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Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.04
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark color, almost black with a light beige head with short duration. Aroma has notes of ripe fruit, some acidic notes with roasted malts. Flavor is slightly roasty, burnt bread, dark ripe fruits and acidic mouthfeel with red wine notes. acidic final with slightly hints and some acidic at the end. Very nice!.
Tried
on 09 May 2015
at 18:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
How: Bottle.
Where: Tasting 2015-04-18, thanks hackobock.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with a small beige head. Gusher.
Aroma: Caramel, raisin, a bit tart, sour.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Sour, vinegar, raisin, tart.
Where: Tasting 2015-04-18, thanks hackobock.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with a small beige head. Gusher.
Aroma: Caramel, raisin, a bit tart, sour.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Sour, vinegar, raisin, tart.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2015
at 04:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Black with enormous, very fuzzy beige head. Because of the night carbonation also some sediment is rising to the top. Brown bread, roasted nuts, lots of sour red berries and gooseberries. Very fruity with some hint of toast and old coffee towards the finish. Later some plastic and burnt rubber. Medium sour. Medium bodied with fizzy carbonation. Not too complex, but srinkable beer. Alcohol is well hidden. I’m still not a huge fan of sour beers with dark malts but here it works reasonably well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2015
at 15:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Beermoth, Manchester. Clear, dark red. Dense, lasting, tan head. Nice, dark, sour fruits. Plum. Black cherry. Background of nutty, dark chocolate malts. Drinks tart, sour, fresh, fruity, slightly malty, and absolutely nowhere near 10%. Crisp, and slightly funky. Lots of carbonation complements the tartness really well. Finishes with more of the same. Good stuff. Not overly complex. Tart, and lightly malty. Silly drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2015
at 16:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour at Stumbling Monk. I love how this place offers all ends of the sour spectrum. Super cola like pour. Huge fizzy brown head. A bit of a dark fruit, vegetal, aroma. Flavor is initially sour, but plum, grape and other dark fruit overpowers. Not in a bad way though. A ton of flavor here. Sour grape flavor lingers. Good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2015
at 21:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared late night in the hotel lobby during RBWG 2015. Pours Hazy brown with a creamy tan head. Tangy berries in the nose, faint metal. Medium sweet flavor, some juicy and jammy berries, bread. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Simple jammy fruits on the finish, bread, bready malts. Pretty OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 21:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle during the RBWG Lobby Share. Pours a clear brown with small beige head. The aroma is dark fruit and caramel. Thin mouthfeel with sour fruit, caramel, brown sugar, light tartness. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 21:52
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle - Malts, prunes and light sourness. Dirty brown with no head. Soured dark malts, dates and tamarind. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 21:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker, Nr Gent, Belgie, consumed at home, Sunday 8th February 2015 Pours dark murky brown what head there was soon departs. Sour and tart, I hated it at first but gradually grew to accept (but not quite totally like) the beer. I know that there is a big fuss over this ’wonderous’ Morpheus yeast that the brewery and fans of Alvinne go on about, yawn.... but to me I think it’s overplayed. Some wet wood and soil on nose. It is sour and fruity (dark fruits) and with a finish that is funky and dry. Fine. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov12 3.0 Had this again with the München Ratebeer Group, Wednesday 1st July 2020 at Dave's. I have to confess having looked at my old rating this is a much better beer than I recall, softness this time, winey, tart, wet wood, but really good. 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2015
at 23:39