Cascade Kriek Ale

Brewed by Cascade Brewing
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Thanks to beastiefan2k for sharing - fizzy dark red beer, with zero head - smells of christmas spices, tarts cherries, skins and pits - it’s got this kind of scented candle and cherry-flavored candy character to it - light acidity - some chocolate way in the back - mild sweetness makes me wish for more acidity - kind of one-dimensional.

UPDATED: NOV 19, 2009 Re-Rate (Oct 09) 25 oz bottle. Appearance is much the same, but vigorous visible carbonation noted. Nice dark cherry and caramel nose with light acidity and oak. A good bit of pity notes and even a touch of brett. A prefect level of acidity for this, it’s tart and a bit sharp, but still lots of caramel sweetness and some light raw oak. Fairly full bodied and soft with lots of fine lightly fizzy carbonation. Overall, a much better beer than when I tried this the first time.

25 oz bottle, shared by acrdz. Pours a nice ruby red with a fine bubbled off-white head. The nose is distinctly lactic with just a touch of cherry and sweetness. Nice tart cherry flavor, a little puckery, very pitty and stemmy with a little chocolate on the finish. Mouthfeel is full, a little syrupy and sticky with moderate fizzy carbonation. Long lingering finish. Overall, pretty nice, maybe if it were a little more dry it would be even better. (Original rating 7,3,8,3,15 = 3.6)

Bottle shared by beastiefan2k. Pours a hazy dark red with flesh-colored head. Aroma has some cherries and acetic acid. Taste is a bit tart with more cherry flavor than the aroma may suggest. Lively mouthfeel and a finish that’s slightly astringent, but in a good way. Tasty stuff.

Poured a hazy brown color with a reddish tint and small off-white head. The aroma had mild notes of tart cherries, hints of raw dough and something a little odd that I can’t put my finger on. The flavor was on the tart side but could have used more of it. Light cherry taste with hints of leather. Light to medium bodied.

750ml Bottle, thanks to acrdz. Subtle cheese and dark cherry aroma. Light. Pungent. Pours deep red with orange tint. Rim in fluffy whitish rose. Flavor is dry, dusty and excruciatingly lactic-sour. Alcohol somehow peaks through. Light cherry flavor really gets buried by carbonation and acidity. Not well balanced. Evaporates quickly on the palate. Really, really dry. Puckering. Just not well executed.

UPDATED: SEP 6, 2009 Thanks to hannont and 11026, The pour is very murky (I think I almost see little pits) with a medium head that fades. Aroma is very musty, thick, cherry without a lot of sweetness. Some syrupy strawberry jam there as well. I wouldn’t say sour just very earthy. Taste is sweet fruits with just some light sourness at the back end. Its very easy to drink and the light sourness lingers for a good while tickling the cheeks. Nice introductory sour beer I would say.

Had a recent batch that was more sour but had an overwhelming diacetyl, making it undrinkable basically. Wont change the score because of one bad bottle but something to track.

Shared by Beastiefan2k. Thanks. Aroma is very nice, kind of light, but complex, with cherry and cinnamon, birch and sarsaparilla. Carbonation is a bit too much, but a woody rootiness is very well done. A nice attempt for an American lambic, getting pretty close, but still some ground to cover. Needs more sourness.

UPDATED: OCT 31, 2008 Rerate of the upcoming 2008 batch to be released in bottles. Gorgeous aroma, highly vinous throughout; much better development and fruitiness overall than the previous bottle I sampled. 8.4.8.4.15=3.9.

750mL bottle, courtesy of acrdz. Thanks, Mike! Pours a murky, brownish raspberry color; light tan head with patchy lacing. Diacetyl butter, tart cherries, and some pitty red fruits in the aroma; the butter isn’t a pleasant addition here, but the fruit’s good. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: less butter than in the aroma; plenty of mildly tart cherries and pits and some other red fruits showing through; reasonably dry; well-carbonated. Medium finish, showing pitty red cherries and dusty red fruits; no butter. 6.4.7.4.12=3.3

Courtesy of acrdz. Cloudy ruby red body with a small beige head. Cherry yogurt nose with some doughy malts. The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly tart with cherry, lactic acid, light caramel and grainy malt. Medium body is round with moderate carbonation.

750ml bottle thanks to 11602. Bit of a pasty lactic nose, stenchy feet and sour creamed cherries. Prickly, moderately sour and tart, with dried cherries, pits, etc. Milky finish, I mean basically there’s milk and butter all over this stuff... strange. Thought it would be better, and I guess it’s ok, but not knocking my socks off.