Boon Oude Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Lembeek, Belgium

[Vintage 1998, 5 years old] Sour wild fermented aroma. The color is a clear deep red and it has a bubbly pink fast disappearing head. All the sediment in mine had settled on the cork (must have been stored upside down) - I think that's why it was clear. The flavor is very sour - like a lemon - combined with a weak sweetness and a strong flavor of wild fermentation. It has hints of metal and cherries. It finishes on a dry woody oak note combined with some sourness, that lingers for a long time. A great kriek.

(Bottle 37,5 cl) Courtesy of Grovlam. Vintage 2004. Pours a very pretty, hazy reddish with a small, pinkish head. Very sour aroma where the cherries are barely felt. Medium body with very dry notes of cherry but not really overly sour. There’s a vague fusty edge. Nice one. 290607

Bottled. Deep brownish red, rich pink head. Very lemony and fairly acidic, yet rich on sweet cherries. The mouthfeel is short. Pretty good, but lacks the depth of the top krieks.

From 37.5 cL bottle. Pours rosa with a light purple head. Aroma is sour cherries, very lovely and inviting and slight spiced. Flavour is very dry cherry sour. Immensely great brew.

Bottle @<a href=http://ratebeer.com/forums/thisted-kalder target=_new> Thisted Tasting by Maria.. Unclear light red color with a aveage, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light red head. Aroma is moderate cherry, sour, wood, currant sour. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (120408)

Ruby red colour, not much head. Cherries and wood in aroma. Dry and sour cherries in the flavour along with a big earthyness and some vinegar also mixed in. Pleasant, but lacks something.

2000-edition. Red coloured with a huge pink head. Aroma of barnyard, cherries and wood. Nice well balanced acidic flavour of cherries and wood. Dry finish with notes of wood.

Nice, light burgundy colour. No head. Aroma shows pedio, lots of wood, abundant cherry. Very dry, very puckering. The cherry is restrained. There’s still some pedio. Quite woody. The finish is actually a little thin, a bit alcoholic. The brett has really got this bone dry.