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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8.5/10
Lovely. Flanders red, vinous, not super sour, great. From 2019 I think.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2025 at 10:39

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Aroma of sour fruits, red berries, brandy, oak, candy, caramel. Flavour is nicely sour and light sweet. Just great, well-balanced and nicely flavoured sour beer.
Tried from Can on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:05

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Aroma of malt, wood, tart dark fruits, sour cherry, some caramel, strong vinous notes. Flavour is light sweet and moderate to medium sour. Surprisingly easy drink considering the high ABV. Complex and quite tasty vinous Sour Ale.
Tried on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:05

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From tap at Borefts ’15. Aroma of fruits, berries, malt, oaky notes. Flavour is medium sour with a dry finish. Body is medium. Nicely sour and refreshing, enjoyable.
Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:03

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at The Capital, Leuven. Aroma of malt, red fruits, tart cherry, funky yeast, caramel, oak, red wine. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and rather tart, moderate sour. Dry and rich. Very refined and delicious.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:02

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at home. Aroma is tart fruits, barnyard funk, citrus, lemon, sour apples, vinegar. Flavour is nicely puckering sour. Body is medium, has a fairly dry finish. Really enjoyed this one, it’s very refreshing and nicely sour with a surprising touch of funk.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:39

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at home. Smells funky. Aroma is malt, Morpheus yeast, chocolate, dark dried fruits, raisins, figs, touch of liquorice. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet with a touch of sourness and bitterness. Body is medium. Hides the alcohol well. Not my kind of Imperial Stout but I dig it in an Alvinne kind of way.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:38

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is malt, caramel, raisins, toffee, yeast, touch of brown sugar, spicy notes, nutmeg, dried fruity notes, some alcohol. Flavour is quite sweet with a light to moderate bitterness in the finish. Just slightly boozy. Body is medium. Quite sweet and sticky, not nearly as complex as the best Quads on the block. Not bad, but one is more than enough.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:38

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Takes a while to pour because of the huge foam. Aroma is pale malt, funky yeast, brett, fruits, fruit peel, citrus, hoppy notes. Flavour is light to moderate sweet, slightly tart and medium bitter. Body is medium with pretty lively carbonation. Curious beer, hoppy and bretty, I quite like this.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:35

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle at De Drie Dorstige Herten, Utrecht. Aroma is intense sour raspberry, tart red fruits, mild lactic notes. Flavour is nicely sour, has a wonderful intensity to it. Body is medium. Exquisite raspberry sour, truly amazing.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:33