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
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.
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.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of yeast and peaches. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of coriander and fruit, leading to a dry spicy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2009
at 16:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33 cL bottle, gusher. Pours hazy yellow with a floaties and small white head. Dry and slight spiced aroma with a light wheaty touch. Medium dry wheaty and slight yeasty flavoured. Mild phenolic note from back of the nose. Simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2009
at 16:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of spices, yeast, malt, and lightly over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of over ripe fruit, coriander, and bread, leading to a dry wheaty finish. Thanks to the boys that went to Belgium.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2009
at 16:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at the Alvinne pre Zythos event 09. Bit of apple on aroma, way too much apple in the mouth. Just a bit too muh stewed apple and green apple flavour for me. May settle down after a few months in bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2009
at 19:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Alvinne pre Zythos event 09. Hazy amber. A bit winey on aroma. It’s ok, bit winey, almost white wine grapey so I’m guessing it’s aged in Chardonnay barrels. Some vanilla. Pretty good. I have another bottle to try at home.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2009
at 19:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
At the Alvinne pre Zythos event 09. Belgian strong blond. I like this. Good, nice hops. Lovely bit of syrup. Lovely hops.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2009
at 18:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the Alvinne Pre ZBF 09 event. Enormously hoppy and lovely. Very creamy, very drinkable, bit of nettle on hop. Bit of yeast on aroma. Finish is quite restrained. Drinkable IPA with a Belgian influence.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2009
at 16:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle bought at the brewery shop during the pre-Zythos event. Thanks to thewolf, Rene, as I wouldn’t have bought a bottle unless he’d asked for one in a trade. Black as far as I can work out or very dark brown, thin beige head. Mixed dried spices hit the aroma first off. Yes there are some smooth dark fruits in the body and some juiciness. The spice reappears on the finish. Bit of cinnamon and nutmeg. The spice isn’t too dominant and there is room for some good jammy blackcurrant and blackberry in there. Even cranberries. Only a touch of sourness, but it is there on the sides of the tongue and builds in the finish. I don’t normally like spiced beers, but this one has balance and the juicy fruits are really likeable. Yep, a good beer. The sour dryness on the finish stops it getting out of hand. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2009
at 16:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle at One Pint Pub Belgian weeks ’09 -- shared with Sinensis, thanks!) Amber and hazy. Small white head. Fruity, malty and citric aroma. Full bodied palate with medium carbonation. Malts, fruitiness, sweetness and bitterness in taste. Bitter and sweet aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2009
at 11:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Alvinne pre-ZBF09. Yeasty flavour. Some fruit. Cloudy yellow colour. Very small white head. Peppery aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2009
at 09:11