Big Sky Kriek Ale

Brewed by Big Sky Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Missoula, Montana USA

Serve in Flute

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10th rating bottle thanks to JCwattsrugger, pours hazy purple. Lots of oak and sour cherry aroma. Strong puckering cherry flavor is lighter notes of oak, vanilla, and a funky dry finish with some dry red wine character. Not pussy at all, very good.

red/brown color. heavy cherry aroma. not no pussy kriek! lol. sour and warm. champagine feel all around. very dry. great!!

Cloudy ruby red color with minimal head. Aroma is sweet and fruity, lots of cherry and some sourness. Pretty nice start. Mild and drinkable, smooth. Taste has some raspberries, tart cherry and some sourness. Nice medium body.

Bottle 26 of 180 Thanks jake65. Pours out a crisp red amber topped with a small light pink head. Aroma was nice light tart cherries, oak, and some sweettness. Taste was more of the cherries and tartness. Not to bad. This was no Smooz Cherry and yes that is a good thing.

750 ml. bottle from Worden’s. Fuck, I’m sittin’ here in my hotel room, on a business trip, I’ve accumulated enough Hilton Honors points to get a Clark Fork river view. I’m sippin’ on this beer, and life is good. This has a hazy light-brown, dark-copper appearance. Really, it’s close to the color of caramel. This has no head to speak of. The damn thing was a little gusher, but I didn’t lose much, volume wise. Smell is of tart cherries, pie crust, and oak. Bits of the cereal barley aroma poke through, but I think the cherries win here. Barley, cherries, and oak just blast the taste buds, at first, but then you actually get a nice rich oak, and hot alcohol flavor. I acutally think the hot alcohol flavor is a plus; it really brings out the sour attributes of the beer. The alcohol does get in the way, at times, but overall, I think, as just a straight fruit beer, this one has a lot going for it. Cheers.

2010 bottle poured to a Duvel tulip Appearance: A syrupy, ruddy-amber body with very little light penetration to it. No head retention, or lacing. Aroma: Cherry, Oak, and a musty, earthy smell. Taste: Tart cherries, & Oak. There is more going on, but, those are dominant. Palate: Medium bodied, a dry-tangy finish. There is a noticeable heat to it. Overall: I’m glad I got to try this. It is a unique concoction, and I’ve not really had anything like this. Whether or not it really is a Kriek, that’s besides the point to me. They have pulled off something that I cannot say that it is like anything else I have had. This would be something that someone who enjoys wine might like.

This reddish bown beer poured with a modest pinkish beige head that didn’t last long. There is a fruity alcohol aroma and an oaky cherry and malt flavor with a harsh bitter finish and an alcohol trail. The flavor improves as the beer warms. In my opinion, a kriek should not carry 10% abv, since it loses its mellow drinkable character. At any rate, this is a pretty good brew.

RBWG@Ravenous-thanks to -750ml bottle-pours an off white ring for a head and red color. Aroma is vinuous, fruit-cherry, wood, some spice. Taste is vinuous, fruit-cherry, wood, some spice. Good carbonation.

Thanks to marcus for sharing 1 of 180 bottles. Pours a very dark cherry with a pinkish off-white head. Aromas of alcohol and darkish cherry. Medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor is a little heat, a little darkish cherry. A bit muddled. Should have had it before the Lou Pepe Kriek (no comparison). It is mellow. A bit too much malt? And too much alcohol. But it is a worthy effort. In the future more sour and less alcohol. It does improve with time.

Bottle 179 of 180Pours dark ruby red with small off-white head. Big nose of cherry and wet wood. Flavor is cherry with hints of vanilla that helps smooth out the tart of the cherries. Would never think it was 10%, has a slight bitter finish.