Cuvée d'Erpigny
Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.43
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(translated from Dutch) "This heavy dark blond beer has aged several months on Montbazillac barrels. Ideal as a dessert beer."
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled@Craft Beer Co, London (duriing my July-August visit). Deep orangeish/amber colour, mediumsised white head that gives good lace. Aroma is sweet malts, some plum, rather fruityness, some alcohol and mild yeasty notess. Flavour is sweet caramel, mild burnt sugar, alcohol, fruits and some mild yeasty notes. Quite thick palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2011
at 10:52
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a hazy dirty copper color ale with a medium size foamy head with OK retention and light lacing. Aroma of light Cognac notes with balanced sweet malt. Taste is a nice mix between some Cognac notes with well balanced sweet notes with a solid malt backbone. Light dry fruit esters are also pleasant. Body is quite full with medium carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Nice drink to end the evening.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2011
at 12:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle @ home, shared with Dutchdrebus. Hazy light red color, off-white topping. Smell lightly sour, medium sweet and some fruits. Tastes very, very sweet; way too much! The 15%ABV is very well hidden, but the taste is just way too full of sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2011
at 01:16
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
37.5 cl. bottle shared@Kulminator: clear reddish caramel/amber, very brief head, white legs, sweet, caramel, crystallized brown sugar, toffee, sweet white wine, sweet malts, Japanese plum candy, hint of sherry, slight Belgian yeast, underneath the sweet coating a strong Belgian Ale is very apparent, spices, warming but not alcoholic, great stuff although once more I find myself digging the aging a lot more which is great as opposed to the base beer
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2011
at 05:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy dark fruit aroma with woody hints. Sweetish malty spicy yeasty dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish fruity malty spicy dark fruit finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2011
at 07:19
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
375 direct from Alvinne beer shop. Pours hazy ruddy copper with a few white bubbbles. Vinous and oaky aromas. Full bodied. Heat is not present. Amazing. Flavor is like sweet malt with hints of hop, some vinosity, oak, and a lot of smooth light roast malt. Words cannot do this ale justice. It is just so good.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2011
at 11:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by obguthr at the 15th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering, 7/16/11. Pours a clear amber color. Totally flat. Aroma of caramel, vanilla and sweet wine notes. The taste is sweet apples, white wine, phenolic notes, caramel and faint booze. Sticky texture. Medium-full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2011
at 12:51
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bouteille ouverte pour célébrer le 21 juillet. Encore une très bonne surprise venant de chez Alvinne et de cette série des barrel-aged. On a ici une bière de style Belgian strong qui profite d’une mise en tonneau de Montbazillac. Le résultat est plus que surprenant, et offre une ière qui se laisse déguster doucement à température de cave. La couleur de cette bière est peu éloignée de celle de ce vin, c’est à dire, un beau cuivre/paille dorée assez clair avec un col beige épais. L’arôme est liquoreux laissant passer des notes de raisins fermentés, sucrés le tout avec une note indiquant que l’on a bien devant nous une bière. En bouche, on y découvre une bière qui se déguste, tout comme le vin de Montbazillac. Sa texture est liquoreuse/sirop avec une touche boisée. Ce sucré est agréable et se mélange parfaitement à la bière qui malgré ses 15% retient en elle toutes les notes d’une bière belge. Je note ci et là un profile léger de houblon qui vient accompagné cette dégustation d’une note de citron et d’une fine amertume. Cette bière reste une bière d’accompagnement d’un dessert de part son profile sucré qui conserve une touche de raisin sucré.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2011
at 10:16