Balthazar
Picobrouwerij Alvinne

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From:
Picobrouwerij Alvinne
 
Belgium
Style:
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
ABV:
9%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.43 | pDev: 17.49%
Reviews:
37
Ratings:
70
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 17, 2022
Added:
Mar 01, 2005
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
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Rated: 3.77 by edthehead from Maryland

Jan 17, 2022
 
Rated: 3.58 by BeerForMuscle from New Jersey

Jan 06, 2018
 
Rated: 2.08 by mamaraza from Texas

Dec 10, 2017
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Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts

3.34/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours clear, reddish-brown in color with 1/4 inch head. Taste is oak, vinegar, sour mix, and must. Sour, bitter, high carbonation with medium-light body. Nice, dry, and sour. Decent slightly above average strong ale. I prefer others from this brewery, but this is worth a try if you like the style.
Dec 27, 2016
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Reviewed by Premo88 from Texas

3.71/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
11.2 oz. bottle poured into snifter

L: gusher! foam rises out of the bottle quickly, and it takes a super slow pour to get it in the glass ... loads of foam, 4 inches or more; no major sticking or lacing, but it keeps a 90% skin and thick collar of beige foam (not surprisingly); a foam-lover's dream but is tricky when you pour it

S: super sweet fingernail polish ... it's sour as can be, vinous for sure, but it's also got some plums, grapes, sour grapes pushing through ... red wine

T: super bitter and shockingly sweet ... chalky, like licking a limestone ... the bitter bite up front is almost all dirt; alcohol is present in taste, a slight medicinal flavor but also that vodka clean heat flavor; some fingernail polish, a note separate from the alcohol flavor; as it warms, the fingernail polish comes out front, the bitterness subsides, and there's hints (just hints) of some classic Belgian strong dark fruit flavors ... prunes, dates, some of those tasty dark-malt sweeteners; fig, licorice at times

F: full ... the carbonation explodes and turns the swallow into a crisp foam that fills your mouth ... feels like an abbey ale -- not heavy or thick but *big*

O: this is good. it also is my second bottle, and either the first bottle was somehow off or five months of aging has done the second bottle a ton of good, because this second bottle is infinitely sweeter -- infinite because the first bottle tasted like a dirt soda with NO sweetness; very interesting brew with a wild mix of farmhouse/sour notes and subtle abbey ale notes; the nose is more saison, the flavor has some abbey ale

I might try another bottle of this, but I will definitely age it at least half a year.
May 03, 2016
 
Rated: 2.5 by XmnwildX12 from Minnesota

Jan 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3.76 by ckeegan04 from Texas

Jan 15, 2016
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Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain

1.43/5  rDev -58.3%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
From XXXII. In Teku glass. After dinner. Minigeyser. Remarkable acid in nose. Less acid in taste. Tastes a bit amateurish. Lots of sediments. Went to the sink
Dec 05, 2015
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Reviewed by RuudJH from Netherlands

3.2/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 1
another big gusher. another low rating overall. This cannot be accepted
look, smell, taste, feel, all ok, but don't ruin my stuff by spilling 2/3's of your content.
Dec 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.94 by HopBelT from Belgium

Nov 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.88 by MichialTanner1 from Texas

Oct 10, 2015
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4/5  rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Pours deep brilliant chestnut with a persistent, clingy 1” fluffy cream colored foam collar
S: Brown sugar, sweet dark bread, banana.
T: Dark dried fruit, rich dark bread, hints of lemon curd, banana, prune.
F: Very creamy, medium body, above average carbonation.
O: I have had three of these – one was an undrinkable foamer, one had yeast particles floating throughout and unsavory phenolic tastes, and the third was drinkable.
Jul 20, 2015
 
Rated: 4.1 by anvilx from Texas

Jun 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by kjkinsey from Texas

Jun 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.74 by Texasfan549 from Texas

Jun 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.19 by DamnYankeeHeadHunter from Alabama

Feb 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.29 by Kegatron from Pennsylvania

Jan 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jan 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by FaradayUncaged from Michigan

Nov 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by lmaduells from Spain

Nov 01, 2014
Balthazar from Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 70 ratings