Alvinne Melchior

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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[Vintage 2005] Hazy amber with huge head leaving laces. Aroma is sweet spicy with peach, plums, yeast and caramel. Flavor is sweet with loads of spices, fruits, madeira and caramel. Pronounced alcohol notes. Finishes light bitter.

33cl bottle @ Delirium Cafe, Brussels. Pours cloudy to muddy orange with a large fluffy white head and small yeast chunks floating. Nose and taste is sweet of fruit, alcohol and yeast. Dry and warming. Full bodied. A real warmer.

(33cl bottle, BB 10/10) Pours a cloudy golden orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of mustiness, white grapes, pear, yeast, berries, and spices. Flavor of yeast, raisins, clove, melon, caramel malt, plum, and rye.

33cl bottle from Dranken Geers. Hazy amber, some floaters, lasting thick beige head. Belgian yeast syrupy malt and hoppy aroma. Raisiny juicy sultana fruity aroma dominates. Reasonably smooth in the mouth, good smooth fruit and then really very hoppy on the finish for a Belgian beer. For an 11% beer, the alcohol isn’t obvious at all. Aroma gets a 7, interesting yeast character, appearance only a 2, the flavour is amazingly smooth. Seems to be a very settled beer. But the best thing is the palate and the finish. Silky smooth on the swallow with some fine carbonation and then this biting stinging hop that just sings beautifully on the end. Really interesting characterful beer with an amazingly good mouthfeel and I cannot speak highly enough of that hoppy finish. Tastes dry hopped in the bottle if that was possible.

Bottle at ZBF 2006. Amber colour with an off-white head. Sweet citrus and alcohol in the aroma. Sweet malty flavor with hints of dark fruits and spices. Long sweet warming aftertaste.

Bottled
Extremely lively bottle: almost all foam and it was "exploiding" when opened. Hazy amber-orange color, huge cloudy head and lots of lace. Herbal hoppy nose with clear barnyardish notes. Liquerish palate. Of course powerful alcohol is present, but it is not burning as expected for 11 % brew, more like warming in the aftertaste. Flavor has candy sugar, plums and some licorice. Like in aroma, you can also taste countryside here. Sweet edge in the finish. Very potential beer for ageing, already now quite mellow, but may improve over the years.

(33cl bottle) Cloudy copper body topped by a medium off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, plum/raisin, caramel, some berry, alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, plum/raisin, candied orange, caramel, alcohol, light herbal. Finishes with moderate alcohol burn. Sticky full body. Not terrible by any means, but too much alcohol to fully enjoy.

Bottle at Pre-ZBF 2010. Cloudy golden - white head. Apples, sparkling, yeasty, wheaty, glue, licorice yeasty, spicy, grainy, hay, herbal, orange. Nice dryness.

UPDATED: JAN 10, 2011 Bottle at Københavnske Øldage. Unclear, orange beer with a nice, dense, beige head. Spice, candi, hops, caramel and some burnt sugar in the aroma. The flavor is quite sweet, with some citrus, spices and hops. Full, warming, lightly sticky mouthfeel. Long, sweet finish with alcohol. I think the beer is a bit too sweet, but it’s quite nice and deserves it’s score. Rating: 7-4-7-4-15-3.7. 070512

Bottle. An unclear, golden-orange beer with a dense, off-white head. Sweaty and sweet nose with fruityness and some sour notes. Sweet and fruity flavor with a sour touch, finishing on the fruity side. Medium to full body, decent carbonation, but feeling dead in the mouth. A decent beer, nothing more. 101126

Bottle, bought @ Tønden, Haslev.
Pours a great orange amber with a big, frothy off-white head. Lovely amount of bubbles reaching hastily for the slowly steadying foam. Aroma is pleasantly malty, lightly roasted, lots of overripe dark fruits. Some caramel and oranges. Medium to low carbonation, very creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is greatly composed - the best Alvinne for me, by far. Very vinious, but never alcoholic. Lots of caramel, yeast, oranges, pear. Some light roastiness and flowery hops balance everything out nicely. Great brew!