Extra Bitter (Blond)
Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.32
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DISCLAIMER: This version of the "Alvinne Extra" was brewed for the last time in 2007. If you had a younger version, you should rate "Alvinne Extra Bitter".
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
7,1% and dry-hopping, says the label. Blonde foamy head. Very soft hoppy, citric aroma, but the flavor comes out with a loud bang, compared to the softness of the aroma. Hoppy, citric and oily at first, but softens up quick in to a not too hopbitter aftertaste. Quite nice. (6 3 7 4 14 = 3.4) Re-rate. Blonde with a touch of orange. Cloudy. Granny Smiths apples and melon in the aroma. Melon, citrus and flowery hops in the flavor. Grapefruit, melon and some hopbitterness in the leathery aftertaste. Complex and thirst quenching ale.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tasted at a Zythos Bierfestival years ago, this was the original, extra hoppy version of Alvinne Blond. This is when things got interesting with this brewery: this was one of the first ’hops forward’ beers in Belgium, an immediate forerunner to the current Belgian IPAs, so to speak. It was a hazy peach blonde beer with moussy snow white head and a peppery and spicy hop character overlying the fruity esters, yeastiness and malt sweetishness of the basic beer. Still, this first attempt was not well balanced and showed some flaws (I remember a phenolic odour), so let’s say things only got better after this...
Tried
on 07 Jan 2015
at 03:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
8th July 2009
Hazy amber beer. Dry soft palate. A bit tart and sour. Hop bitterness with orange citrus peeping through. Finishes soft and frothy with more hop bitterness. Not bad but wouldn’t want loads.
Hazy amber beer. Dry soft palate. A bit tart and sour. Hop bitterness with orange citrus peeping through. Finishes soft and frothy with more hop bitterness. Not bad but wouldn’t want loads.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2012
at 10:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2003 bottle. Slightly hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is fruity with malt, grass, and some white port. Dry and malty flavour, somewhat oxidized vineous. Bitter and hoppy finish saves the day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2009
at 16:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
33cl bottle @ Delirium Cafe, Brussels. 2003 Vintage. Pours clear golden with a small creamy white head. Nose is dust, yeast, old, aged hops, citrus. Crisp and dry. Too much mould and cellar unfortunatly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2009
at 16:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bright yellow with large fluffy head. Aroma of flowery hops and light smoke. Medium body, balanced ho bitterness with nice smoky finish. Superior bitter, thumbs up.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2008
at 22:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled, alc. 7.1% as "Blonde Extra"
Hazy orange color, huge cloudy, creamy off-white head, lace. Sour fruity aroma with horseblanket and paper. Fruity (mango, banana), bitter, alcoholic and yeasty flavor. Nice bitterness from the aromatic hops in the aftertaste. Warming too. Lot of yeast in the bottom of the glass.
Hazy orange color, huge cloudy, creamy off-white head, lace. Sour fruity aroma with horseblanket and paper. Fruity (mango, banana), bitter, alcoholic and yeasty flavor. Nice bitterness from the aromatic hops in the aftertaste. Warming too. Lot of yeast in the bottom of the glass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2007
at 11:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Hazy orange colour with particles floating around. Aroma is fuirty, hoppy and slightly spicy. Flavour is yeast, spices, a lot of seeet fruits, some slight notes of freshly cut grass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2007
at 11:24
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Københavnske Øldage 2007 in Copenhagen. Unclear yellow amber color with a fizzy fair lacing mostly lasting off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet and moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet, light to moderate acidic, light bitter with a average duration. body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2007
at 10:33
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
At ZBF, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Muddy, orange body. Off-white, frothy head. Looks a bit dull and unfinished. Moderately sweet aroma. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter flavour. It even didn’t look dull, it even tastes like, very low carbonated. Is this wort?
Muddy, orange body. Off-white, frothy head. Looks a bit dull and unfinished. Moderately sweet aroma. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter flavour. It even didn’t look dull, it even tastes like, very low carbonated. Is this wort?
Tried
on 11 Mar 2007
at 11:26