Alvinne Eycken Balthazar

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

As De Eycken Balthazar. 750 from Alvinne. Pours dark brown with a big frothy tan head. Unusual spicey aromas. Strong roast malt. Hint of oak. Near full bodied with smoothish carbonation. Flavor of strong spices, dark malt, and light oak touch. (Couldn’t place ginger at the time, but indeed it was present.) Powerful flavors. Spicey, slightly bitter finish. Reminded a bit of juniper.

(bottle from beastiefan2k) Pours muddy light brown with a lingering medium white head that leaves good lacing on the glass. Huge aroma of oak, funk, wine, cinnamon, coriander, and some cardamom as well. Taste is begins with some malty sweetness, but it quickly switches to a mid and finish of dry tannic red wine, oak, and a light sourness. This is just awesome. Thanks Eugene!

Pours brownish with an off-white head.Lot’s of aroma , various brettish smells ,sourness ,cellar/woody notes.The smell is complex and appealing. Tastes of grapes, ginger and cinnamon to some extent.The brett is present in the flavour too. Medium body. I am partial to brett character but this is very nice by any standard

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. poured a brownish/amber with an off white head and wonderful lace. aroma of coriander, cinnamon, cherry, and spice. flavor was cherry, coriander, citrus, and and some dryness in the finish with a medium body. this was a great brew in this honest drunks opinion.

rating #1300. bottle thanks to bu11zeye. chocolate with a cream head. sour with wood and some slight tartness on the nose. definitely some corainder in there but, it’s quite light compared to the nice sour bite taht is in the finish.

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.

A Mes rate. Bottle at the brewery. Dark red brown colour with a superb creamy beige head. Wow, what a smell. Vanilla, oak, sweet fruity notes and red wine grapes. So much wood but of the freshly chopped variety. Some raisins and plums too. Glorious. Almost bourbon dominated flavour but not quite. Amazing wooden barrel notes. Awesome delicate coconut. Buttery bread, chocolate and liquorice. Berry fruits a plenty leading to a clean, slightly sour finish with some lingering coconut and eventual bitterness. Complex, tasty as hell and just utterly excellent all round.

Wow. Ginger and corriander explode on the sour nose. Funky oak abounds. Brown with massive brown head. This is fantastic. A sour body where the ginger dominates.