Fellowship Ale 2018 n° 1: A Long-Expected Party
Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Special Out of Production|
Score
7.51
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Alvinne's Fellowship of Exceptional Ales. Fruit Flemish sour ale. #1000 rode bosbes - blauwe bosbes / #1000 lingonberry - blueberry. Inspired by the first chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring. Bilbo Baggins celebrated his 111th birthday by giving the One Ring to Frodo, we celebrated our long expected batch 1000. On May 28th we added 20 kg of lingonberries and 20 kg of blueberries to a 225 l Chateau Carbonnieux red wine (Pessac-Leognon/Bordeaux) barrel. #1000 aged for 9 months on this first time used Hungarian oak barrel.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
2018 bottle, tasted 2024 a red berry forward slighlty sweet fruity aroma, there is a sour base there. the fruitiness reminds me a bit of lou pepe somehow, even though that sounds weird to me. Flavor is wild slighlty sour quite yeasty beer with a pretty decent sort of fresh fruity balance. Overall impression is a bit watery and weak for a 6.7%, it's like the beer lacks some oomph. Taste is quite good though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2024
at 20:20
9/10
Blueberry pancakes in a glass! Mesmerising.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2020
at 20:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
21/12/2019 @home - 33cl bottle from the Fellowship package, @the brewery
Reddis, no real head. Extremely fruity, especially blueberry, sour is moderate, very smooth. Damn nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2019
at 15:19
8.5/10
Amazing colour, super clear. Taste is very Morpheus. Lovely sourness, with a hint of peach. Whole bunch of fruityness added by the berries, also adding some complexity. Lovely bunch of wine notes and oak from the barrels. Another amazing Alvinne
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2019
at 23:00
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2019
at 21:09
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2019
at 23:01
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Shared from bottle at Maakun’s, thanks! Dark amber to light red with thin white head. Sour grain, red fruits, sour grapes, berries, strawberry jam. Quite sour and somewhat rusty. Medium body and soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of A Long-Expected Party on 24 Aug 2019 at 21:18 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2019
at 19:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle shared. Bit hazy ruby red with small dull light pink head. Tart red berries, blueberries, light lactic, vanilla, red wine, gooseberries, light berry skins, tart wheat, soft funk. Medium sour, light sweet and bitter. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2019
at 19:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 330ml. @ home.[ As Alvinne Fellowship Ale n° 1: A Long-Expected Party ].Clear medium amber red colour with a small, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is lingonberry, blueberry, tart, berries, sour, aceton, sour, oak, nail polish, wood. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate acidic with a long duration, tart, dry, blueberry, lingonberries, sour, oak, sweet malt, sweet berries. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190614] 7-2-7-3-14
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2019
at 19:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From bottle at Jan's place thanks to Alex. Clear dark reddish copper brown color with off white head. Yeasty and light malty aroma, tart berries, herbal. Sweet and acidic taste. Almost medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2019
at 15:22