Alvinne Kerasus

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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On tap at Max’s Belgian Fest: Pours a transparent amber ruby with a thin, off-white head. Aroma of lightly sweet strawberries and pale malt. Starts fairly full, but flat and semi-sweet with mild fruit character and not much tartness. Finishes with some black cherries and light dryness. A decent attempt that just falls short.

Bottle from den Bierzolder. Dark ruby red with a fast disappearing pink head. Sour cherry aroma with hints of marcipane. Flavours are mildly sour hinting of dry wood towards the finish.Exciting experiment.

Bottle pours cherry red with no head. This has an amazing aroma. Super tart with a dizzying acidity that makes me cringe. Is a bit thin for the body. The flavor was really disappointing. The cherry flavors came out, but the sour component was subdued and not really there. Just a big let down.

Tap at Max’s. Im glad I got a glass of this and didnt finish it, then the keg kicked. I saved someone else from drinking it. I hated this beer- one of the worst of the fest for sure. Pours a bright reddish violet, with no head- slight carbonation. Aroma is a bit pool water- chlorine, old mildew and ligth tart cherry and other off fruits. Flavor is completely watered down and thin- old stale pol water, mildew, slight pedio funk, plastic phenolics, and a slick light watered down finish. Not even close to being a good sour anything.

Second taste from bottle, 33 cl. @ home firsth days off this year. (tasted on Bles Happening) Dark red color, with almost no head. Aroma cherry. Medium body. Taste is fruity, cherry, dry, refreshing. Very nice now.

<b>Bottle 33cl.</b>
Clear medium to dark red color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white pink red head. Aroma is cherry sour, cheer sauce. Flavor is moderate sweet and sour - acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081011]

UPDATED: MAR 17, 2009 At the brewery. Lovely lovely cherry flavour. Lasts and lasts on the finish. Good vanilla. Really good fruit, not overly complex yet, but its just so drinkable.

33cl bottle at Delirium Cafe. Pours amber with a reddish hew and a creamy off white head. Nose is sweet of cherries and caramel. More tart and balanced taste.Dry and crisp.Medium to flat carbonation. Extremely drinkable and well balanced.

A Mes rate. Bottle at the brewery. Damn Glenn, I was not expecting this. Straight out of the bottle this looks fantastic. An awesome candy apple red colour with an impressive tight pink head. Beautiful. Aroma, my god this is good one. This is only quite young but already it is starting to sing. Fresh and luscious. Sniffable in the extreme. The flavour is a stunning full cherry hit. Gloriously fresh with some wonderful green grassy stuff in there too. Amazing length on the cherries that lasts and lasts and develops a wonderful sourness that will eventually become more pronounced. God it is lovely. Once the wild yeast really kicks in this is going to be incredible. Amazingly clean mouthfeel. Stunning stuff chaps.

Is this thing a kriek??? Don’t joke... Really flat, not sour, not sweet, not anything. Try something else from Alvinne...