Alternatief Hik-bier Bruin

Brouwerij Het Alternatief
Brewed at Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Belgian Ale
Izegem, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Explosive gushing from brown, fully hazy beer with mossy shine to huge, mixed head. Leafy, shrubbery notes from dark malts, nuts or beechnut husks. Sweet and earthy notes, ( and a bit of human sweat°; sweet, but with quite some bitterish notes, combination of hops and burnt malts. Bit meaty esters. Well bodied, slick, alcoholburn. In fact it would be pretty decent if the fermentation were kept in check. But my main question is, again, what was the idea? If it’s obvious to you, Peter, sorry, but for me, there’s nothing new in here.

Bottle. Brown coloured beer with an off white to brown head and some medium carbonation. Sweet sour balanced roasted and fruity hinted light malty aroma. Full fruity palate. Finish is again rather fruity, sweet sour balanced with a medium ending. Ok.

18/02/2011 - 33cl bottle @ home - BB: JUN/2012 (2011-62)

Cloudy reddish brown beer. Light beige creamy head, adhesive and stable. Aroma: red fruit candy ("red shoelaces"), yeast, sour apple, even some bretta (geuze) aroma is present! MF: ok carbon, light body. Taste: hop bitter, touch of caramel, sour apple, citrus. Aftertaste: citrus, sour apple, spices. An original and refreshing brown one, that never gets dull.

(bottle, 33cl, a nasty gusher) Cloudy, reddish colour with a big and rocky frothy beige-brown head. Sweet berry- and bonbon-fruity, slightly malty aroma. Sourish fruity flavour, light to medium bodied with a fizzy carbonation. Infected fruity and shy malty taste; sour and tart fruity finish. BB-date was January 2011. 04.XI.10

Bottle shared by Marcus. If memory serves, the bottle indicated de Proef. Or not. Pours hazy brown with a good beige head. Aromas of light sour and mild chocolate. Medium minus body with light carbonation. It is medium sour with hints of cherry and chocolate. Actually quite nice.

Pours opaque brown with a decent beige head and a toffee aroma. There is a sour bwrown flavor with some sort of vegetable taste. Interesting, but not particularly tasty.

Bottle. Mahogony beer with a huge dark cream colored head. yeast and dark fruit aroma with caramel. Dark fruit and caramel flavor with light tartness and yeast. Medium bodied. Dark fruit lingers with light caramel, yeast, and light tartness.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity yeasty malty spicy aroma with hints of caramel. Sweetish spicy yeasty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.

(Bottled, 6.6% ABV) Dark reddish brown with a medium, foamy head (wasn’t a gusher, though). Quite original aroma of caramely malt, red currants, and sweet marshmallow. Flavor of lightly roasty malt, hints of lemony tartness and acidity, burned sugar. Almost medium body, foamy carbonation. Weird, foamy, unconventional... the reason I keep on sampling random Belgian ales.

brown coloured body with a sparkling off white head a spicy yeasty malty aroma a spicy yeasty malty fruity taste with a spicy bitter finish

Bottle, bought @ Willems, Grobbendonk.
Pours a dark nutty amber with a giant, beautiful, frothy, off-white head. Very weird aroma. A bit citric, some chocolate, raisins, some glue, rotten apples. Medium carbonation, okay mouthfeel. Flavour is weird as well. Starts malty sweet with some citric sourness. Then the rotten apples appear again with a light chocolate finish. Not a very good beer - especially aroma-wise.