Alvinne Podge Belgian Imperial Stout

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Imperial Stout
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Snifter

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Generous tan head and strangely not as black as I expected. Nose is a roasty, fruity, blend of spices and Belgian yeast character. no hop aroma. Taste is a large dose of roast and Belgian yeast. Taste is not all that sweet and quite dry and bitter light bodied and strangely metalic and offputting to me. Maybe I got a hold of an off bottle.

330 ml bottle. Rated @ 21.5.2010.
Pours a very brown colour, almost black, with a small beige head. Aroma of malts, yeast, mild roasted coffee and chocolate. Sweet flavour of dark fruits, spices, apricot and roasted malts. Medium bodied with oily mouthfeel. Alcohol feels in the end. Decent IS.

33 cl bottle thanks to Marko, on September 24, 2010
Black label, bottle date March or April, 2006
Very dark brown color, yellow head. Sweet, sugary, spruce needles, alcohol, malty, some salt, dried fruits scent. Also some port wine. Sweet, though almost subtle, malty, vinous, alcohol taste. Warming alcohol, but not too much. Taste is also to the salty side. Medium to smooth mouth feel, low bitterness at first. Some dry hints of bitterness mixed with the alcohol in the aftertaste.

Bottle from either Papsoe or fiulijn, I really can’t remember. Bottled in April or March 2006, dark purple label. Extremely dark brown almost black body, off white-tan head. Sourish-dry sticky raisins in the nose, light soft pure malty notes. Sorta vinuous. Extremely soft mouthfeel, suprised me, lightly vinuous soft malty taste. Raisins, soft toffee. Yeah, this is different and a pleasant surprise. Really warming. Light herbal notes. Creamy. A surprisingly nice IS.

Tap at the Ginger Man, NYC. Pours black with a modest, brown head. Malty aroma with roast and mocha notes. Flavor is fairly sweet and chocolatey with some dry, roasty bitterness. Medium to full in body with average carbonation. Finishes somewhat boozy with charred malts and cocoa. Good stuff.

Bottle. Pours a near clear deep brown with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a light coffee note with light chocolate and a good amount of spice. Flavor has a good amount of spice with slightly bitter chocolate and some alcohol coming out in the finish.

Nice toffee and fruit flavors. Raisins and malty. All that kind of thing. Good but in the end not a great example of Imperial Stout. Serving: Bottle

UPDATED: JAN 15, 2012 Nice stout with a chocolate and coffee smell. High carbonisation and a caramel aftertaste. Includes taste of burnt malts, rum and coffee beans.

Pours a murky brown with no head. Nose is molasses, roasted malt and alcohol. Flavor has dried fruits, malts and a hot alcohol finish.

Belgian yeast add up to the complex aromas of this fine beer : chocolate, coffee, even spicy dark fruits.