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Chapeau Kriek

Percentile
23
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Lambic - Fruit

Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2092.73/5.02.73/5.03.5%15.2Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Disclaimer: This is the sweetened version of Chapeau Kriek. In 2007 a new version was released, which can come with the same label as Chapeau Kriek, but which is a different beer. This new version is in the database as Chapeau Oude Kriek and it is not sweet. If you had a sweet beer, then you should rate this one. Otherwise, you should rate the Chapeau Oude Kriek.

Description: Since many decades, the brewers of the Senne valley are brewing Lambic. In the 19th century they have created several fruit beers. The cherry beer on base of Lambic was the first or one of the first. The Chapeau Kriek is made on base of Lambic, a artisanal traditional product which ripe on oaken barrels. The Chapeau Kriek is a fresh and delicious beer for delightful moments.
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 Oxymoron (104), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/55/103/57/20
Feb 22, 2008  
Tell Welsch’s they can patent this beer. Pours a red color with a pink head retention that quickly dissipates and no lacing. The smell is strong, very strong, with sour cherries and a bitter tart aroma. The taste is unbelievable tart with a strong sour cherry and a vinegar zing to it. Limited tasting of oak were noticeable but you have to look for it. Really this is more of a wine spritzer then a beer. It was worth an experiment but overall I was not impressed with this beer.


 cheapdark (2016), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Feb 4, 2008    Updated: Jul 11, 2008
Has some pleasurable fruity aroma! Beautiful creamy sibilation for carbonation. Swirling darker pinkish purple, unfiltered. Farmy barmy fruity flavor. Finish? What finish, confound it, it’s gone!


 hughie (3053), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Dec 29, 2007  
Dark red and slightly hazy. Some head. Sweet almondy aroma. Not by any means the worst of the sweetened commercial krieks. There is some tartness and even a hint of bitterness.


 elelwarren (138), SF Bay area, California, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/58/20
Dec 26, 2007  
Bottle. Almost impossible to open, as it has both a bottle cap & a cork. Had I seen the cork, I may not have purchased it, as I was planning to drink on a picnic. Did not have my knife w/corkscrew, because I flew the day before w/carry-on luggage only! So it was a struggle to pry out this very saturated cork. When I did eventually open the bottle, I was disappointed by the blood red stuff inside. poured with a large head, medium lacing. Smelled of chery juice and had absolutely no beer flavors when drunk (no maltiness or yeastiness!). Sweet & sour. 3.5% is unmarked on bottle. No alcohol flavor whatsoever. Easy to drink, like a good carbonated non-alcoholic cider. Preferable over the latter, but not for the price.


 LordCorkscrew (948), Ronco Scrivia (GE), Italy
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/54/20
Dec 8, 2007  
Bottiglia da 33cl scaduta da 9 mesi, in un bicchiere dell’Ikea condiviso in tre. Al culmine di un’esperienza mistica nel cesso della soffitta ho creduto di sentirci la base di lambic. In realtà è una birra di frumento sciropposissima e piuttosto finta. Grande birra di merda.


 tomthompson89 (1474), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Dec 4, 2007  
kinda a redish brown color, pink foam, kinda musty barnyard and cherries, tastes like jam decent product but not the fav


 BelgianBeerGal (1285), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Bottle poured into flute in Ghent. Red colour with a light pink head. Aroma is obviously full of cherries but the flavour was well balanced between sweet and sour.


 mmmbeer (745), Austin, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/513/20
Nov 7, 2007  
From 12 oz bottle- poured with light carbonation, disappearing head, hard aroma of sour cherries. Hits the mouth with a thin body, nice cherry notes. Good dessert beer.



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