Alvinne Morpheus Tripel

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Abbey Tripel
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

In short: A far from clean yeast soup with fruits and spices. Ok.
How: Bottle 330ml. Consumed when more than one before expiration date
The look: Opaque amber body topped by a small beige head
In long: A gusher, I probably lost 1/3 of my bottle. Nose is intensely yeasty with dirty fruits and also a strong spiciness that feels like a yeast/fermentation by-product and not actual spices. Taste is cookies, a mix-bag of sweet and dirty fruits (pears, apples, mangos, bananas, etc.), a strange spiciness, lots of minerals, acidity. Aggressive carbonation. Overall sensation of drinking a very very very dirty beer. Yet, despite its many flaws I thought it was drinkable in its own way. But not something I need to have again. Note to self: don’t buy this beer again and also stop leaving notes to yourself in your own ratings, it’s useless you never re-read your own ratings.

33cl bottle. Pours a dark orange/amber with small dirty head. The liquid is hazy and has lots of tiny bits in it. Nose : striking aroma of banana and caramel. Brow sugar. Cheese notes. Sip : Decent carbonation and low to medium density. Sweet beer with ester punch. The alcohol is warming. The bitterness is covered but present and fine. Nice thing about this beer is that on it’s label they say what ingredients they used : 4 types of malt, Magnum and E.K Goldings, home cultivated yeast and some crystal sugar. They also add the numbers : 19ebc and it has 35ebu. Interesting.

Not a gusher! Amber colored pour. Big white head that falls slowly and leaves a big bit of lacing behind. A carbonic, hoppy, malt and honey aroma. Big caramel taste with a very sharp acidity. Very strange combination that seems to work well. An earthiness in the taste with a slight acetic quality. Sweet and sour in the back. Pretty good.

33cl from Alvinne biershop, new batch in new brewery. Orangée, mousse blanche disparait vite. Arôme est malté avec une note de caramel et biscuit, une opinte de fruits et houblon allant vers un nez tropical. En bouche, malt léger et grillé, houblon donne un profile légèrement amer, levure reste présente et correcte, le tout garde un côté fruité dans le style abbaye.

The color after pouring is yellow/orange, not filtered. It tastes sweeter than a ’normal’ Belgian tripel but surprisingly the sourness dominates. Also a small fruit taste at the end.

Bottle from Belgisk Bryg. Hazy orange colour with a nice white head. Aroma and flavour of yeast, spice, fruit an hops.

Bottle 330ml. Color dark orange with large creamy lasting white head. Aroma malt, hop, lemon, yeast, fruits, spicy. Taste sweet, bitter, yeast, spicy.

Pours a hazy medium orangish amber color. Aroma is lightly malty, hoppy, yeasty, with a touch of fruit. Flavor is a nice mixture of malts and fruits.