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Cuvee D'Erpigny
Picobrouwerij Alvinne
- From:
- Picobrouwerij Alvinne
- Belgium
- Style:
- Quadrupel (Quad)
- ABV:
- 15%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.1 | pDev: 9.27%
- Reviews:
- 28
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 10, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 15, 2011
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 16
This full-bodied dark ale has been aged in Monbazillac wine barrels for several months.
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Reviewed by CTHomer from Connecticut
4.26/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
No date on the bottle, but I've had it for about 4 years - it's at least that old;
A: crystal clear; garnet in color; no head; no lacing;
S: fruity alcohol; sherry; rum cake; dark fruit;
T: alcohol is quite noticeable, but not harsh; taste is similar to sherry; very mild bitterness;
M: light to medium bodied; light carbonation; dry finish;
O: really nice complexity;
Sep 16, 2018A: crystal clear; garnet in color; no head; no lacing;
S: fruity alcohol; sherry; rum cake; dark fruit;
T: alcohol is quite noticeable, but not harsh; taste is similar to sherry; very mild bitterness;
M: light to medium bodied; light carbonation; dry finish;
O: really nice complexity;
Reviewed by JayQue from Virginia
3.78/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Looks like I held onto this one for a while. Brewed in 2011, I had it on Jan 7th 2017. Pours a clear, bright amber color from a 16.9 oz bottle into a goblet. Only a few big bubbles (no color) at the top of the glass. The bubbles fade fast and there is no lacing. Not that surprising in a beer this potent. Aroma and flavor feature sweet malt..probably malt and some candi sugar and some mild oak bitterness. I'm surprised that a Quad this strong don't have a more pronounced and complex flavor. The beer as it stands is tasty enough and that, paired with the rich, smooth mouthfeel, make this one a winner. There is no alcohol "burn" or harshness with this beer. The long aging may have tamed it, but I don't think this was ever that boozy. As many raters mentioned, this is a good "dessert" beer,
Jan 08, 2017Reviewed by cbutova from Massachusetts
3.92/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
3.92/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
Been waiting to crack this one open for a long while now. Alvinne certainly knows how to experiment and brings original stuff to the table.
A- Poured into two mini snifters from the 330ml bottle. Immediately notice that the carbonation is pretty much missing, no foam or head at all, looks like a wine more than anything. No lace of course.
S- Mellowed oak barrels and wine fruits pretty much make up a bulk of the nose to me. Some of the oak has become vanilla and reminds me of Bourbon or Rum just a bit. Notes of apples, tons of grapes, slight lemon tarts, raisin, brown sugar, rum and deep sweet malts. Funky.
T- I've never had Monbazillac wine before but the tart fruity grapes really open up lending something that could be seen as sour, but I think it's just fruit flavors. Below the grapes is a lot. Malts lend a lot of caramel and brown sugar sweetness. Oak flavor is fresh and quite ripe. Some Belgian yeast spice like a Quad or BSDA but not very prevalent above the grapes and raisins. Malt base reminds me of a Barleywine.
MF- Thick and somewhat oily body with almost no carbonation, pretty much none. Texture is somewhat watery because of the lack of bubbles but the thickness makes up for it a bit, very much like a strong wine.
Alcohol is obscenely hidden. If this is truly 15%, I am not sure how they got it like this, no heat or alcohol flavor. The wine barrels give off a huge amount of flavor above a nice malty and Belgian yeast influenced base.
Feb 15, 2014A- Poured into two mini snifters from the 330ml bottle. Immediately notice that the carbonation is pretty much missing, no foam or head at all, looks like a wine more than anything. No lace of course.
S- Mellowed oak barrels and wine fruits pretty much make up a bulk of the nose to me. Some of the oak has become vanilla and reminds me of Bourbon or Rum just a bit. Notes of apples, tons of grapes, slight lemon tarts, raisin, brown sugar, rum and deep sweet malts. Funky.
T- I've never had Monbazillac wine before but the tart fruity grapes really open up lending something that could be seen as sour, but I think it's just fruit flavors. Below the grapes is a lot. Malts lend a lot of caramel and brown sugar sweetness. Oak flavor is fresh and quite ripe. Some Belgian yeast spice like a Quad or BSDA but not very prevalent above the grapes and raisins. Malt base reminds me of a Barleywine.
MF- Thick and somewhat oily body with almost no carbonation, pretty much none. Texture is somewhat watery because of the lack of bubbles but the thickness makes up for it a bit, very much like a strong wine.
Alcohol is obscenely hidden. If this is truly 15%, I am not sure how they got it like this, no heat or alcohol flavor. The wine barrels give off a huge amount of flavor above a nice malty and Belgian yeast influenced base.
Cuvee D'Erpigny from Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
81 ratings
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