Steve: New Year's Day I woke up at 8:00 AM with the worst hangover I've had in years, possibly dating back to the 1990's. My head hurt, my tongue was unusually large, I couldn't open my eyes, and the light from the Sun burned my skin. Plus, I had to be at the airport in less then 2 hours to pick up my in-laws, which wasn't that big a deal, as they're great people, except for the fact that I was hungover and tired. And I blame all of these feelings on Delirium Noël. 1 glass of champagne. 2 bottles of Salvator Doppelbock. A pint of Sam Smith's Winter Welcome. And this, a 750 ml bottle of 10% abv Pure Death. The night before, I felt like I could've been on the label of this bottle, sitting on Santa's sleigh, being hauled by a team of pink elephants. The morning after, I just wanted to die. God this beer was good. God it made me feel horrible the next day. Moderation, Steve. Always in moderation. (6/3/2006)


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Steve: You know a beer has potential when the label actually features pink elephants and dancing sunglass-wearing crocodiles. This is a Belgian golden ale, comparable to Duvel. It's been a few months since I've had Duvel, so off memory I'd say DT is good, but not quite as good. Others might disagree. I will say you won't be disappointed with DT, especially at 8.5% ABV. I'm not saying you'll be seeing pink elephants (at least after one), but I can say it makes it damn awful difficult to get up at 4:00 AM to change a diaper and giving the baby a bottle. (8/20/2005)


Tim: Right up there amongst the best beer I've ever tasted. Not at all earthy, but clean and fragrant. Pours a nice golden colour, with a big foamy head. The 8.7% alcohol content provides a gentle burn the whole way through, but is actually quite subtle. All sorts of fruit taste in here like peach, apple, pear, etc. But I can taste spices in here too, there's definitely still hops in this. Reaffirming that this is in fact beer. A very well balanced and smooth beer that should be sipped to fully enjoy it's full flavour. By the bottom of the glass you'll remember that this is a strong beer too, even if it hardly tastes like it. (1/14/2006)


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Steve: This had an overly sweet, toffee-like flavor that just didn't sit with me for some reason. I like the sweet flavor from dubbels and tripels, but this was almost too sweet, if that makes any sense. It was certainly drinkable, and I would have it again, were it not for the $4 price for a 33 cl bottle, even if that bottle was a nice painted white bottle with a foil neck (actually, it was a green bottle, painted white. I guess someone finally told those monks that green bottles are bad, so rather than get a new batch of brown bottles, they just broke out the paint). (4/30/2005)


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