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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7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
The aroma is sweet malty with notes of roasted bread and raisins. The color is brown and it has a fine beige head. The flavor is sweet with notes of fruit, plums, and corriander. Which gives way to a very hoppy dry end combined with hints of wood. The body is quite thin - especially for a 7% ABV beer.
Tried on 20 Mar 2004 at 06:13

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Hazy chestnut; yellowish foam, fast gone. Chocolate and caramel malts in the nose. Taste are molasses and (?) cloves. Very malty and sweet, NOT cloying. Chewy, full-bodied. Nutty aftertaste. Nice try. I would have preferred something more entousiastic and less molasses.
Tried on 06 Mar 2004 at 15:14

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Disappearing white head, good carbonation; very pale beer with greenish shine. Dry nose, a bit grassy & floral, faint honey, candi sugar, even alcohol. Taste is not as dry as the nose predicts. Very herbal and flowery; faint hops, some sugar in the finish. Bit empty mouthfeel, but in contrast, the sugar gets more marked in the aftertaste, gradually building up, certainly with warming. I'm getting the idea the beer isn't fermented out, still green to some extent. Talk about mixed feelings. The general herbal character of the beer is very pleasing, but the accumulation of sweetness makes me fear for the lagering it got...
Tried from Can on 19 Nov 2003 at 14:10