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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7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 33cl.Light unclear dark amber brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, roasted notes, moderate yeasty wood, oak, english licorice notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081011]
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2009 at 04:02

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 33cl.Clear medium to dark red color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white pink red head. Aroma is cherry sour, cheer sauce. Flavor is moderate sweet and sour - acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081011]
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2009 at 04:00

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
11.2 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a dark but clear reddish brown with a thin head. Candi sugar, coffee and chocolate show up strongly in the aroma along with some roasted malts. Taste is slightly tart, roasted malts, caramel and toffee. Medium bodied. Quite interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2008 at 23:45

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
11.2 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Pours an orangish color with lots of sediment. Great lacing and head retention. Musty herbal aroma with definite mustard aromas. The taste starts off sweet with herbal and mustard notes in the finish. Slightly tart. Note alcohol noticeable, which is impressive, though it does have a slight warming quality. Full bodied. Very nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2008 at 12:17

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Bitter Virtue, Southampton, Hampshire, courtesy of my dad, cheers dad consumed 29-12-08. Pours murky brown with a white head. There is a very spicy and yeast nose and this is instantly a very warming beer with a real Christmassy tingle to it. The strength is tucked away quite wellsurfacing only now and again in waves of warmness on the roof of mouth and across the tongue, there are hops and bitterness but the spiciness seems to take care of those quite well. A7 A4 F6 P3 OV13 3.3
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2008 at 01:35

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
33cl bottle bought at Beerplanet, Bruxelles. Pours muddy orange with a good white creamy foam and lacings. Nose is orange fruits & yeast. Taste is dry and fruity - very citrussy, close to sour. Spicy notes, coriander. Soft and medium carbonation. Vague warmth from Alcohol which is well hidden.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2008 at 15:31

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
33cl bottle bought at beerplanet, Bruxelles. Pours hazy orange with a creamy egg white head and lacings. Nose is yeast and hops, piney, floral and citrussy. Taste is yeast and hops. Fruity, floral, hoppy and bitter. Medium bodied. Crisp. Ends dry. A fine hoppy Belgium.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2008 at 14:32

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Very dark brown with lasting beige head. Malty buttery and reminds me of hot buttered toast. Quite fruity. Bit of wood on aroma. Very complex. Lots of sappy buttery wood. Not my kind of thing though even though most other people really enjoyed this.
Tried on 29 Dec 2008 at 14:03

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
At the brewery. Lovely lovely cherry flavour. Lasts and lasts on the finish. Good vanilla. Really good fruit, not overly complex yet, but its just so drinkable.
Tried on 29 Dec 2008 at 14:01

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
33cl bottle bought at Beerplanet, Bruxelles. Pours dark brown with a small white bubbly head and lacings. Nose is sweet of milkchocolate, coffee and caramel. Some yeast makes it quite complex. Medium bodied. Smooth and syrupy. Low carbonation. Alcohol well hidden. Really tasty, would have liked the body a bit phatter and a tad more carbonated, but ok. Nice . .
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2008 at 13:46