Cuvée Freddy
Picobrouwerij Alvinne

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From:
Picobrouwerij Alvinne
 
Belgium
Style:
Flanders Oud Bruin
Ranked #24
ABV:
8%
Score:
90
Ranked #10,175
Avg:
4.01 | pDev: 9.73%
Reviews:
93
Ratings:
342
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 17, 2023
Added:
Jul 15, 2010
Wants:
  18
Gots:
  57
Cuvée Freddy is the barrel aged version of Sigma. Complex, refined flavours, originating from the tannins of the Bordeaux barrel and the wine that initially filled it create a soft, refreshing sipping beer that blurs the differences between beer and wine.
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Ratings by iL0VEbeer:
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Rated by iL0VEbeer from New Jersey

4/5  rDev -0.2%

Mar 10, 2013
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

3.84/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Bottled Nov 2018
Pours a light fizzy head covering with low retention, poured a ruby chestnut color then dark brown when it thickens

Nose big sweet dark raisin prune fruits, dark sweet molasses and dark malts, very biscuity toasted malt, bread crust, a little vanilla oak and toasted oak notes, brandy soaked raisin, mild sour tart note, mild oxidation port wine like

Taste starts pretty tart, more soured mash malt character, with big biscuity toasted malts, a little molasses sweetness, more dark fruits, raisin, prune, date, mild tart sour fruit, some buttery oak and a little toasted oak, into port wine again between the fruit and aged slight oxidation, flemmy tart finish

Mouth is fuller bod, very little carb, a bit of tart acidity, no real alcohol presence

Overall pretty good
Sep 17, 2023
 
Rated: 3.9 by Ananabiya

Jun 15, 2023
 
Rated: 3.5 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Feb 21, 2022
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Rated by edthehead from Maryland

4/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Wine like with good barrel character. So unique and enjoyable for a flexible palate.
Feb 06, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by blisscent from Rhode Island

Jun 05, 2021
 
Rated: 4.08 by entenduintransit from Tennessee

Dec 01, 2020
 
Rated: 3.94 by DvdP from Netherlands

Dec 01, 2020
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Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire

3.81/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle from Etre.
Hazy dark brown with a small tan head that I had to coax out with a vigorous pour. Jammy chocolate with hints of alcohol on the nose. Tart cherry and light lemon flavor with a hint of funk to round this out.
Nov 11, 2020
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois

3.96/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours into a wine glass with ample tan foam, some spotty lace and broken skim. Ever present ring around the edges.

Aroma is a bit oxidized at first but this fades somewhat after a good 15 minutes. Oak, prune, apple butter, black malt, tootsie roll candy.

Mellow feel, very vinous, lightly tart and oaky. Medium bodied, a touch citric, low carbonation. Flavors are hard to pin down, but there is a tart fruitiness like sour grape or underripe berries. Behind that is a grape juice note and some maltiness. This bottle seems pretty well aged, for better or worse.

Overall it’s unique, though it’s no Oerbier Reserva. Could use a bit more complexity like the Sofie version has, and less oxidation.

Flanders Oud Bruin #90
Jul 22, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Jul 20, 2020
 
Rated: 4.68 by clm9 from North Carolina

Jul 09, 2020
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Reviewed by rex_4539 from Greece

4.41/5  rDev +10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
L: Deep red/murky color, quarter finger tan colored head, thin but messy lacing, light carbonation.

S: Sour, blueberry. Smells wonderful.

T: Sour, blueberry. Lingering sourness and fruit flavor.

F: Medium bodied, very smooth, full flavored.

O: Superb Flanders oud bruin.
May 19, 2020
 
Rated: 3.58 by DudMan from New Jersey

Aug 30, 2019
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Reviewed by OlaB from Norway

3.88/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark red-brown color with a small top off beige head that dissolves quickly.
Aroma is of tart raspbeeries,sour cherries, wood and vinegar.
The taste is sour and tart with some slight sweet notes in the flavour.
The flavour has a a lot of rasberries and cherries, the earthy/woody notes makes more presence in the finish along with som dry notes.
Very little carbonation and a medium body.
A nice example of a beerstyle i am not very familiar with.
Aug 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.28 by hcproff36 from Texas

Jan 21, 2019
 
Rated: 4.73 by Luiz0930 from California

Dec 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.94 by Dactrius from Netherlands Antilles

Aug 17, 2018
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Reviewed by Wg1041 from Alaska

3.27/5  rDev -18.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I’m not going to lie here...this thing smelled bad in the bottle. Way too powerful on the alcohol smell.

However...as we all know...just because the berry doesn’t smell good, doesn’t mean the juice is bad.

Poured like flat coke...everybody says that. Very true. Very little carbonation in the initial taste. Mildlu sour taste. Mild maltiness. Hints of aged oak...I can taste it now versus smelling. The taste is very different from the smell.

If you compare it to other Oud Bruin beers, it’s a slight let down. Definitely something to try, but not something to stock for regular drinking. However, it could all be my weird sense of taste.
Jul 12, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by paulish from New York

Jun 08, 2018
Cuvée Freddy from Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 342 ratings