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Honey Amber Rose is brewed by Beautiful Brews, Inc. in Boca Raton, Florida. It is the first beer from Florida I have reviewed. The folks over there were kind enough to send me a few brews to sample and review, thanks! I have to say I was skeptical at first because it is marketed as a beer for women and it is technically a fruit beer (not my favorite). According to their website they revived an 1830’s beer recipe that called for rose hip shells, very healthy apparently and very unique.
The beer poured a hazy, golden caramel color; almost brown. As you can see, there wasn’t much head and there was minimal lacing. It smelled, to me, like the rose hip shells they brew it with. There were also hints of honey and a little malt. It tasted pretty much the same as the smell but with more honey. The beer is 4% alc/vol so you don’t taste any of the alcohol. Not my favorite beer but a female companion loved it and drank one of the bottles.
All in all, I give this beer a 6/10! Not the best beer rating we have here but not the worst either. I would say that if you know a woman who would like to try a beer pass this along to her. I don’t know anywhere in Chicago that sells this beer so it will be hard to find it. I’m sure if you are really interested you could email the brewery and see what you can arrange.
Regards!
Delirium Nocturnum
Again, I apologize for the poor quality of the image; it was taken with a camera phone.
Delirium Nocturnum is a Belgian ale beer review. Their brewery, located in Ghent (Belgium), has been brewing beer since the 1600’s making it over 400 years old! They have pretty much perfected the brewing process because this beer is triple fermented!
As you can see, this beer is dark. Very dark to be specific, it has a slightly reddish tint to it but mostly dark brown. This was the first time I had Delirium Nocturnum so I was interested in seeing what it tasted like.
The taste was different. It was like nothing I have ever tasted in a beer before, I want to say fruity. I think it tasted like wine a bit, not my favorite taste, and it stayed in your mouth long after. The beer is 8.5% alc/vol but I didn’t taste the alcohol, just fruit. The smell was the same, quite different from any other beer I’ve had.
I don’t have another picture of this since we went to a bar for it. The head was think and stayed that way until you drank the beer. It was a bit off-white and lasted until it was touched.
All in all, I give this beer an 8/10! It’s one of the better beer ratings; this is because it’s simply different from all of the other imported beers I’ve had. I have never seen or heard of this before so I can’t recommend a place to purchase it other than the bar I went to, The Beer Bistro (I will review this bar in a future post, when I have pictures of it). I would definitely suggest trying this out if you like Belgian ales, or if you are looking for something that is definitely unique.
Regards!
