Holiday Brewery Tour # 1 – Picobrouwerij Alvinne

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Picobrouwerij Alvinne in West Flanders makes quite a few beers that have graced the SoCal area (and hopefully yours) for many years and I have chosen them because of the Three Wise Men.

They started with Balthazar which as the translated website describes it is, “..a spicy dark beer, which includes fresh ginger, cardamom and coriander.”

Then they moved onto Melchior, a “Strong barley wine, full of flavor, a companion for cold and dark winter nights.”

And then finished the trio with Gaspar, “Bitter and thirst quenching, unusual winter beer, hoppy, malty and just creamy. For those who get fed up with dark beers during winter.”

All three are very different from the American takes on winter beers so I suggest picking them up for a beer dinner before Christmas.