Cuvée Freddy
(has 2 batches)
Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.25
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Aged in Burgundy wine casks.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Hazy rubyish brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is somewhat acidic wooden tones with some berries and mild cherries. Flavour is somewhat acidic, some wooden and berryish tones with cherries and some tanninelike dry elements. Nicely dry palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2023
at 20:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Ambery brown colour with a mediumsized foamy white off-white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is sweet malts, some tartness, caramel, wood and random berries. Flavour is pretty much following the pattern of the aroma, but has a slight acidity to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2023
at 19:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a very dark ruby red, almost no head. Aroma is already weird - lots of oak, balsamic vinegar, slight savoury notes. Definite red wine notes as well. Medium body. Flavour is quite sour, vinegary and savoury. Dry and sour red wine notes, lots of oak. Berries and fruit, tart. A savoury Flemish red sour from alvinne, burgundy barrel is not my favourite choice. Interesting though and tends to improve massively as it gets warmer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2022
at 19:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cette cuvée Freddy me fait penser à une pâle copie d'une oud bruin, à la fois dans sa complexité, mais également dans son équilibre avec un acidité plus marquée. Je m'attendais à une réinterprétation davantage aboutie du style. Le visuel est sur un brun quasi limpide avec une faible effervescence et quasiment sans mousse. L'acidité se fait fort ressentir au nez avec des arômes de cerise, chêne, vinaigre, candy et poire. On retrouve cette acidité marquée en bouche dès l'attaque qui est très vinaigrée, les autres arômes arrivant plutôt en rétro avec de légères épices en complément des arômes du nez. Seule la deuxième bouche arrive à se rééquilibrer un peu alors que l'arrière bouche et le final sont relativement agressives. L'alcool à 8 % ne se ressent pas du tout mais est globalement efficace. La corpulence et la longueur sont honnêtes quant à elles. Côté arômes, on perd en finesse et en subtilité par rapport à d'autres bières du style. Bref, cette version n'apporte rien et l'oud bruin s'est quelque peu dissoute dans un trop plein d'acidité.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2022
at 04:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
25/3/2022. Bottle shared at ITFCfan's 30 for 30. From Boxbeers. Pours clear dark brown with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma of dark fruits, wood, berries, prune, cherry, red wine, peppery notes. Moderate sweetness, medium tartness. Medium body, oily, soft carbonation. Dry tart finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2022
at 17:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Hopduvel; new label 'Oak Aged - Dark Sour Ale'. Hazy dark brown, stable, frothy, tan head. Aroma of sour plum, red grape, brambleberries, blueberries, toast & jam, oak, cherry tomato. Taste has very sour bramble- & blueberries, plum peel and some grape, bit wheaty in a sour-creamy malt body with lemon & lactic acid notes. Very tart finish, no hops, lingering sour berry juice, jam, bretty & woody tannins, yet even slightly roasted bitter in the very end. Hidden alcohol, but vinous. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Excellent 'hybrid' of sorts.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2022
at 15:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled 330ml. -from Ambasada Zagreb. Brownish coloured, small to medium sized off-white head, cherries in the nose. Acceto balsamico and caramel taste with notes of cherries, yeast and some vinegar touch in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2021
at 23:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.33 l bottle at Ambasada. Zagreb. Shared with PH Pit. Cloudy brown, red tint, small off-white head. Vinous character, molasses, oak, figs, strawberry. After a twirl there is heavy glue. Sweet and sour, glue, fig jam, mineral, quite strong and heavy. Sweet, savoury, meaty. Juicy. Soft. Tingling.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2021
at 15:53