8.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Bouteille 50cl, dégustée au village en Catalogne - avec un bouchon pour conserver cela à voir si cela n'altèrera pas le goût. BB 05/2025, lot# B15. Achetée à l'époque où Bierhalle existait encore, il y a de cela environ 7 ou 8 ans? le prix était déjà à 26 ou 32€ si je me souviens bien.
Couleur acajou présentant un léger trouble, col fin blanc-cassé retombant assez vite mais plaisant à voir vu l'age de la bouteille.
Arôme sur un excellent bouquet de Sherry - assez boozy des 16% donnantn un côté liquoreux marqué. Je retrouve un nez de noix, caramel, sucre résiduel, fruits noirs - figue, mûre ainsi que raisin Moscatel fermenté, canne à sucre, côté un peu Speculoos.
Palais met bien en valeur le caractère du PX avec une oxydation plaisante et dont je ne sais pas si elle s'est améliorée avec les années. Le tout sur un caractère fruité noir intense et liquoreux de Sherry -- raisin secs Sultana, finement collant aux lèvres, petite pointe vanillée, caramel/chocolaté avec une pétillance agréable.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

#3

9

Crazy sweet syrupy stuff. If you told me it was eisbocked I'd believe it. Tons of sherry, liquified oak juice, and the sweet quad base. Sweet + sweet + sweet, some don't like it, but I do.

8

Kandyzowana landryna z rodzynkami, slodziak, pod gust

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Second batch of Alvinne’s Cuvée de Mortagne aged on Pedro Ximénez sherry barrels, bottled in 2017 in 50 cl bottles which are then packed in fancy bottle cases. Only 700 bottles made apparently. Loosely knit, large, separate, pale yellowish bubbles quickly disappearing into nothing, misty deep mahogany brown robe with deep copper-red hue. As expected, intense, ‘desserty’ and very liqueurish nose: walnut liqueur, almond, lots of oxidized sweet sherry, treacle, candied cherries, old wooden furniture and strong vanilla-scenting oak, whisky, soggy raisin bread, figs, dried plums, chestnuts, stewed venison with cranberry sauce, honey, pear syrup, hints of cloves, glue and beeswax. Sweet, densely candied onset, yellow raisins, candied figs, fried apples and cranberry jam with a very faint sourish and equally light umami accents, soft carbonation, almost flat; obviously utterly vinous, slightly glueish mouthfeel, thick syrupy caramelly and pecan-nut-edged malt body soaked in candied and dried fruit effects, bittersweetish but much more sweet than bitter, leading to a nutty, very tannic finish with mild clove-like spicy touches, retronasal ‘okay vanilla’, some non-obnoxious varnish-like solventy effects in the distance and, expectedly, a strong presence of sweet and nutty sherry, which blends beautifully with the nutty side of the malts – and then, combined with a very brandy-ish alcohol effect, creates an effect that strongly reminds me of French walnut liqueur (which the beer actually looks a bit like as well). Intense, very liqueurish beer, more liqueur than beer really, maintaining a high degree of drinkability in spite of its formidable ABV; complex enough, but not to the extent that it overpowers – so in that sense perhaps an ideal dessert beer with which many non-beer-geeks can be convinced, I’m sure. Remarkably, the alcohol, though obviously warming the chest, remains in place, which is a technical ‘tour de force’ and proves – after the ninth Fellowship ale I had last week – that this brewery is not only capable of world-class sour ales, but world-class barleywines alike. Glad I tasted it – and managed to save some in the bottle for later consumption, as head retention and carbonation are not really relevant in a beer like this anyway.

8.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Dark amber pour. Aroma of rich ripe fruit, vanilla, oak, mild tart, subtle yeast ester, raisin and px. Taste has rich raisin, ripe red fruit, caramel, px, oak, some yeast, vanilla and a long rich finish. Really good.

9

4.4. Bardzo owocowy aromat. Bardzo geste, syropowe, rodzynkowe, slodkie w uscie. Alko schowane. Skrzyzowanie PX, owocow i quada

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at Foeders' bottle share Oct. 2017. Brown color, mostly clear. No head. Aroma's: sweetish, fruitella, boozy. Retronasal it's sweet, port, boozy, woody. Flavor is sweet, portish. Above medium bodied. Low carbonation. Long finish.

7.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Sample at ACBF 2017. Hazy amber brown color, scant head. Aroma of vinous plums. Taste has sherry and dark fruit. Very tasty.