Alternatief Ambetanterik

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Imperial Stout
Heule, Belgium

3th taste @ home (bought Vanden Bussche) First taste test version @ beerlessons end march. Second time @ Blesbeerfestival). Deep darkbrown color, with an beige head. Aroma roasted dark malts, spice, alcoholic. Medium to full body. Tatse strong dark roasted malts, bitterness some spice, . Dry, and not the typical stout. Nice.

Medium light-beige head over very deep-dark brown beer. Vanilla, mintchocolade and alcohol; roasted dark malts. Dark malts in force, peanuts flavour; spices & vegetables. Dry/wry bitterness. Ureum retronasal - a lot of it. Slick, less full-bodied than the ABV would suggest; as to alcohol, it is difficult to imagina 11% in this. Somehow, Piet always goes in a different direction than I would have imagined. It’s certainly not bad - it’s just not my idea of an I.S. Mind, the label calls it a stout , rather than Imperial ditto - and maybe, in character, it is indeed just a dry stout, with a Walloon twist.

33cl, new exclusive brew Anno 2009, from the brewery, complex Stout, not too heavy, balanced, cloudy, good head, very good brew