Once a year, the Troubadour boys make a single batch special edition of their flagship Troubadour Magma, The first three years saw a simple change in the dry-hop, until yeast experimenation began with the 2014 special edition.
2015 sees the yeast focus continue. At each of the three fermentation stages - main fermentation, lagering and bottle fermentation - a Brettanomyces yeast strain is added.
The result is a beer which is unrecognisable from the original. We've included fresh Magma in this pack for the interesting comparison. It just goes to show the significant role yeast plays in a beer!
The aroma is very fruity with grapefruit, mandarin and peach notes, and the Bretty funk laying over it all. This follows through in the flavour which is more tart than sour.
Lots of crisp, sharp citric flavours, a little more sweetness of tropical fruit and of course the musty, funky Brettanomyces character presenting right through. The beer is really quite refreshing, and not something non-sour drinkers should be fearful of.
Overall I think it is an interesting, complex creation. It takes a little getting used to, but when your palette has done its best of reconciling what is going on with this beer, it is beautifully refreshing. And way too easy to drink for 9.8%!
A blonde Sour/American Wild Ale - a great balance of bitter, sweet and sour
This amber sour is one of the base beers Alvinne use to create many of their barrel-aged creations
A dark sour beer of 10.0%. Part of the renowned Alvinne Morpheus Sour Collection
Voted World's Best Wood Aged Beer 2012 and 2013 and World Beer Awards
A clean, crisp and sessional IPA from the team at Troubadour
Dedicated to the hero of Antwerp, a dry-hopped spicy blond ale
Fruity aroma and hoppy, spicy flavour make this an extremely drinkable beer.
Four malts, roasted barley and two hops create a beautiful Imperial Stout - with a Belgian twist.
The body of a Belgian triple style beer, hopped like an American Imperial IPA - the best of two brewing cultures in one beer.
Another riff of the Troubadour Magma, this one is a more sessionable, last of the summer sun type of beer
The 2016 variation of Troubadour's flagship beer Magma features Maris Otter premium malt
The 2017 variant of Magma sees a change in malt and hop quantities, resulting in a fruity, earthy and dry IPA
The 2019 variant of Troubadour's Magma is a beer that has been made more sessional, with the addition of El Dorado and Nelson Sauvin hops
The 2022 Magma variant is finished with a wine yeast
A rich, smooth and complex dark ale - a perfectly balanced mild stout with a Belgian body.
Amber ale with a spicy and malty character, crisp and light with a dry, slightly bitter finish.
A Belgian west coast Imperial Black IPA, made using 100% Belgian hops
A beautiful imperial black IPA that uses all-Belgian west coast hops
