Alvinne Bolleville Calvados Barrel Oak Aged

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Black with a fizzy white head. Good chocolate and cognac aroma and taste with hints of Brown sugar and oak and a silky palate.

750ml shared by Travlr. Deep opaque brown. Thin oily head. Mellowed carbonation, a lot barrel tones. Mellow mouthfeel, but big taste. Quite broad and complex. Oaky. Never overbearingly sweet. Woody, this is an excellent mellow beer for the ABV, a delight to sip on.

Bottle at Boreft Bier Festival 2010, Bodegraven. Almost black with an reddish glow, Very fruity, grape sweet taste with in the back hints of some subtle sourness.

750 c&c from Holiday in Escondido. Gushed as expected, but not explosively. Didn’t lose more than a teaspoonful. Pours black, but there’s garnet at the edges. Light tan head. Aromas of brandy, alcohol and dark sweetness. Flavor is vinous, smooth mild dark malt, some chocolate. Finally noticed some oak and astringency. I think the brandy aspect eclipsed the calvados, but I’m not a calvados expert fer sure.

UPDATED: AUG 17, 2010 Bottle at pre-ZBF 2010. Maroon color, no head, no lacing. Aroma of scotch and raisins. Taste has port wine, caramel, licorice. Complex and interesting. 3.8 Update: Draft at Churchkey, shared with Bryan, Shawn, Lisa. Paired with epoisses cheese and cherry chutney. More sour than the previous taste, oak is more apparent. Character and complexity have both improved. Very nice. 4.0

On bottle @ 2nd BBF. The aroma apples, calvados, oak, some yeast. Hazy, brown coloured beer with not much head. The taste is a little sweet with bourbon like booze, some malt, citrus, wood, apples. Medium bodied beer. Nice.

750ml bottle.*** Creeping Gusher Alert *** Did not spew, just kept creeping out of the bottle (I had to pour myself 2 glasses to avoid having it go everywhere). Poured a dark brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of wood, some vinous qualities, some chocolate in the background, and a some funk. Tastes of dark fruits, wood, vanilla, some brandy, fruity, and caramel. Alcohol overall hidden.

Bottle at PreZBF 2010. Hazy dark brown coloured with a small beige head. Fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits, red wine and oak. Fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits, red wine, oak and alcohol. Warming alcoholic finish.

Bottled (from bierkompass.de). Quite much pitch black colour with small bubbly brown head. Aroma is liquorice, some yeast, mild smoked wet wood, some barrelnotes as well as some grapes. Flavour is mildly toasted notes, some liquorice, alcohol and some wooden barrel. Very interesting tobaccoish smoked wet wooden aftertaste.

bottle, from the bu11zeye 10k, amber brown color with aroma of wine barrell, sour apple , flavor of apple skins, bretty, woody barrell notes, dry finish