Basqueland Brewing Alvin

Alvin

 

Basqueland Brewing in Hernani, Basque Country, Spain 🇪🇸

  Stout - Imperial Special
Score
7.58
ABV: 10.5% IBU: 80 Ticks: 45
This Stout will only improve with age (bottled Feb 6, 2016). It is infused with freshly toasted coffee beans and dried coffee skins from Sakona Coffee Roasters (Irun) along with split vanilla beans.
 

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8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2026 at 08:36


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can shared by omhper.
No head. Very dark color.
Much roasted hazelnut aroma with coffey and vanilla.
Big sweet chocolate taste.

Tried from Can on 05 Jan 2026 at 19:08


5.1
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Canned, from Brno. Black, dark beige head. Aroma of cinnamon, treacle and toffee. Sweet with full bodt and rounded mouthfeel. Treacle, syrup, nuts and chocolate. Syrup and chocolate. Sticky warming finish.

Tried from Can on 05 Jan 2026 at 19:05


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

(Draft at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 21 Aug 2025) Black colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of black coffee, dark chocolate and liquorice. Malty, roasted taste with black coffe, dark chocolate, liquorice, soy sauce and a balanced coffee bitterness. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Rich and powerful, with lots of fresh coffee, a touch of alcohol and a balanced sweetness. Very nice.

Tried from Draft at Oliver Twist on 09 Dec 2025 at 20:32


7

Tried from Can on 28 Sep 2025 at 00:05


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

very dark brown with a creamy smooth brown head. looks awesome
aroma is dominated by roasted coffee and hard roasted malts, the malt aroma is similar to lomfjordsporter so also some smoked notes. dark chocolate.
flavor is chocolate, roasted malts, bitterness from alc, bitterness from a spicy herbal hopping (i think). decent but a tiny bit strangely herbal - could be coffee or something else.

Tried from Can from Kihoskh on 22 Jul 2025 at 12:48


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is beany coffee with roasted malt, dark chocolate, espresso, some vanilla, touch of mocha. Flavour is medium sweet and bitter. Full body. Very good with loads of coffee in particular, bittersweet and roasty, I really like this one.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:59


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate

Tried on 06 Aug 2022 at 06:48


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Darkest brown. Aroma is toffee vanilla dark chocolate brown sugar. Taste is sweet dark chocolate with deep melasses and bitter spiky hops. Very smooth with vanilla finish. Nice.

Tried on 05 Nov 2021 at 21:01


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Fierce. It pours opaque black with a medium tan head. The earthy roast, big coffee action, cookie dough, rocky road and chocolate cake. The taste is rich roasted malt, chewy, sticky, oily, plenty of coffee, cookie dough, chocolate cake, more coffee, sticky and alcohol with a drying finish. Thick body, foamy carbonation and oily mouth feel. Big and chewy. Works well.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2020 at 16:55