Brouwerij Alvinne

Microbrewery in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brouwerij Alvinne - De Proefloft & Beer Shop
Associated Webshop: Brouwerij Alvinne - Webshop

Established in 2004

Contact
Vaartstraat 4a, Moen, 8552, Belgium
Description
Alvinne is a 1200hl microbrewery in Flanders, Belgium. It has become an official brewery in 2004 and is located in the village of Moen, at the edge of the Mortagne touristic area and in the area where the historic breweries of the old Flemish Brown beerstyle are situated.

Their own yeast strain is called ‘Morpheus’ and was the reason to start experimenting with mixed fermentation, resulting in sour ales. Alvinne’s main mission is now to create innovative sour beers through a new style of Flemish blond sours by using the mixed fermentation method. You could call it the missing link between Oud Bruin and Lambic. Because of this, Alvinne has gained international attention and respect.

We already experimented with over 30 different kinds of fruits, herbs, plants, berries, flowers and vegetables. Next to the sour range, Alvinne has an interesting beer list that were aged on carefully selected used barrels, such as Cognac, Porto, Sherry, Calvados, Brandy, Red Wine and White Wine. Since 2018, we have started our own Membership “Alvinne’s Fellowship Of Exceptional Ales” to give our core fans the priority to get hands on our very exclusive and limited beers.

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6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Golden, hazy, good white head. Aroma: sweetish malt, spicy-herbal hops, slightly wild. Malty taste, candy, cookies, light sourness, spicy and herbal, original.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 18:10

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bottle. Golden with a sediment at the bottom. Aroma: like real bison grass, vanilla, grassy, ​​gingerbread, sweetish, good. Sour taste, bison grass, spicy, very interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 18:08

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Golden, hazy, good white foam. Aroma: a bit wild, sour, apple and something else. Taste: sour, a bit wild, a bit of vinegar, original, but not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 18:05

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bottle. Reddish, slightly hazy. Aroma: sour, cherry, a little raspberry, a little vinegar and wildness. Sour taste, cherry and raspberry, a little oak, still good.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 18:02

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Yellow, hazy. Aroma: sour, wild, some sweetness, malty. Taste: malt, pear and apple with seeds, a little sourness and sweetness, not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 18:00

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bouteille 75cl @ Belgian Winter gathering 01 March 2025 – Tim’s place, thanks Siegfried.
Billies fest 2022 – collab Mederie
Un monstre à 17%, incroyable de voir cela en bouteille de 17% - pas souvent aussi de voir un braggot disponible.
Léger orangé, pas de col
Arôme est doux organique mielleux assez plaisant ponctué par de fins effluves de caramel, fruité par l’apport de la barrique de Pineau – le côté Alvinne me semble perdu et je ne note rien en terme d’apport tourbé ni de Bourbon comme mentionné sur l’étiquette.
Palais est sur une douceur plaisante alliant l’apport mielleux – ce qui tranche avec le caractère souvent spécifique de la levure maison Alvinne – Morpheus. Effet un peu organique, ponctué par une note caramélisée, grillé, dattes et léger apport du Pineau des Charentes – le tout contribue encore plus à accroitre le côté doux et sucre résiduel. Ici, aussi pas grand-chose sur le côté tourbé et vanillé du Bourbon. Reste correcte sans vraiment transmettre ce que j’attendais d’un assemblage entre bière/hydromel – ici, la base miel est nettement plus en avant.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2025 at 10:47

3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Bottle. Slightly murky brown pour, with a small beige head. Light roast coffee in the nose with some semi tart off putting cereals. Mouth feel is thin, carb is good. Finish is more of this tart, almost sour cereals, with hints of watery coffee. I'm thinking infected, this was rough, couldnt finish.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:35

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle. Murky orange pour, with a big white head. Loads of floaters and it gushed upon opening. Aroma is very vegetal, sweet malts, and stake grasses. Soft carb, and a very full mouth feel. Finish is musty malts, no hops and sweet vegetal notes. Either very very old, or infected.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:28

8.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Clear amber, small head. Tart mirabelles meet elegant oaky red wine up front. Citric with some underlying fruity sweetness. Funky and mildly oaky with evident red wine. Tanninic mid bitter finish.
Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 21:50

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Color: Very hazy brownish orange, almost no head. Aroma: Funky and leathery Brett, fruity stone fruit, vinuous notes. Taste: Quite dense and very smooth mouthfeel. No carbonation. Mix of spicy Saison, vinuous notes of red wine, fruity stone fruit notes, leathery Brett, green hop and oak wood. Over moderate sweet and bitter. Very dry mouthfeel. Over medium body. Very long lasting dry and bitter, leathery finish. I like it, but I'm a sucker for Brett beers...
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2025 at 19:53