Alvinne Caper Fumatis

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Smoked
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Hazy brown-mahoney body. Creamy brown head. Lightly malty, lightly smokey, floral aroma. Moderately bitter smokey flavour - lightly malty. Ok, but not very special.

On tap at The Brick Store Pub, Decatur. Went down nicely on a chilly early March afternoon. Deep translucent amber pour with a potent, frothy head. Nose of moderate smoke and char with hints of citrus, caramel malts, and sharp yeasty easters. Mouthfeel a bit underdone, could be fuller. Some dark fruits in the taste, where the smoke comes on just a bit more than in the nose. Not an especially memorable beer but pleasant under the right circumstances.

330 ml bottle a dark brown colored beer with a white beige head aroma malts spicy fruits some smoke hops and some sweetness flavor malts fruits smoke spicy and some bitters

Bottle - 330ml. Dark brown body with a decent beige foamy head. Malty/hoppy taste with plummy and brown sugar hints. Taste carries some woody notes. Ends with a good bitter/grainy finish. Not bad.

330ml. The usual Alvinne pour- get the funnel and goggles ready. High, garnet-coloured pour with a thick, subsiding beige head. Yeasty, slightly porcine, slightly lahti-like aroma with banana, juniper and berries and a beautiful, Schlenkerla punch of smoke emerging. Flavour neat Bamberg smoked bacon over a fizz of overripe berries. A pip of raspberry. Spritzy mouthfeel that might distract from the smokiness....but doesn’t. Some dank cellar and mildew through the thick, lovely wafts of smoke. Works for me.

33 cl bottle. Pours deep hazelnut brown with off-white head. Nose of lightly smoked ham, hint of dark cherries. Taste is one sided... pity. Smokey and sour, and a tiny bitter touch in the finish. That’s it.

Gusher. Dark, dark brown colored pour. Big, rocky, off-white head. Settles down fairly quickly and leaves a little bit of lacing behind. A big buttery caramel aroma. No smoke really. Bitter sourness. Slightly smoky in the mouth, but more like a bacon taste. It’s okay.

2010 Vintage 33 cl. bottle shared @ friend’s house: A: red brown with an off-white head S: sweet berries, smoke, sugar, T: smoke, leather, some sweetness, plenty of bacon, wild herbs B: touch, light sparkling // sample fresher bottle @ brewery: age has really helped this beer, it has gotten deeper with a stronger leather & bacon taste, evened out a bit the red berries & touch of herbs in the aftertaste which were more present in the fresher sample, carbonation has eased down quite a bit with age but still serious // nice simple, yummy, very drinkable beer

Pours a dark brown with a small reddish brown head. Aromas of liquid smoke, firewood. Flavors of light chocolate, espresso, and smoke.

Bottle 33 cl from Willems - Grobbendonk (B). Dark brown with gushing beige foam. Immediate scents of smoked, bacon, roasted malt and acidity. The smoke increases to the taste , burned wood, roasted malt, juice of Calabria, fruity, a bit sourish, bitter burnt. Miss a few nuances.