Alvinne Melchior Bourgogne Barrel Oak Aged

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

Bottled. An amber beer with sediment floating around under a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of wine grapes, wood, caramel, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of alcohol as well as medium notes of winegrapes, wood, fruit, and caramel, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of ChristianScheffel. Hazy amber golden with tiny floating impurities and an off-white head. Sweet yet unclean fruity aroma. Full-bodied, a little low in carbonation, honey, fruit and flower notes. Distinct alcohol in the finish. Not sure that Melchior is all that suited for barrel aging. 220809

75 cL bottle. Pours dark orange,hazy and with an almost fully gone head. Dry and slight herbal wooden and malty aroma. Mild sweet, raisin fruity and light spiced initial flavoured. Mild vanilla touch to a medium dry flavour and nice fruity touch. Wineous and slight dry fruity flavoured finish.

Bottle 75cl.
Light light unclear medium amber orange color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, cheap cnady, white wine nad wood notes, moderate alcoholic, vanila notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20090306]

Bottle at Alvinne pre-ZBF09. Cloudy grey amber colour. Almost no head. Good alcoholic flavour, lots of fruit and maltiness. Good peppery finish, slightly rough.

Bottle at PreZBF at Alvinne. Hazy orange coloured with a small off white head. Fruity aroma of spices, dried fruits, caramel and white wine. Fruity flavour of spices, dried fruits and caramel with notes of white wine. Tart and fruity finish.

Cloudy golden with a tiny white head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel and hints of hops. Flavour was sweet with malty and caramel notes. Finished sweet with warming alcohol, dried fruits and mild hops.

Bottle at the Alvinne pre Zythos event 09. Hazy amber. A bit winey on aroma. It’s ok, bit winey, almost white wine grapey so I’m guessing it’s aged in Chardonnay barrels. Some vanilla. Pretty good. I have another bottle to try at home.