Alvinnter Is Coming
Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production|
Score
7.05
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Barleywine, double barrel aged on Calvados barrel and Pedro Ximenez sherry barrel. Exclusive winterbeer, 420 bottles only.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Aged sample Small beige head over fully hazy ochre-brown beer. Alcohol, booze, even some solvent/ketone/aldehyde. Pharmaceutical, dried herbs, banana, cypress, cinnamon. Sweet, dried fruit as dates, dried banana, raisins. Again solvent, alcohol, fusels. Hazelnutoil past BBdate. Brandy/Calvados. Retronasal indeed sherrywood, but too sweet for good PX. Very oily M; burning sensation. Alcoholheat and -thinning, but not lean. Better than the sum of its parts. Takes a moment to get used to. Remains a bit unbalanced, however.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Beerlovers Bar
on 30 Nov 2020
at 14:38
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2019
at 21:11
8/10
Stunning nose but the base beer was too spicy for me. Bottle shared at 40 FT thanks to Roman at Solvay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2019
at 00:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Color: Copper to amber brown, light beige head. Aroma: Malty with spices like Nutmeg and Cloves. Taste: Medium sweet, lightly sour and moderate bitter, quite spicy with notes of nutmeg and cloves, light apple Calvados notes and I think I also get some stronger sweetish PX Sherry notes, although it's quite hard for me to make out all the different flavours. Complex stuff. Bit boozy finish. At the finish there are a bit less spices and more boozy notes and tannins from the used barrels. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Dry-ish mouthfeel. Complex, well balanced, nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2019
at 19:05
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled from bottle @ late RBBSG 2018. Sort of copper dark orange color, small white head. Aroma is malts, heavily spiced. Taste confirms my suspicions: malts, a lot of spices / herbs, mainly spices though, probably cinnamon or nutmeg. Really not my thing at all. Quite heavy, boozy as well. Not for me this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2018
at 08:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Alvinne Alvinnter Is Coming (by Brouwerij Alvinne):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
6/X/18 - 75cl bottle @ late RBBSG, Brouwerij Totem (Evergem), BB: n/a - (2018-1565) Thanks to Bierridder_S for sharing the bottle!
Clear amber beer, small irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, quite some chlorine, bit of caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sourish, lemony, lemon juice, alcohol, little bitter, acidic, lots of alcohol. Aftertaste: bitter touch, bit fruity, alcohol, some tannins, unpleasant funk, malts.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
6/X/18 - 75cl bottle @ late RBBSG, Brouwerij Totem (Evergem), BB: n/a - (2018-1565) Thanks to Bierridder_S for sharing the bottle!
Clear amber beer, small irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, quite some chlorine, bit of caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sourish, lemony, lemon juice, alcohol, little bitter, acidic, lots of alcohol. Aftertaste: bitter touch, bit fruity, alcohol, some tannins, unpleasant funk, malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2018
at 20:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours hazy orange, nose is caramel, apple, raisin, oak, taste is chewy, caramel, hint of citrus, juicy, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2018
at 19:32
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Dynamo Bar. Shared with Nicolas, Jan & Rachel, Pierre and the guys from Assyria and Armenia. Cloudy brown color small tan edge head. Tons of tannins and sherry in the aroma, flavor is vinous and complex. Very tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2018
at 00:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
30-04-18 // bottle at Dynamo Bar Brussels at the Alvinne TapTakeOver. Murky brown. Sherry barrel. Sweet malts. Spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2018
at 20:11
7/10
Tried
on 07 Apr 2018
at 23:39