Alvinne Podge Belgian Imperial Stout

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Imperial Stout
Heule, Belgium

On tap at Mugs B2B. Deep dark black in color with a little off white head. Licorice, dark cherry, malty chocolatety aroma. Caramel and dark fruity sour notes. Chocolate roasty and yeasty flavor. Fig, raisins and plum notes. Dry malty finish. Medium bodied. Very drinkable. Very interesting.

Pours a near opaque black with really no head to speak of and zero lacing. Nose is probably its best character, with a nice burnt toast quality with ample chocolate and coffee notes and a nice musty hop undertone. Earthy, rooty hops jump out on the palate before the extremely dry yeasty quality of the beer desiccates the palate towards the roasted malt finish. Somewhat thin mouthfeel, mild warmth from the strength. Maybe it’s just an off bottle.

Bottle from the brewer. I wasn’t really sure what to think of a Belgian Imperial Stout but..... Poured a dark brown almost black, good 2cm of head that stuck around for the tasting. Smells like deep dark chocolates, Belgian yeast, figs, general roastiness. Tastes chocolate, some roasted coffee, caramel, dark fruits, belgian yeast. Overall very smooth, thick, chewy. On a side note, I had this several months ago in Iowa and had a bottle that was very "off" tasting, this was what it SHOULD have tasted like. Very good!

My example of this beer was fit to keep until april 2013. So my estimate for this 5 years guaranteed beer is that I drank it when it was 7 months old. It pours a thick dark brown beer with a fine head with a perfect bite and it was steady for as long as I enjoyed this beer. One hour of pure heaven. Tones of coffee, honey and spices, together with very nice tasty bitters make this a beer to drink many more times. Development over time could be very interesting. A highly recommended beer, although more a quadruple than a stout.

From a bottle shop in Palm Beach somewhere. Dark, dark brown pour with a beige head. Aroma is very nice...sweet, syrup, some light chocolate notes and a bit of funky aromas can be found. Flavor has some funky flavors, dark fruit and some molasses as well. Very interesting and worth seeking out.

Aroma:light chocolate aroma... Appearance:Dark brown,light tan head... Flavor:rosted malt,belgian yeast,light cherry flavor...

Bottle bonused in a trade with miketd. Thanks!
Pours a dark brown with a light tan head. Some belgian yeast in the nose and a nice amount of roast. Taste however, is tart, sour and vinuous and almost a bit infected perhaps? Was a gusher, and perhaps the sourness is a result of this. Foamy mouthfeel and a dry finish to the tart dark roasted malt.

Bottle that I picked up in Bacchanalia, Cambridge a couple of weeks ago, consumed 24-10-08 Pours dark chocolatey, puddley brown with some very light carbonation. This beer has an unusual sweet shop aroma with icing sugar and yeast thown into the mix. Perfume in nose and in mouth quite weird really bit fruity (dark fruits) not really Impy stouty at all really, some mollasses, its rather strange and whilst ok I’m not that struck on it at all.