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.
Аромат весьма кислый, сразу есть яблочная моченость, немного уксуса, нотки от ягод, возможно немного сушеных яблок. Цвет черно коричневый, пены нету. Вкус еще более уксусный и даже с ноткой йода, еще большая кислота от ягод, почти не ощущаешь какие именно. При глотке моченость от яблок сильная. Легкий дисбаланс в некоторых ингридиентах как по мне.
Bottle shared. Clear golden with small white head. Yoghurt, yeasty, vanilla, sweet oak, peach, balsamic vinegar, leafy, apple. Quite sweet, light bitter and sour. Full bodied. Nice one!
Bottle from Beerdome. Aroma is tart and sour fruits with quince, citrus, hint of funk. Flavour is nicely puckering sourness with a mild acidic aspect. Body is medium. Another lovely Alvinne Sour, intense tart quince with citrus fruit and the kind of in your face sourness I so enjoy.
Bottle from Beerdome. Aroma is quite smoky with juicy pineapple, tart citrus, ash, touch of peat, more smoke balanced with tart fruits. Flavour is tart and medium sour with a touch of sweetness. Medium body. Leave it to Alvinne to make 'smoked pineapple' work. A left-field idiosyncrasy that works.
Bottle from Beerdome. Aroma is tart blueberries with malt, caramel, fleshy berries, vinegar, wine barrel, blackcurrant, more dark berries. Flavour is quite tart and medium acidic sour with a hint of sweetness. Body is medium. Delicious.
Bottle from Beerdome. Aroma is lots of tart dark berries with blackberries, raspberries, blackcurrant, some blueberries, malt, touch of caramel. Flavour is tart and medium sour with a fairly dry finish. Body is medium. Lovely tart forest fruit aroma, not that complex but very tasty.