3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
75cl bottle. This was a kick in the taste buds. I swear the aroma had hints of tinned meat, weird? Flavour is a blast of acid, funk and tartness. The cherries appear in the finish. Not really my fave. maybe the acid cools over the years but this was a kick in the shorts.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma is tart cherry, very, very acidic.
Taste is bitter, lots of acid, and cherry.
Finish is tart and a touch of slick oak.
Not the most complex Cantillon, but it definitely has the tartness down.
I want to like this more as it has the Cantillon funkiness to it, but it is so straightforward. It is enjoyable, very tart, Cantillon cherry lambic. I can’t describe it any better than that.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: APR 2, 2009 Bottle. Pours a aice red color (as with most krieks...); the head is quite small though, and it’s dying.
Aroma is very... lambic-like. Lot’s of acidity-like aromas in there. Some sour cherries. Smells like you now this is gonna be something extra ordinary in the world of lambic!
Flavour is extremely amazing. It’s so tart, sour, acid... whatever you like. Lot’s of sour cherries in there, very complex with notes of bitter cherry stones. Very dry on the palate with quite much carbonation. Refreshing and fantastic.
The best kriek I’ve tried!
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
37,5cl bottle, bottled 6/06. Nice ruby, no head. Acidic, tart aroma, sweet cherry with just a little bit of red currant. Flavor is dry, sharply tart and funky. Sadly the nice fruitiness gets lost here. Medium bodied, tangy carbonation. Not among the best krieks.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: AUG 10, 2009 Last of 4 kriek in a sampling. Low carbonation compared to the others. Short foam. The berr have the colour of rose wine. The aroma containes much yeast notes and not to much cherries aroma. The body is thinn and the acidity to unbalanced.
Ar 5, Ap 3, Fl 5, Pa 3, Ov 12
Another bottle tried after 1.5 years of storing. Much better aroma with cherries and almonds. Taste is plesant sour and sparkling with typical sherrie taste. There is still some debrie and clowdy. The cork was also not perfect and a small amount had leaked.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Small bottle poured into my La Fin Du Monde Goblet. The body of this beer is epic - dark ruby red with some sediment at the bottom. Great lacing and some carbonation. Aroma is light sour cherry. Taste is somewhat watery, very very sour mouth feel, and a sour finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle. Ruby red. "Nose is cherries and vinegar, bit of earthy barnyard funk" -JohnQPublic. He said it so well I had to copy it. Lots of sweet cherries in the flavor, quite sour. Finishes nicely dry and clean. Some hay/barn funk.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 15, 2009 Bottle into flute. Pours clear dark ruby red with almost no head, just a ring of pink bubbles around the edge of the glass. Nose is cherries and vinegar, bit of earthy barnyard funk. Taste is sharp and sour from the very beginning, dry vinegar and sharp cherry sourness, with a bit of barnyard funk and horse blanket emerging on the clean, dry, acidic finish. Mouthfeel is light, with very sharp, dry, fizzy carbonation.
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