Alvinne Cuvee de Mortagne

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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Bottle. Murky mahogany pour with spotty bubbles on the surface. Aroma is tart with vinegar, wine notes, wet wood, dark fruit and caramel. Taste is slightly tart fruit, ripe fruit, dark fruit, balsamic vinegar, caramel notes, wine, wet wood, booze and dessert cake. Body is medium with sparse carbonation and mild warmth. Ends with more tart fruits, dark fruit notes, wet wood, balsamic vinegar, booze and caramel notes. Tasty but lacking a bit body-wise.

Bottle: Murky brown, small off-white head, solid sweet fruity (plums) and molassy nose with a tinge of alcohol; sweet flavour with a discredt bitterness, full bodied, what else; sweet plummy finish, malt and molasses, too plus a tinge of alcohol. The perfect light thirst-quencher…

50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and light wooden. Toasted malty, overripe fruity, caramelish and slight chemical. Bitter. Toasted malty and caramelish. Dense malty finish.

50cl, new exclusive brew Anno 2012, from the brewery, very complex brew, spicy/alcoholic and slightly woody/vinous, heavy, not balanced, cloudy, small head, good brew, yet expensive!, WOW!

Draft @ Borefts. Aroma is dusty cellar, red fruits, wood and liquorice. Flavour is overly sweet with red fruits, vanilla, oak and caramel.

Tap @ Borefts 2012. Ripe fruit in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with lots of ripe and even candied fruit, hiding the alcohol.

Tasted at the 4th BBF @ de Molen. Dark brown pour. Aroma of dry fruits, sugary and licorice. Flavor is too sweet, nu carbonation, sticky, fruits and candy.

Draft at Borefts. Sample shared by another RB guy. Dark amber pour, notes of wine, grapes, oak, malt, and light chocolate. Med bodied.

(draught) pours a murky ruby-brown colour with a frothy beige head. aroma of brown sugar, alcohol, raisins, apricots, marzipan and some ribes. flavour is very sweet and oxidized, with big notes of caramel, roasted malts and alcohol. heavy-bodied with soft carbonation.

Dense caramel ice cream and cookie dessert hits on the nostrils with just a whisper of alcohol, certainly less than I would have expected from a 14% brew, in the nose at least. A broad little fruit array is quickly ventured in, earth cherries, marmalade and peaches are all visited every other whiff. The rich and sweet type, halfway between liquid chocolate and port wine and yet with this alcohol level, you would have thought that a fair attenuation had been reached - perhaps, but there’s plenty of complex sugars remaining. While little head formation punctuates the pouring motion, in mouth, the carbonation is initially fairly active, though it slowly diminishes to leave a more liquorous texture after the beer has been sitting around for a few dozen minutes - which is almost inevitable if you drink a bottle by yourself. Raisiny, chocolatey, caramely, very desserty palate. Fair oak character with noticeable tannins, but not to the point where I feel the smooth, silky, currant-like Pomerol character is highlighted very much. That’s something rare enough in beer that I would have enjoyed it to take more room; it is tough for a sweet dark Belgian beer to make an overdose of balancing gracious tannins. An interesting recipe, but not one I’d like to revisit very often considering the price tag and rarity.