Balthazar
Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.80
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Dark winter ale brewed with cardamon, ginger, coriander and sugar.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Slightly hazy reddish brown with a dense, beige head leaving some laces. Rather violent carbonation. Spicy aroma with ginger being very prominent. Very full-bodied with sweetish, roasted malt, brown sugar and dried fruit. Spicy, herbal almost medicinal - like cough syrup. 211006
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2006
at 09:51
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2011-01-08, batch 302, bb 2011-10, 5-4-5-2-9=25
Dark brown color; medium sized head. Light sour aroma. Slim body; the flavor is sourish, and with some vegetables. Infected.
2006-09-16, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Dark brown color; thick creamy head. Aroma of malt, caramel, spices (light cinnamon, nutmeg), delicate. Average structure, quite malty flavor, a lot of sweet caramel, a touch of sweet liquorice, light spices (coriander and nutmeg); nice mix, complex enough. The final is warming and with a respectable bitterness for a Belgian Ale, with good caramel and liquorice touch, but shows a light astringency, sign that maybe the beer is still young.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2006
at 17:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A muddy brown beer with a lazing brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with a light touch of spices. The flavor is sweet spicy combined with some notes of cellery, leading to a dry end, where the alcohol becomes present after have been hiding in the beginning.
Tried
on 31 May 2006
at 13:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy reddish brown colour. Big tan head. Sweet malty aroma with some spicy hints, some caramel hints aswell. Sweet malty flavor with some hints of yeast, also some hints of dark fruits. End sweet and warming from the alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2006
at 06:21
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Rerate (points for the rerate)
Bottle at Dickies, Bruges, Belgium
Deep brown, muddy body. Aroma of liquor and malts. This is a flavour bomb, it attacks your taste buds enormously. Very spciy. Very complex and a perfect balance. Keep on the good work Alvinne boys!
Previous rating: 8/4/7/3/12 = 3.4 Bottle at Kerstbierfestival 2005, Essen, Belgium
Creamy, light brown head. Good lace. Murky brown body. Very intense aroma of coffee, liquorice, alcohol, cask wood. Very enjoyable aroma. Lightly sweet, lightly bitter initial flavour. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter finish. it’s not a bad beer. Certainly good craftmanship with nice innovation. But this is not my type of beer.
Bottle at Dickies, Bruges, Belgium
Deep brown, muddy body. Aroma of liquor and malts. This is a flavour bomb, it attacks your taste buds enormously. Very spciy. Very complex and a perfect balance. Keep on the good work Alvinne boys!
Previous rating: 8/4/7/3/12 = 3.4 Bottle at Kerstbierfestival 2005, Essen, Belgium
Creamy, light brown head. Good lace. Murky brown body. Very intense aroma of coffee, liquorice, alcohol, cask wood. Very enjoyable aroma. Lightly sweet, lightly bitter initial flavour. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter finish. it’s not a bad beer. Certainly good craftmanship with nice innovation. But this is not my type of beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2005
at 09:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Smells exactly like MiP Hot Hot Porter. Unclear dark brown colour, small, tight, light brown head. Peppery and sweet flavour with some liquorice. Aftertaste of pure liquorice. Good mouthfeel.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2005
at 17:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Very high head, dirty yellow-brown; dark brown beer with beautiful Burgundy sparks. Sweet drop nose (liquorice), aniseed and fennel. Fuselalcohols, swirming around the spices; aniseed and liquorice for sure, very sweet! Long spicey, lasting taste. very well-bodied, very viscous, nearly buttery-meaty. Not my kind of beer, really. And I don’t like it when I can pick out and name the spices unerringly.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2004
at 01:48