Alvinne Struise Pipeworks Pipedream

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

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of joergen/MiP/yespr. Label claims 7.8% ABV. Clear amber golden with a small, rough off-white head. Fresh, peachy hop aroma. Medium body, roasted malt and fruit but again dominated by marvellous peachy hops that leave the finish to be dry and bitter. Delicious. One of very few successful Belgian/US hybrids. 200309

Bottled at Belgobaren, Stockholm. Cloudy pale amber, rich airy head. Strong hoppy grapefruit/mango aroma. Sweet and fruity with marmeladey yeasty orange. Spritzy, juicy and somewhat almondy with long inky bitterness.

33 cL bottle. Pours slight cloudy orange with a small white head. Dense peachy and mild citrusy hops aroma. I get som simcoe-like note. Light sweet fruity hoppy flavoured with a nice emitting peachy note. Subdued sweetness into a slowly increasing dry finish with a persisting fruity touch. Ends dry and fruity. Crisp IPA.

Bottle 33cl.
Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, flowers, grapefruit shell. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and shell bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090306]

Bottle, 7.8%. OK hoppy aroma, American style hoppy and caramelly. Almost clear dark copper colour. Very small white head. The flavour has some grassy hop with a rather rough bitterness in the finish.

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.

Bottle at PreZBF at Alvinne. Cloudy amber coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of hops, grass and pine needles with notes of grape fruits. Fruity flavour of hops, grass and pine needles with notes of grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish.

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.