Alvinne Eycken Balthazar

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

Sample from a bottle at alvinne. Alround rating: Unusal spicey character, gingery peppery woodyness, fruity clove spiked orange, good carbonation and drinkable stuff for the %.

Bottle at Pre ZBF, at Alvinne, 06-03-09 Pours orangey/brown that sort of seventies clothing look, there was a small thin white head atop. Dusty old furniture aroma and some wine notes. The taste was a little sweet but also with some tanginess. Some sour banana, spice, its quite fruity its fine but not really my thing, I think I’m more a fan of the fresh stuff by Alvinne A5 A3 F5 P3 OV12 2.9

Bottled. Hazy brown color, short head. Sweet candy aroma, slight sour, some sugar, some vanilla, cask whisky/brandy. Sweetish taste, slight sour. Quite ok.

scura non molta schiuma persistenza poco il naso è vionoso leggeremte acetico molto speziato cardamomo in bocca poco frizzante ritornon tutti gli aromi del naso in successione poco luppolo

Bottle at PreZBF at Alvinne. Cloudy orange brown coloured with a small off white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, dried fruits and fruits. Fruity flavour of liquorice, ginger, spices and oak with notes of wine. Spicy and oaky finish.

33 cL bottle. Who ever thought ginger in beer is a good thing? Pours clear and golden orange with a fully gone head. Ginger and cardemomme aroma. Citric and ginger dense flavoured. Mild bitter and slight acidic flavoured. Spiced and malty flavoured into the finish. I cannot pinpoint anything wrong with this - apart from ginger :)

Re-tasted from bottle 33cl. on sat. 24.01.09. @ Alvinne brewery. Special redbrown color with creamy almost beige head. Aroma sweet, fruity, oak. Medium body. Taste fruits, oak, complex, wood notes, sweetness.

Bottled. Aroma has malts, cherry, bubblegum, bit portlike, some wood perhaps. Complex enough. Clear, brown coloured with a lasting, off-white head. The taste is sweet, a little sour. It has raisin malts, cherries, some spiciness. Good beer.