3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours clear deep red, thick pale pink head, spotty lacing. Nose is very tart, most lambic-like beer of the night. Powerful aggressive tartness, nice barnyard and earth, tight dry cherries, Not the huge aroma that we’ve had from some of the other krieks. Flavors are tight and tart, nice acidity, tartness, and fruit, some dried citrus orange/rind characters here as well. A very tart and classic Kriek. Perhaps the most sessionable beer so far.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
I don’t like it at all. In my opinion it’s simply too much sour and too much dry...
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Aroma has notes of cherries, sour funk, earth, dough and and toast. Amber burgundy hue with a pinkish head that left little lace. Flavor is medium sweet and then BAM super pucker sourness. Palate is light/medium bodied and watery with a soft carbonation. Overall a Kriek with super sour Gueze character with a good cherry nose and good looks. Fun.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
2007 Bottle. Aroma of sour grapes, cherries and heavy barnyard, earthy tones. Appearance was royal red with off-white head. Flavor matched the nose; the sourness really reminded me of a Gueuze. Palate was creamy. Fantastic Kriek.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
(375ml 2009 vintage) deep crimson red, opaque in appearance and a beautiful lasting pink head. Very good lacing. Nose of sour cherry, mild funk, cinnamon, and wet barrel. Taste of unsweet cherries, mildly funky, barnyard, tart fruits, with a dry long-lasting unsweet cherry finish. Soft carbonation thats perfect. Superbly done fruit lambic surpassed by very few.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
375mL bottle, pours reddish pink with a pink head. Aroma of sour cherries and yeast. Flavour of the same, with not much sweetness. Very nice.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a clear ruby red with an interesting pink head. Nose is a strong hit of sour cherries, acidic but not vinegary. Taste has some sweetness, but very well balanced with the tartness. Again, lots of cherries. Finish is dry, tart, more cherries. My first kriek. Definitely an interesting and enjoyable beer.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 16, 2012 2008 Vintage consumed in June of 2010
A: Medium pinkish-red body with a thin off-white head. Quickly receded but formed a nice thick ring. A few stray clumps of lacing.
S: The tartness of the cherries is completely evident from the very first sniff. Nice amount of sour and acidic notes in the nose as well. A bit of funk and must.
T: Huge tart cherries, with a nice bit of sourness and cutting acidity. Earthy funk, and some musty oak. Not my favorite kriek but this is a very solid representation of the style.
M: Smooth with gentle carbonation. Dry finish with a nice puckering tartness.
O Despite the powerful tartness, this is pretty easy to drink. Its almost difficult to take the time to slowly sip and savor each drop.
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