Today on the show we are reviewing two beers from a very successful brewery.  The beers that we are tasting to-day are from deHuyghe Brewery (I know, it sounds like the Swedish Chef from the muppets won a competition to name a brewery, but there you have it!).  The first beer is Delirium Nocturnum.  The second beer is brewed by deHuyghe in cooperation with a guy called Jan Fleurkens.  It is called Mongozo Banana.

Delirium Nocturnum

Beer Style - Strong Dark Ale

Alcohol by Volume - 8.5% a.b.v.
Brewed by - deHuyghe Brewery
Brewed in - Ghent, Belgium

Delirium Nocturnum is a strong red-brown Belgian Dark Ale that pours with remarkable tan lacing.  Rich and fruity, with candy sugar, toffee, green apple tartness, dark fruit, a hint of chocolate, sweet candied fruits, molasses – all with an underlying earthiness.  A truly delicious dark ale from deHuyghe.

Mongozo Banana
 

Beer Style - Fruit Beer
Alcohol by Volume - 4.5% a.b.v.
Brewed by - deHuyghe Brewery with Mongozo
Brewed in - Ghent, Belgium

Banana beer is truly Africal.  It is the traditional beer of the Masai people of Kenya and Tanzania (who call the beer mbege).  Mongozo have taken a recipe for such a beer, and brewed it with deHuyghe to give a beer that, one has to say, is all about the bananas.  Sweet candied banana flavour comes through on the palate and aroma, and merges with a beer that is bright golden in colour with a bright and full white head.  Quirky and distinctive, well balanced, tasty and incredibly drinkable.

Delirium Beers available from

The Blind Pig, Limerick
Baggot Street Wines, Dublin
Bartender, Dundalk
Courtneys, Killarney
Greenhills Hotel, Limerick
Maguires Bar, Athlone
Whelans Off Licence, Wexford St, Dublin
Counter Restaurants, Dublin
Number 5, Waterford
Mickey Martins Pub, Limerick
Next Door, Raheen, Co. Limerick
Diceys Reillys, Ballushannon
The Bierhaus, Cork
Donnybrook Fair, Dublin
Drinks Direct, Ringsend
Mc Hughs, Killbarrack Road
Mc Hughs, Malahide Road
Alfie Byrnes @ The Conrad, Dublin
Egans Off Licence, Portloaise
Eldons, Clonmel
Blackrock Cellar, Blackrock
Foleys Off Licence, Sligo
Hollands of Bray, Bray
Number 21 Off Licence, Coburg Street, Cork
Number 21 Off Licence, Midleton
Carryouts
Redmonds Off Licence, Ranelagh
Sky & the Ground, Wexford
The Central Bar, Navan
The Mardyke, Sheares Street, Cork
Lohans Off Licence, Salthill
Lord Mayor Pub & Off-Licence Ltd, Swords
Deveneys, Rathmines
Molloys Off Licence , Clonsilla
Molloys Off Licence, Crumlin
Molloys Off Licence, Francis Street
Molloys Off Licence, Nutgrove
Molloys Off Licence, Tallaght
Avenue Restaurant, Templebar
Supervalu's
Nancy Blakes, Denmark Street, Limerick
Healys Pub, Wicklow
Next Door, Hollyhill, Cork
Spar Rathoath
O'Briens Off Licences
Carryout Tyrellstown
O'Donovans Off Licences
The Wine Centre, Kilkenny
The Chill Inn, Ongar
Next Door, Wicklow
The High Horse, Trim
The 108, Rathgar
Against the Grain, Wexford Street
The Black Sheep, Capel Street
The Brew Dock, Amien Street
Probus Wines, Fenian Street
JW Sweetmans, Burgh Quay
The Malt House, Trim
Sheahans Off Licence, Killarney
Grimes Bar, Waterford
Sweeneys Wine Merchants, Phibsboro
Callans Off Licence, Dundalk
Tom Collins Bar, Limerick
The Charcoal Grill, Popes Quay, Cork
Sin E, Ormond Quay
Deveneys, Dundrum
Martins Off Licence, Fairview
The 1601, Kinsale
Next Door @ O'Donovans Hotel, Clonakilty
W.J. Kavanagh's Off-Licence, Dorset Street
Worldwide Wines, Waterford

Mongozo Beers available from

Number 21, The Glen, Waterford
Alfie Byrnes @ The Conrad, Dublin
Blackrock Cellar, Blackrock
Fine Wines Off Licences
The Green Room, Sheriff Street, Dublin
Carryouts
Redmonds Off Licence, Ranelagh
The Hop House, Parnell Street
O'Donovans Off Licences
The Oslo Bar, Salthill
The 108, Rathgar
Against the Grain, Wexford Street
The Black Sheep, Capel Street
Probus Wines, Fenian Street
Aussie BBQ, Richmond Street
Next Door Off Licence, Shannon
Sheehan's Off-Licence, Killarney
Martins Off Licence, Fairview
W.J. Kavanagh's Off-Licence, Dorset Street