 acrdz (4248), Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 12, 2006 Updated: Aug 8, 2007
750ml bottle, vintage unknown
Consumed at the Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation, Opstal, May 2006
Very cloudy dark red and purple hue, with a light pink and purple head. Sweaty nose, perfumy and sweaty (like BO), with a strange raw grain and spoiled cherry aroma. First taste is raw, then a bit sour and caustic, but it mellows quickly into a more creamy, pasty perfumed cream, rose and cherry flavor. Finishes better than it begins.
Resampled twice in 2007 from 750ml bottles. Much more what I was expected, much more rich fruit and cherries, lightly sweet, but still a little weird. Better this time, though.
The_Epeeist (918), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 16, 2008 25.4 oz bottle, 3/1/05. Hazed magenta with a thin pinkish ring. Nose is cherry and almond, spring rain and horse blanket. Tart and puckery but silky smooth. Juicy and mouthwatering with soft, delicate carb. Taste is cherry jam, lemon juice, pith and pits with a dry, leathery finish. A wonderful sweet and sour duet.
michael-pollack (1360), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 16, 2008 750ml Bottle: Aroma of sour cherries. Typical lambic phenols. Poured maroon/magenta/purple/red in color with a small maroon head that disappeared immediately. Cloudy. Full of large and small particles. Very tart flavor. Tastes of sour cherries and medicine. Light to medium body. Dryish, thinsh texture. Soft to average carbonation. Sour, puckering, cherry finish.
BoBoChamp (618), Gent, Belgium
Jul 28, 2008 75cl, exclusive sour Kriek, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, balanced, cloudy, small head, very good brew, yet very expensive
ketchepillar (244), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Jul 27, 2008 Bottled on March 1, 2005. Finishes dry and woody. Nicely fruity sweet yet dry. Yeast has some barn flavors especially towards the bottom of the bottle, but overall not that strong; they combine with the wood nicely. I would describe it as more tart than sour. Fairly light carbonation.
fonefan (4328), Ulfborg, Denmark
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle 75cl.
Clear dark red color with a small, fizzy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, light red head. Aroma is moderate cherry, almond, woody notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and acidic - tart with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. Very very nice ;o)) (240508)
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