Festina Lente
Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.45
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Festina Lente is a dark beer, with a firm, creamy head, non-filtered and non-pasteurized, bottle-conditioned. A subtle mix of herbs and spices was added, resulting in an inimitable aroma and flavourprofile. 16.2° Plato. Ingredients: Water, Pilsener malt, malted wheat, special malts, Pilgrim and EK Goldings, spices, yeast.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Deep dark brown color. Malt and rhum in the aroma. Sweet flavor with apple syrup, caramel and coreander. Pear drups. Hints of roast, ginger and licorice. Not bad actually.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
4/10
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Tried
on 07 Sep 2018
at 09:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Alvinne Festina Lente (by Brouwerij Alvinne):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
29/I/14 - 33cl bottle from De Zytholoog / Bierloods (Adegem) @ home - BB: V/2010 (2014-131)
Clear dark purple brown beer, no head, no carbon, some irregular beige bubbles while pouring, nothing after that. Aroma: very vinous, balsamic vinegar, lots of vanilla notes, some caramel. MF: soft to no carbon, medium body. Taste: little bitter start, some mocha, vanilla, pretty sour, vinous, earthy flavours, tobacco, bitter hops, wood tannins. Aftertaste: bitter, very vinous, red wine notes (bourgogne), balsamic, red currants, cherries and plums, spices, cinnamon, some dried fruits, pretty bitter and dry ending. Well, by now I've learned from the brewer that this beer has not seen any wood, but otherwise I would've bet on it. I also learned that normally this is not a sour ale. Guess my bottle was infected, maybe the cap wasn't sealed, because I heard no hiss when opening the bottle and there was no carbon. If that's true, it's even more amazing how interesting and complex this beer has become!
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
29/I/14 - 33cl bottle from De Zytholoog / Bierloods (Adegem) @ home - BB: V/2010 (2014-131)
Clear dark purple brown beer, no head, no carbon, some irregular beige bubbles while pouring, nothing after that. Aroma: very vinous, balsamic vinegar, lots of vanilla notes, some caramel. MF: soft to no carbon, medium body. Taste: little bitter start, some mocha, vanilla, pretty sour, vinous, earthy flavours, tobacco, bitter hops, wood tannins. Aftertaste: bitter, very vinous, red wine notes (bourgogne), balsamic, red currants, cherries and plums, spices, cinnamon, some dried fruits, pretty bitter and dry ending. Well, by now I've learned from the brewer that this beer has not seen any wood, but otherwise I would've bet on it. I also learned that normally this is not a sour ale. Guess my bottle was infected, maybe the cap wasn't sealed, because I heard no hiss when opening the bottle and there was no carbon. If that's true, it's even more amazing how interesting and complex this beer has become!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2014
at 12:02
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
20th May 2010
Cloudy dark red-brown beer. Tiny white head. Light dry palate. Lightly sour malt, winter spices. A little coca cola and orange, Finishes dry and somewhat bitter. Not my cup of char!
Cloudy dark red-brown beer. Tiny white head. Light dry palate. Lightly sour malt, winter spices. A little coca cola and orange, Finishes dry and somewhat bitter. Not my cup of char!
Tried
on 17 Jun 2012
at 09:45
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Säuerlicher und stark karbonisierter Antrunk. Dann nach Kirschen, gleichzeitig herber und malzig. Die Säuerlichkeit bleibt bestehen und wird ein Grundpfeiler des Bieres. Leider ist der Hintergrund wenig intensiv, so dass das Bier schnell erschöpft. Ein erfrischendes und gleichzeitig malziges Bier ist es trotzdem geworden. 9/8/9/7/7/8
Tried
on 03 Jun 2011
at 04:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Muddy brown, thick beige head. Aroam has early phenols, then cinnamon. Taste is candied dark fruit and alcohol, pumpernickel bread, slightly sour. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2010
at 13:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (BB 12/2010)
Dark brown color, small beige head. Very spicey, peppery, earthy, cellary aroma. Flavor is .. well .. spicey. Black pepper, clove etc. Dark malts, caramel malts. Also some sourness, so perhaps slightly infected. Christmas beer.
Dark brown color, small beige head. Very spicey, peppery, earthy, cellary aroma. Flavor is .. well .. spicey. Black pepper, clove etc. Dark malts, caramel malts. Also some sourness, so perhaps slightly infected. Christmas beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2010
at 05:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (thanks jbrus!). Hazy amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruits, wood, mild spices, some dark dry fruityness. Flavour is quite much the same. A rather interesting brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2010
at 05:33
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is spices, yeast, fruit. flavour is alcohol, licorice, spices, yeast, fruit, herbs. Weir beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2010
at 22:52
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. A hazy, reddish dark amber beer topped by a dense, tan, finger-thick head. The aroma and flavor didn’t suit me, way too boozy I think. Jägermeister and caramel maltyness in the aroma. The flavor is more focused on the herbs, not as evident on the alcohol, and with a little sour touch. Full-bodied and warming. Warm, herbal-bitter finish. I can definately see why many people appreciate this one, but the mixture just didn’t ring my bells, even though I like mye Jägermeister from time to time. 091024
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2010
at 01:42