Cuvée Anna
Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.48
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Dark Sour Ale, blend of 5 barrels that used to contain Red Wine before. Aged for over 9 months.
The outcome is a Flemish / Catalan Amber Sour Ale, fermented with our own wild house yeast culture Morpheus. This beer is a collab with Anna & Anna.
(for Borefts 2019 version, see: Cuvée Anna Single Barrel!)
The outcome is a Flemish / Catalan Amber Sour Ale, fermented with our own wild house yeast culture Morpheus. This beer is a collab with Anna & Anna.
(for Borefts 2019 version, see: Cuvée Anna Single Barrel!)
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Hazy mahogany with deep beige head. Wow, lots of grapes, overripe raspberries, dry oak, mint, bread crust that was in the oven too long, balsamico, hay, almonds. Quite sour, medium sweet and light bitter. Medium bodied. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2021
at 20:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Small yellowish rim over fully hazy foxy brown beer. Old barrels, but also solvent, putty, wood. Mushrooms, meaty esters; lactic acid and fruitacids. Some chocolate and again old (wine)barrels. Acidthinning and -burn, rather still. Rather good sour ale, but better exists.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2021
at 11:12
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
BB 11/2024, Lot 1070, 330ml steinie bottle bought at the La Cave à Bières d'Etre Gourmet online shop
APPEARANCE: incredibly beautiful copper like color with mahogany hues, good clarity with slowly rising small bubbles; hazy copper, caramel color with the sediment; off-white to slightly dusty head with more big, fluffy bubbles than thin, quite a lasting half a finger big head for a sour beer;
AROMA: wow, rich and complex aroma for dark sour ale clocking just at 6.5% abv; loads of melting caramel and fruit jam, butterscotch, apricot jam on sweet fruit bread, soft and distinctive Alvinne lactic tartness (very gentle) underneath; raisins, apricot yoghurt, bread crust, subtle tannins but no wood/barrel aromas, hints of vanilla and red wine, subtle berry quality, low bread dough notes, hints of grass
TASTE: smooth and soft carbonation, pillowy feel, slick and mildly syrupy mouthfeel, medium body, nice levels of dryness and lactic tartness; perfectly melting flavors of fruity, caramel sweetness and refreshing tart - sour combo; moderate sweetness of melting caramel, toffee, hints of butterscotch, grapes and grape skin, yellow plum, yoghurt, sugared white balsamic vinegar, berry seeds, soft tannins, subtle barrel tones underneath; lingering dryness with yoghurt, toffee and gentle spiciness, mild mineral presence and even hints of smoke, toasted barrel, subtle note of plum brandy aged in wood; no sour harshness at all, slightly mouth watering before dryness kicks in;
OVERALL: this is another stunning beer from Alvinne in my beer book; a lot of richness on the nose and flavor for just 6.5% abv; highly recommended
APPEARANCE: incredibly beautiful copper like color with mahogany hues, good clarity with slowly rising small bubbles; hazy copper, caramel color with the sediment; off-white to slightly dusty head with more big, fluffy bubbles than thin, quite a lasting half a finger big head for a sour beer;
AROMA: wow, rich and complex aroma for dark sour ale clocking just at 6.5% abv; loads of melting caramel and fruit jam, butterscotch, apricot jam on sweet fruit bread, soft and distinctive Alvinne lactic tartness (very gentle) underneath; raisins, apricot yoghurt, bread crust, subtle tannins but no wood/barrel aromas, hints of vanilla and red wine, subtle berry quality, low bread dough notes, hints of grass
TASTE: smooth and soft carbonation, pillowy feel, slick and mildly syrupy mouthfeel, medium body, nice levels of dryness and lactic tartness; perfectly melting flavors of fruity, caramel sweetness and refreshing tart - sour combo; moderate sweetness of melting caramel, toffee, hints of butterscotch, grapes and grape skin, yellow plum, yoghurt, sugared white balsamic vinegar, berry seeds, soft tannins, subtle barrel tones underneath; lingering dryness with yoghurt, toffee and gentle spiciness, mild mineral presence and even hints of smoke, toasted barrel, subtle note of plum brandy aged in wood; no sour harshness at all, slightly mouth watering before dryness kicks in;
OVERALL: this is another stunning beer from Alvinne in my beer book; a lot of richness on the nose and flavor for just 6.5% abv; highly recommended
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2021
at 20:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Etre Pours a deep amber color with a hint of garnet and a small bubbly off white head that slowly recedes. Cherry lemon and red wine on the nose. More lemon than cherry in the flavor with hints of earthy funk. Light vinous flavor pretty tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2020
at 23:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 33 cl. Brownish-amber color. Aroma: sour and sweet, dried fruits, apples, wine, red wine, homemade vinegar, barrel, bretts. Taste: sour, red wine, homemade vinegar, a barrel, a bit of dried fruit and sweetness, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2020
at 18:49