Nice looking bottle, however my taste was a draft pour
Headed up to Asheville, NC this past weekend to check in on my brother. Since I was in Asheville, I had to make a stop in at the Thirsty Monk and grab a couple flights for my drinking pleasure and to give the masses some new information before bellying up to the bar on their own.
The Thirsty Monk has had Delirium on tap every time I’ve gone, but I hadn’t given the Tremens a taste until now. Like all the beers at the Thirsty Monk, this is a Belgium-style Strong Ale (9% ABV). On pour, the Tremens had a darker golden color (I had a glass of Leffe Blonde in front of me at the same time, which is a little lighter, brighter gold than Tremens). The beer had a sweet, almost flowery scent to it and the taste was very light on the tongue, especially for a 9% ABV beer. It was extremly drinkable and there was no aggressiveness to it. The only drawback came on the finish, where the aftertaste lingered a little too long and turned a little metallic/chemically tasting. Still, this beer will give you a nice warm feeling on your belly and if it hadn’t been for the aftertaste (problem with the beer or the glass or the tap, who knows?) this would have scored higher (6.5 of 10)
