Alvinne Eycken Balthazar

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

Bottle shared by nickls. Deep garnet beer. The nose is loaded with sweet spice. A bit of light cinnamon, clove and a touch of sweet chewy malts. Quite a lot of vineous oakiness. Chewy cherry pits along with some light tartness as well. Initially sweet, but that is cut by the oak and a kiss of tartness. A light lingering earthiness that works well with the lighter oaky notes. Not really as much vanilla contribution as is often seen with oak, but there is a bit of tannic quality.

Bottle. Cloudy brown body. Medium off white head. Quite fruity and light sour aroma. Flavour is funk, fruit, oak and pepper. Creamy texture. End up light citric and quite dry.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The color is red amber with a tan colored head. The smell is funk, wood, oak, and yeast. The taste is wood, fruits, and caramel.

Cloudy amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of fruits and berries, with mint, and a touch of wood. Dry and slightly tart flavour of wood, caramel and fruit

Bottle. Low fluffy off-white lasting head. Hazy brown body. Nut oranges aroma. Strange spicy oranges caramel hops malt flavor with a sour note. High carbonation, short aftertaste.

Hazy dark amber with a medium beige head. Spicy aroma with roasted malt, caramel and overripe fruits. Flavour was sourish with hops, caramel, wood, berries. Finished sourish with warming alcohol.

cloudy ornage, smooth light brown head. very nice bretty aroma, some stable. flavor is slightly sour, bretty, well balanced, sourish with a citrussy shade, nice. nice.

Bottle, 75cl corked, from trade with Papsoe. It’s a hazy orange beer topped by a dense, off-white and lasting head. Cellar, acidity, caramel, roasted malts and a bretty touch in the aorma. The flavor is cellarish, mouldy, acidic and bretty, leaving room for the spices only in the finish. Roasted malts and caramel as well. Full-bodied and effervescent. A well-tasting and complex beer. (090605)