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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Københavnske Øldage 2007 in Copenhagen. Unclear medium yellow color with a fizzy fair lacing mostly diminishing white head. Aroma is moderate yeasty, fruity, ctrius, some notes of sourness. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic, light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2007
at 10:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
CBF07 sample from bottle. Pours very hazy orange/brown with a white head. Apple sour aroma, yeast and caramel too. Malty and slight sour flavour. Finish is dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2007
at 17:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
CBF07 sample from bottle. Pours amber clear with almost no head. Soapwash aroma, very perfumed aroma hops with a slight spice note (ginger). Flavour is a lot more pleasant sweet, spicy and well balanced. Fullbodied. Finish is rasin sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2007
at 17:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Reading BF 2007. Hazy copper with lasting off white head. Bit syrupy, bit estery, bit of bubblegum and Belgian yeast. I had this down as 7%. Also I think this brewery should make a beer called Stardust in memory of the great 70s glam rock musician Alvin Stardust. 3.1 Re-rate Twickenham Brewery tasting 08. Excellent hoppy yeasty saison. That’s pretty lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2007
at 11:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle CPH festival: Hazy gold with white head. Good lacings. Strong warm malty/alcohol/spicy & yeasty.Medium bodied. Nice hoppy end! 115 IBU is hard to trace though! All around nice Belgium!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2007
at 17:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
CPH festival bottle: Dark brown with bubbly brown head. Strong malty connamon spicy. Full body. Nice balanced - and a true winner (if you like cinnamon)
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2007
at 04:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dark ruby body with some micro-floaties and a tan head. Chocolate, mocha, coffee, sweetness, dried fruits and some hops in the aroma. A bit weaker flavor, but still very nice, with a good dash of sweetness, some dryish coffee, burnt malt and chocolate. Full-bodied beer with a both sweet and dry finish. A really nice imperial stout, but with a Belgian twist, leaving it a bit too sweet for my taste. It is a beer Podge should be proud to have his name on. (070430)
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2007
at 10:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Second Batch/ Draught. Beer mentioned on the menu as "Dertig" High, off-white head leaving textbook lace over cloudy, dark-orange beer. White candi sugar, sweet-alcoholic, a bit of fresh garden herbs, hops and a touch of ureum. Dry, lots of malts body under a serious hoppy flavour. To get this second batch this hoppy with mainly aromatic hops, they must have used a d*mn lot of it. A bit of varnish, alcohol and fusels, and resins, including typical hopresin. Very good balance. Dry, alcohol, a bit slick and medium to well-bodied. Maybe a tad heavy for a session beer, but its excellent balance might induce you to have a second - or a thirthy-first.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Apr 2007
at 00:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 6.5%. Nicely spicy and citric aroma. Cloudy yellow/orange colour. Very big white head, quite stable. The flavour is very citric, like fresh lemon juice. There is some bitterness in the finish staying very late. High carbonation. This reminds me of witbier, very refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2007
at 16:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
In Bruges, March 2007. Less impressive than the Balthazar or Melchior, but still very good. Rocky head and one of the most hop-intense aromas of any Belgian beer I have had. A sweet, fruity flavor that lacks complexity, but then the spices hit the palate and this opens up. Alvinne is making pretty awesome beers.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2007
at 18:03