Malheur 10

 Malheur 10 (10%)

Super fizzy at the pour but settles down into a golden colour of fun. It's deceivingly accessible for its strength and brings about images of wildebeest in the Serengeti. Not a hint of migration scheduled into this beers diary. It's rather like a poor mans Duvel, but worth a try!

Rating: Reasonable Refreshment

Brooklyn Oktoberfest

Brooklyn Oktoberfest (5.5%)

Dark amber honey coloured, smooth and kinky. Tastes like a snake on a plane. notforsamuel-l.com. Despite its cheap appearance, its not quite a diamond in the rough... more a quarter ionised ruby in the bunker.

Rating: Stamp of Approval

Samichlaus

 Samichlaus (14%)

Chocolate in colour with no head on the pour, this beer with a whopping 14% Abv tickles the balls not the throat on consumption! The Tom Waits of beers, completely unique and uncategorizable. A savoury slow sipper, beer equivalent of mulled wine. A somewhat dangerous whistle wetter for novices, don't approach this drink naively as it will blow the balls off of you. Full flavoured but far from your regular beer affair, this is an experience of almost epic proportions. Samichlaus is in a class of it's own.

Rating: Almost Arousing

Duvel

Duvel (8.5%)

This is a favourite of Bob Law and is a fantastic complex Belgian beer that we always find ourself coming back to. It's surprisingly golden in colour with a good head and has a pleasant, fruity "apple-like" fizzy aftertaste. It doesn't taste like a typical strong Belgian beer. - Recommended

Rating: Stamp of approval/One scrumptious solution