Bottle at Craig’s. Pours dark brown, nose is bretty, toffee, taste is sweet, thin, light berry fruit.

Lots of oak in here and not a whole lot else. Pours dark brown with ok head and lacing. Some roast. Overbarrelled, overpriced. Hype hype hype. Tap at Churchkey.

Bottle, from tderoeck, many thanks! Rather watery beer. Notes of calvados and port, fruity with sour hints.Not bad, but this is maybe too old.

1 finger creamy off white head. Persistent. Dark brown to black. Murky amber. Raisins and prunes with sweet cranberry jelly aroma. Smoked herbal taste. Jammy fruit with raisin and pecan nuts. Strong, dry mild peat and banana peel. Interesting. Abv you taste as well

Imported from my RateBeer account as Alvinne Bolleville Calvados Barrel Oak Aged (by Brouwerij Alvinne):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

30/IV/14 - 75cl bottle @ home - BB: I/2015 (2014-448) Thanks to Klaas for the bottle!

Shared with AdamJackson.
Dark brown to black beer, creamy small beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sour apples, very tart, slightly sweet notes, not much else. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: bit sourish start, tart apples, bit of alcohol, then chocolate flavours. sweet, mocha notes, little sourish. Aftertaste: little bitter, coffee, mocha, pretty tart, some alcohol, bitter tannins.

Bottle shared at Klooster. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is vinous, slight brett, sour apple. Flavour is light to medium sweet, light sour, low bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a small tan head that fades somewhat quickly over a hazed deep bronze hued body. Aromas are a bit of ethyl acetate, acetone, vinous, brandy, apple, bready, grainy and lightly floral with a good shot of alcohol. Flavors are mildly sour, vinous, light vinegar, ethyl acetate, brandy, barrel. Medium dry and warming with low carbonation.
On tap at Stone with the same numerical score. Pours with a very murky deep brown hued body with a lasting khaki head of foam that fades to a ring. Aromas are musty and big, lots of barrel, brandy, dark fruits, chocolate, dusty, sherry, raisins, apple brandy and soil. VERY BOOOOOZZZZZYYYY. Flavors are boozy, fudge, chalky, chocolate, barrel, apple, musty, fusel, raisins. Vinous and boozy. Thinner mouthfeel, medium bubbles, warming, dry and intense. Calvados and low tannin. Rich.

75 cl. bottle sampled @ the bruery \ equally poured into the tasting glasses \ curious about this one Alvinne special offerings are usually way more interesting & better than their staple beers \ This is Mano Negra aged on Calvados barrels although he told me that I shouldn’t believe everything that he claims blindly, I am still inclined to believe him \ Appearance is mahogany/chestnut black with a tanned head, there is clearly some rather lasting head on this \ Tastes like light mellowed out dark fruits, decent portion of wood in here, tart & slightly tannic, hint of lacto in here as well, slightly musty, moss, plenty of wood really, hint of liquorice, slightly sour chocolate malt, definite tobacco, vinous, slightly thin, you get some of the Calvados in the finish but it seems rather thinly layered on \ Body is slightly thin but not watery, soft carbonation, oily \ Not bad but not really living up to any kind of potential either

Würzig malziger Antrunk mit spürbaren Alkoholnoten. Tief malzig, wobei der Alkohol hier etwas störend ist. Dennoch weich, nicht aber ausgewogen. Süffig, leicht schokoladenmalzig. Zum Ende bitterer, der Alkohol steigt leicht, vergorene Fruchtnoten. Gelungen, vllt. Etwas alkoholisch. 9/10/9/9/9/9