, Bruges

Roast Meats

Roast Meats

Chicken, duck, beef

Cook this: a wedge of aged abbey cheese (Chimay, Orval), or roast pork with grain mustard.

AVAILABILITY

Specialty shops & better bottle stores

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PRICE GUIDE
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Premium

A considered, special pour.

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Flavor & Aroma

IOn the nose
  • Apple
IIOn the palate
  • Apple
  • Pear
  • Peppery
  • Malty
IIIThe finish
  • Warming

Famous pink elephant beer. Pale blond, fine and stable head. Malty, spicy, and warming alcohol with a round finish.

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Story & Heritage

ABOUT THIS BEER

Launched by Brouwerij Huyghe in Melle in 1989, famous for its pink-elephant label and speckled ceramic-look bottle. A potent, spicy golden ale that became a global icon of strong Belgian beer.

On the Belgian Strong Pale Ale style, Strong, pale, and often more hop-forward relative to other Belgian styles. Fruity, spicy, and potent with a warming finish.

Explore the Belgian Strong Pale Ale guide Source: BeerAdvocate
BREWERY

Brouwerij Huyghe

COUNTRY

Belgium

REGION

East Flanders

STYLE

Belgian Strong Pale Ale

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Glassware & Ritual

The Tulip
THE TULIP

For aromatic Belgian ales

The tulip's flared lip captures the foamy head while the bulb concentrates the beer's volatile aromatics, made for swirling and savouring.

01

Chill the glass

Rinse with cold water, not freezer-cold

02

Pour at 45°

Aim for the inside of the glass wall

03

Finish upright

Build a two-finger head for the bouquet

04

Swirl, sip, savour

Re-release the esters halfway through

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THE MONK'S NOTE

Pour it into a tulip, served around 8-12°C, and let its aromatics open before the first sip. Lovely now, though a year or two will only soften and deepen it.

Brother Anselm, cellarmaster

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