Alvinne Mano Negra Oak Aged Bladnoch Barrel

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Imperial Stout
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Snifter

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Very light nose, some caramel and smoke, very light chocolate. The taste is a bit sharp, very chalky, some cherry, some smoke, some lactic milk chocolate.

Botella. Black colour, light brown head. Sweet aroma, tart like, roasty like malt, dark fruit, spice, wood alcohol. Good mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet with roasted malt, tart, dark fruits, bit spice, wood, alcohol.

Bottle, thanks to Vinnie! Dark brown/black colour with small and creamy golden head. Aroma is full on roasty malt, boozy whisky and kahlua, creamy. Taste is vanilla, unusual booziness, much more prominent than in the smell. Very smooth. For some reason I wrote down creme caramel. Nice!

Bottle... sheared by Faroeviking...... Thx... It pours black with a small tan head.... The aroma is fruity, sour, spices.....The flavor is spices, roasted malt, chocolate, wood...... medium body......

Bottle shared by Faroeviking. Pours pitch black with a creamy tan head. The aroma is quite vinous and somewaht bretty with notes of whisky, dark fruit, yeast and some funky shit. The flavour is very dark fruity with notes of alcohol, dark fruit, brown sugar, some acid, some hard roasted malt and has some medical dry notes. Very dry finish. I you like Alvinne. This is op notch.

Bottle. Rating #8800. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a fruity roasted malty woody chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate woody flavor with hints of whisky. Has a fruity roasted malty chocolate woody finish.

Pours a deep dark brown color. Small tan head head that lasted throughout. Aromas of bourbon and wood. Flavor was a lot of bourbon, hints of smoke, chocolate. Full bodied and creamy.

2010-11-19, courtesy of fonefan, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Gushing bottle! Black color with initially big head, but reducing quickly to a thin layer. Aroma of roasted malt, dust, light sourness, maybe brandy, deserving a 7 or 8. Good flavor, roasted malts and chocolate, quite drier than I remembered, smooth, balanced, with tones of alcohol that come from the whisky barrel. Good, but nothing spectacular.

2010-04-03, tasting at Papsø, 7-3-7-3-13=33
Brown color with red reflex; no head, just a small collar of bubbles. The caramel aroma is a bit dusty. The sweetish caramel flavor has just traces of whisky; being the flavor not impressive, the lack of whisky doesn’t help; the final is weak and dusty, short and a bit astringent. Easy. Uncomplex.

Cheers MesandSim for sharing this at mine. If anyone reads this before they buy one or open, I’m warning you this was the most spectacular gusher I’ve seen since Peter North. It climbed a good foot out of the bottle. It was everywhere. In drawers and cupboards. Wasted nearly half of it. Some oak and whisky, roastiness, chocolate. Bit strange and couldn’t really get my head round it. Also in the middle of a real bitch of a cold.

Flaske: Gusher med brunt skum. Duften er en kende brændt plastik, men whiskyen dækker over det. Meget livlig i munden med masser af små bobler. Forholdsvis sprittet, men påtrods af alt dette bedre end jeg havde regnet med.

Bottled 375ml. -Courtesy of Marko, shared with heavy and him.
Dark brown coloured, medium sized brown head, alcohol and wood in the nose. Roasted malt, toffee, fruits and alcohol with notes of wood and chocolate. Chunks of sediment all over the glass.