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Alvinne Struise Pipeworks Pipedream

Alvinne Struise Pipeworks Pipedream - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
89
overall
Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Heule, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
583.61/5.03.53/5.07.5%74.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Pipedream is a joint venture between Alvinne, De Struise & Pipeworks Brewing Co. Pipedream is an American inspired IPA using five hop varieties to satisfy the discerning hophead. This truly is a Chicago Pipedream come true!
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 DJMonarch (6002), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 9, 2009  
From the Bottle at RBESG Harlequin, Sheffield 19/07/2009 Hoppy aroma. Amber coloured fruity and hoppy with a crisp and slightly bitter finish.


 daknole (2802), Plantation, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Orangish pour. Lots of head. Aroma is light hops mixed with tons of granny smith apples. Flavor is granny smith apples, yeast and caramel mixed will hops. Thanks fata, another really cool beer!!


 Beerlando (2283), Orlando, Florida, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Oct 12, 2009  
Bottle from De Bierkoning. Pours a dark, hazy, burnt orange amber hue with a massive, khaki colored, hard shell of a head. Thick clumps of lacing cling hard to the glass, hovering like clouds above the pool below. The aroma is overridden with yeast, indicating likely infection, with a background of fermented fruits and massively bitter citrus hop notes. Flavors show peppery, bitter citrus and overly active, bready yeast atop a caramel and medium-dark fruit base. Fizzy to the point of being obnoxious, the palate perpetuates the disappointment. Poor quality control = poor beer.


 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 27, 2009  
Bottle at Monk’s Café, Wallingatan
56 IBU

The bottle is gushing; it pours a drop of beer with a glassful of foam; left in the glass, a cloudy orange-amber colored liquid appears, and the head reduces to a thin layer, supported by the perlage. The aroma is delicate, it shows first the noble Belgian yeast, with its sicy side, then some hop fruitness. The mouthfeel is dry, the body strength medium; dry caramel flavor, with a sharp spicy character; bold bitterness, but that combines well with the spices. The final is too dry in the beginning, then smoother. A good spicy Belgian Ale, with just a light additional fruity touch.


 Soonah (900), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 17, 2009  
From Koelschtrinker via trade. Poured a slightly hazy coppy color with a robust white head that was basically out of control. The aroma was sour, almost infected smelling at first but as it opened up more of the beers originally intended aromas came out to combat the sourness. Bready sweetness and light peach and mango. The flavor was also defined by sourness at first but malts and fruity flavors came into balance later on. The mouthfeel was thin and it was a bit of chore looking past the funky sourness.


 jfb (413), Weihenstephan, Germany
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/514/20
Sep 12, 2009    Updated: Sep 13, 2009
(bottle) pours a lightly hazy dark orange colour with a billowing off-white head. aroma of tropical fruits, most noticeably pineapples and oranges, pale malts and bread, with a hint of alcohol and spices, nicely balanced. flavour is mostly grainy malts and bread, with some unobtrusive notes of alcohol and a bitter orange finish. medium body and carbonation.


 oh6gdx (8796), Vasa, Finland
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 10, 2009  
Bottled (thanks fonefan). Hazy deep amber colour, huge white head. Aroma is fruits, wood and some mild herbal notes. Flavour is sour fruits, wood and some caramel as well as very sweet malts and some mild berryish notes in the finish. Rather fresh and thick flavours that ends like in a wall. Technically no aftertaste, which kind of sucks. Excellent while it lasts though.


 wetherel (1565), Encinitas, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Aug 18, 2009  
At toncatcher’s T3? Amber color. Hoppy dry. Lots of bitterness. too dry for me.



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