industry alcoholic beverage successor alain delaet founded 1906 headquarters melle belgium key people patrick de wael products beer owner alain delaet number of employees 20 website http www.delirium.be huyghe brewery dutch brouwerij huyghe is a brewery founded in 1906 by leon huyghe in city of melle in east flanders belgium . its flagship beer is delirium tremens 1 a golden ale frequently rated as one of the best beers in the world . contents 1 history 2 selected beers 3 gallery 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the site of the brewery has been in operation since 1654 . clarification needed in 1906 leon huyghe purchased an existing brewery in the town . 2 the brewery acquired the present name in 1938 . while the company initially brewed a regular pilsner it soon began brewing the kinds of beers now typically known as belgian including a series of beers under the delirium tag with pink elephants on the label . 3 the best known of these is delirium tremens a blonde belgian ale . other beers brewed include a christmas beer and a beer called deliria a beer selected from 65 entries by women brewers 1 in addition to a number of fruit beers with low abv . 4 huyghe has acquired several smaller belgian breweries including arteveld grand cru in 1987 3 brouwerij biertoren in 1993 brouwerij dam nl in 1994 and brouwerij villers in 1999 . citation needed selected beers edit delirium christmas delirium nocturnum delirium nocturnum 8.5 % alcohol 5 6 delirium no l a winter seasonal offering 10.0 % abv delirium tremens 8.5 % alcohol 7 named as best beer in the world in 2008 at the world beer championships in chicago illinois . 8 9 stuart kallen gives it the number one spot in his book the 50 greatest beers in the world . 10 gallery edit st. idesbald blond st. idesbald dubbel st. idesbald tripel viller s brune la guillotine bier 3 delirium tremens in palm springs floris passionfruit cider beer produced by the huyghe brewery see also edit beer in belgium references edit a b yenne bill 2014 . beer the ultimate world tour . mbi . p. 127 . isbn 9781937994419 . hampson tim 2013 . world beer . new york dk publishing . p. 93 . isbn 9781465422637 . a b oliver garrett 2011 . the oxford companion to beer . oxford up . pp. 472 73 . isbn 9780199912100 . hampson tim 2014 . the beer book . dk publishing . p. 206 . isbn 9781465437679 . delirium nocturnum brouwerij huyghe melle belgium . beeradvocate . retrieved 2013 09 28 . sudo chuck 2006 12 06 . chicagoist s beer of the week delirium nocturnum . chicagoist . retrieved 2013 09 28 . delirium tremens . ratebeer . retrieved 4 january 2015 . a welcome home fritz hahn the washington post 10 january 2003 . sip of the week peter st. onge charlotte observer 11 october 2006 . stuart a. kallen the 50 greatest beers in the world replica books 1999 . isbn 0 7351 0086 1 isbn 978 0 7351 0086 2 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to huyghe brewery . official website coordinates 51 00 03 n 3 48 19 e 51.000870 n 3.805200 e 51.000870 ; 3.805200 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title huyghe brewery & oldid 739142435 categories 1906 establishments in belgiumbreweries of flandersorganisations based in east flandersmelle belgiumhidden categories articles containing dutch language textwikipedia articles needing clarification from january 2015interlanguage link template link numberall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal deutschespa olfran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 00 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view