Chimera [ECD] - Delerium

Advantages: Well made, light, tough, good looking
Disadvantages: Cold in winter with too many drafts, poor visor mechanism

...I'm normally a cheapskate were helmets are concerned. I knock hell out of them, and as a result have always refused to pay more than £150 for one before - that's more than enough to throw away, and even that was painful. I've had Nolan, Bieffe, Bell, and AGV helmets and been generally happy with my lot. But then I lashed out £4000 on a bike, and the salesman offered an XR900 at a knockdown price as a deal sweetener... so welcome Mr Shone to the world of £300 plus hats. The XR900 comes in all the standard colours, but the Chimera and one or two other patterns are intended to look custom painted. Mine is red black and white with a gold dragon on the side... very distinctive and slightly oriental looking. Quite cool is the general consensus on the paint job. The lacquer on the hat is good quality, but like all painted helmets it... Read review

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Advantages: Full of solid tracks
Disadvantages: zero

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Advantages: Wonderfully presented
Disadvantages: Very sweet

...Delerium Tremens is wonderfully presented. The stone effect bottle, with the blue foil and the pink elephants, set the scene wonderfully. Its creators, the Huyghe Brewery, Melle, Belgium, have been brewing this beer to a recipe since 1695. It's a very rich beer, with a smooth slightly hoppy taste and perhaps just a hint of a smokey flavour. There is perhaps a touch of citrus. Unfortunately for me, that touch of citrus isn't enough to overcome the sweetness of the beer. Huyghe, just haven't been able to hide the massive alcohlic strength of this beer.It's a full 9% and to get there there Huyghe's must have produced an O.G. of over 1100. I can't help being reminded of those over-strengthed "danish lagers" popular in the 1980's.That said,even they must have had a market somewhere. For those, like me, without the sweet... Read review

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