Alvinne Eycken Balthazar

Formerly brewed at Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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dark brown coloured body with a off white head a spicy yeasty malty aroma a spicy yeasty malty little soury fruity taste with na soury alcholic bitter finish

30th July 2009
Cloudy brown beer. Softish semi dry palate. Tart sour fruitiness with a little dry spice. Nicely offset by oaky softness (not too much vanilla though). Finishes dry and a little creamy with some alcohol warmth.

Oranjebruin troebel bier met flinke stevige kraag. Geur zuurzoet en caramel. Smaak zuur, zoet, een beetje bittere hop en overrijp fruit. De smaak van wijn en eikenhout komt ook zeer duidelijk naar voren. Complex bier, niet helemaal mijn ding.

75cl bottle. MRT 2010, Lot 330 so probably about 2.5 years old or so. Not bad. Definitely more sour and tart notes instead of the oak. Slightly thin overall. Interesting overall.

brown pour with orange highlights. Aroma of oak, slight sour yeast, a bit of caramel and berry. Tastes malty at first, followed by bacteria qualities: caramel, wood, oak, and light vinegar. Medium bodied. Pretty good and interesting.

head: dakr off-white , bubbly , away fast
colour: dark brown / caramel
smell: herbs , sourness, chesnuts, some graded ginger, sweetness from oak, deep wineous boozy character
taste: start is soury , metallic and red wine , next come in the herbs boozyness , somewhat bloody , hot and soft gingery taste , end is spiced semi dry with oily texture aftertaste is nuty , not bad !

Leicht kirschiger Eichengeruch, intensiv, spritzig-säuerlich. Trockener und holziger Start, ein leichter Kirscheneinschlag ist auch hier zue rkennen. Intensiv malzig, dabei minimal säuerlich und mittel-würzig. Der Alkoholgehalt ist erkennbar, stört aber nicht. Etwas gewürzig werdend, im Anschluss wirkt das Bier unausgewogen. Hier ist das Aroma malzig, holzig und säuerlich zugeich, außerdem spritig. Im Abgang wird die Malzigkeit röstiger, das Bier ist aber auch hier zu sauer. Rustikales und spezielles Bier! 9/10/9/8/fl/9

Bottle. Color brown with almost no head. Aroma wine, wood, cherries. Taste sweet, sour, wine, wood, cherries, dry.

Bottle 33 cl from Willems - Grobbendonk (B). Brown garnet with ochre foam, living crackling. Aromas of malt, wild acidulity, fruity and vinous hints. Taste a little prickling, sourish, nice blend acidulity-malt, average roundness, dominance of fruity acidity, cherry, apple and spices, ginger, coriander. Some keys of chocolate, woody note, leather. Finale on sour-sweet, malt, balsamoc, lactic touch. The accent of Oudenaarde ?

In short: A very tannic beer that tastes like a dry red-wine barrel. Decent sipper.
How: Bottle 750ml. Consumed approximately 1 year after purchase (so probably 1.5 year old).
The look: Cloudy burgundy body topped by a long-lasting small beige head
In long: A bit of a gusher. Nose is dry red-wine barrel. Taste is also mostly red-wine barrel. The attack is vinous and overall fruity but very quickly the wood takes over. There is so much dry wood in there it is incredible. The me it tasted like an old red-wine barrel that has been drying out for years and then you cut a little pieces from the inside of the barrel and chew on them. You can add to that some sour cherries, some earth, some tobacco. Some acidity in the finish. Carbonation is very active. Supposed to be aged in oak with spices but I didn’t really notice spices per say, although this type of wood dryness can evoke spiciness at times. This is a rather tasty beer and the over-the-top tannic character of the beer really makes it a sipper. It took me over one hour to drink my 750ml. This is a beer that is trying also please the woody red wine lover. It is not the first time that a brewer try to kill two birds with one stone, which leads me to believe that we have a bird overpopulation population problem and a shortage of stones.

Bottle: Poured a dark black to brown with a off white head/ light tan. Aroma is oak barrel also some ginger. Taste is ginger, fruit and a slight oak barrel finish.