 thewolf (3392), Kolding, Denmark
May 10, 2008
Bottle, bought @ Tønden, Haslev.
[vintage 2003]
Deep, muddy orange with a big, frothy off-white head. Fizzes away slowly. Aroma is deep of toffee, oranges, plums, grapes, yeast, citrus. High carbonation, rather creamy. Flavour is sugary sweet with a heavy dose of hoppiness. Pine, citrus and oranges appear again. A bit ill-composed, but still a nice brew.
beerbuzzmontreal (2673), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mar 19, 2008 Bottle sampled at Brugs Bertje. Pleasant aroma of herbal hops, yeast and mild rubber. Cloudy golden pour with a medium white head. Good flavor of herbal hops with yeast, it’s also well attenuated. The body is medium with a creamy texture and medium carbonation. I prefer the "restyled" version of the Extra, but this first version is still a pretty good beer.
DruncanVeasey (1533), Burbage, Germany
Jan 14, 2008 Bottle labelled ’Alvinne Extra’, ’dryhopping’ and ’7.1%’. Aggressively sweet, hoppy aroma pumped up with spruce, citrus, yeast and vanilla. Pours with an orange haze and collapsing white froth. Only the very brave or curious would dare tip the remaining black clods of detritus remaining in the bottle into their tulip. Flavour harshly alcoholic, burning, smokliy antiseptic and earthy/yeasty in the manner of some of the De Dolle beers. Hopping robustly piney and citrussy, but overwhelmed by TCP/mouthwash/disinfectant notes and alcohol burn. Didn’t do anything for me except give me instant heartburn. Drank about half of it.
Defreni (442), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Jan 5, 2008 Flaske. Flot stort skum på en orange øl. Var ellers nervøs for at den manglede karbonering. Det bedste man kan sige om denne øl er den udpræget finish der brænder på tungen. Alvinne gæret slår også igennem, men ind imellem er der bare noget der ikke klinger. Desværre.
rauchbier (2858), Isle Of Beer, Lincolnshire, England
Dec 29, 2007 Bottle, at ZBF 2006. Gold, thin white head and moderate condition. Sweet malt in the nose, soft sweet and fruity in the mouth, gentle maltiness in the finish with a developing dry yeast note towards the end.
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