Cantillon Lou Pepe Pure Kriek

tasted with the phoenix crew. 2001 bottle from sparky27... pours a watered down raspberry puree color with a foamy pinkish white head. smells like a wet basement mixed with vinegary sour notes, cherries and skin, a little yeast and a bunch of minerals. the flavor is rather like a tart red cherry with all the sugars sucked out of it... quite tart and very dry, tannic... somewhat like wood aged red wine vinegar, fruity, yeasty, lots of stoney/mineral-y goodness and an intensely sour and dry finish. light to medium body. super prickly carbonation. almost parching mouth feel. beautiful complex specimen...

Bottle (2005). Musty basement and red cherry aroma. Ruby red color with moderate head. Dry musty tart cherry/lemon peel flavor. The finish is so light and dry, it’s almost like drinking air. Not so much a beer as a work of art.

Sampled at Bocky Bash on 7-5-08. Had a fermented fruit aroma. Red body with pink head. Good cranberry flavor with the lambic tart in the mix. Good stuff.

Sampled at Bockyhorsey’s Bocky Bash on 7-5-08. Nice cloudy red pour with a foamy pink head. Lots of sour cherries and red fruits in the aroma. Same in the flavor with a bit of lemon, spice, and funk. Nicely carbonated. Slightly dry finish. Fantastic!

2001 bottle courtesy of guerde and shared at the 7/5/08 Bocky Bash locals tasting. Pours a cloudy cranberry with white head. Nose is funk, vinegar and cherries. Taste is sour cherries, lemon juice, funk, balsamic vinegar and aspirin. Prickly, medium mouth feel. Very good – thanks Andy!