Alvinne Podge Belgian Imperial Stout

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Imperial Stout
Heule, Belgium

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy black beer with some fruity sweet taste and the familiar bitter drynesh.

330ml bottle. (Ealing BF2008)
Almost black, beige head. Sweet and fruity aroma, slightly brown and sour. Taste has raisins in spades. Too sweet, alas, but it certainly covers the alcohol well. Stouts, in particular imperial ones, shouldn’t be this stickily sweet imho. There are better big beers out there, but I’d not turn down an offer of another one, that’s for sure!
Rerate: 330ml bottle (One Pint Pub, Helsinki)
Similar score, Aroma has cheese, glue, alcohol, and a bit of coffee.

Bottle. Black with chestnut hints, creamy tan head, rocky leaving nice lacing on the glass. Not your typical imp stout, but wonderful all the same. Huge aroma of chocolate, fruit, bready yeasts, a hint of funk, chocolate covered cherries, dark berries, and candi sugar. On the tongue this delivers a new combination of the aforementioned elements. Its starts with tart berries, slightly acidic, chocolate covered cherries, sugared figs, coffee, caramel, candi sugar, doughy yeasts. Initially tart and fizzy, then sweet and sugary with coffee and caramel and chocolate, a bitter finish with a touch of alcohol along the way. Despite all the sweetness it ends dry. Full bodied and well balanced carb. I was impressed with the complexity and depth of character. This kept me on my toes and was excellent.

The Dan Journal #193. Tasted 7/3/08. 330ml bottle. Dark brown hued with a hazy sedimented body. Lacing beige head. Cocoa dust in the nose. Full bodied and off-dry. Chalky cocoa flavors. Good dark malt notes. Chocolate and red berries. Grainy dregs. Tasty!

This poured a dark brown with a tan head and was a sweet finish with roasted malts and light coffee taste and creamy but not very strong and some smoke flavor.CHEERS!

11.2 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with SoLan. This one is a very lively pour. Even pouring it very slowly down the side of the glass it took me three pours to empty the bottle. The body is very dark brown that allows no light to pass through. The head is massive and uneven and disappears by mid-glass. Pleasant aroma of lightly roasted malt, very light smoke, alcohol and some apple. The flavor is malt with a bit of tobacco, followed by a tangy, almost tart flavor that I did not care for. Fairly strong alcohol flavor is present as well. Too much carbonation and thin on the palate, especially for an imperial stout.

33 cl bottle at Cambrinus (Brugge): Very dark cloudy ruby-brown with creamy tan head. Aromas of cherry, caramel, raw cane sugar and a touch of wood. Grainy touches. Slight toasted bread. Something lightly tart comes and goes. Roast comes in the middle but is more pronounced at the end. Roast flavor is mild but definitely there. Cherry and some other dark fruits in middle. Goes to yeast and herb in the finish. Some alcohol in back of throat. Nice beer but I wouldn’t call it an imperial stout.

Bottle: Deep brown pour with a ruby hue and a huge frothy tan head. Interesting aroma. Sweet, fruity, herbal and smoky altogether. Has some apple skins, dark cocoa, alcohol, toffee, wood, and mild vinous qualities. Complex aroma. The mouthfeel is frothy, a bit prickly with a strong alcohol presence. Mild tartness with fruit skin tannins, meshing with chocolate and very mild vinous qualities. Then darker flavors are detectable of tobacco, grainy dark cocoa, and charred roast. Fairly unique and very complex but too much alcohol is apparent. If this had less alcohol flavor it’d be very good.