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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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at Alvinne pre-ZBF09. Cloudy grey amber colour. Almost no head. Good alcoholic flavour, lots of fruit and maltiness. Good peppery finish, slightly rough.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2009 at 08:55

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
At BLES Bierhappening 2008, Zottegem, Belgium
Deep, red body. Off-white to pink head. Strong, intense aroma of cherries. Lightly sweet, quite balanced flavour. Flavour is not too sweet, quite dry instead. Good fruit beer. Quite simple but full flavour of cherries.
Tried on 17 Mar 2009 at 08:11

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at BLES Bierhappening 2008, Zottegem, Belgium
Hazy, deep brown body. Lightly brown head. Aroma of malts, wood, grapes fruit, ... in a perfect harmony. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour of malts and soury hints of wood. Ok balance, but the wood doesn’t seem to have added much to the complexity. Some hints of old beer.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2009 at 08:09

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at Alvinne pre-ZBF09. Weak bready aroma. Cloudy yellow colour. Big stable white head. The flavour is quite fruity, some clove and a bit of alcohol. OK balance.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2009 at 18:17

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at Alvinne pre-ZBF09. Citric aroma, dark malt notes, some raisin, smells oaked on wine barrels. Very dark clear brown colour, red shine. Small stable tan head. The flavour is mildly roasted, some fruit. Citric fruit notes, dried than the aroma. A little weak in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2009 at 15:42

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle, 11.5%. Quite citric and vinous aroma, a bit like white wine. Hazy yellow colour. Very small white head. The flavour is quite vinous and grapey. Some citrus. OK refreshing. Vanilla aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2009 at 15:39

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Good vanilla aroma, some alcohol. Very dark brown colour. No head. The flavour starts off a little sweet, then it turns to port, vanilla, citric vinous note. Good alcohol level, but not overpowering. Rather thin mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2009 at 15:36

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Vinous aroma. Cloudy brown colour, hint of red. The flavour is quite fruity with a good grapelike tannin note to balance. Very refreshing and quite drinkable. A little baking yeast in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2009 at 15:35

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
chiara schiuma non abbondante persistenza media leggere note maltate e luppolate in bocca leggere poco intrnsa non molto corpo leggere i lupplo un po di malto non impegnativa
Tried on 15 Mar 2009 at 19:52

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Bottle, 5.5%. The aroma starts off weakly fruity, with some vanilla from the oak. Some citric aroma notes as well, reminding me of Brett. Quite cloudy dark grey brown colour. Very small white head. The flavour starts off citric, very fruity and vinous. Tastes like grape juice, and even more acidic. Nicely refreshing. Some vanilla in the aftertaste, slightly rough bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2009 at 17:10