 yngwie (4880), Kristiansand, Norway
May 12, 2009 Bottle. A hazy, candy red beer with a pink head of small size. Almond, cherries and hints of lambic in the aroma. The flavor is pretty much the same, with the almond and cherry doing too much of the job. Sweet and sour, slightly astringent mouthfeel. The finish is like sour raspberry candy. A decent one, but too sweet to be quenching. These sweet krieks are not my thing. (090430)
Rciesla (3510), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
May 4, 2009 Pours a maroon red body with a pink head. Sweet malty vinegar with lots of sugar and milder hints of sour cherry. Light woodiness but the sweetness is cloying. Not to good.
Skyview (4007), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
Apr 23, 2009 Sampled during Skyview Sourfest II in St Paul, MN and shared by BDR. From a 12-oz bottle pours a semi-hazy pinkish red brew with a thick pinkish beige head that slowly dissipates. Aroma of tart cherries, a hint of yeast funk and oak. Taste is semi-sweet, medium bodied with plenty of carbonation with flavors of tart cherries and yeast. Finish is semi-sweet a little more yeast funk to most other Chapeau sours
BDR (2139), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
Apr 19, 2009 Much better. Solid kriek flavor and aroma. There’s enough flavor to balance out the cloying character of most De Troch beers.
kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Apr 2, 2009
Date: March 14, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: clear dark blood red, scant head
Aroma: sweet cherry aroma fills the room as soon as you pop the cork, closer inspection reveals cherry candy
Flavor: sweet cherry flavor, light fruity tartness grows a bit over time, finishes sweet
Overall: cherry soda
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: *+/4
ChainGangGuy (2523), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
Mar 24, 2009 Appearance: Pours a clear, appropriately cherry red body with a smallish, pink-hued head.
Smell: Expected aroma of melted cherry-flavored candy. Also, there’s always the stink of over-cooked cabbage and noxious weeds within their lambics, but, thankfully, it’s light when compared to my previous experiences with this place.
Taste: Simple, very sweet taste of blanched Luden’s Wild Cherry throat drops. There’s the mild foulness from the nose pushing its way through the taste, but it never manages to eclipse the liquefied cherry lollipop flavor. Hint of cork. Blended mix of fetid and sweet cherry flavors on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Low carbonation.
Drinkability: So far, this has been my best Brouwerij De Troch experience, meaning that it’s been the least rancid bag of sorrow to date. For me, the Chapeau offerings are waaay down, in fact right at the very bottom of the lambic totem poll. Not recommended -- do yourself a favor and grab something from either the Cantillon or 3 Fonteinen line-up, or, if you really must insist on a sweetened lambic, then something from Lindemans.
jredmond (1015), New Jersey, USA
Mar 22, 2009 Bottle from Red, White, and Brew in Mt. Holly, NJ. Pours a great body - dark, ruby red with some sediment and a small pinkish head. The aroma is a cherry lolli-pop, lots of sugar. Taste is extremely sweet, too sweet actually. No taste of alcohol. They should just double the abv in this bad boy, then you’d have a beer.
DerWeg (749), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mar 20, 2009 250 ml bottle lcbo. Pours a clownish Maraschino-red color with a ludicrously dish-soapy head. Sour and cherry jolly-rancher aroma. Flavor is repeat of aroma with some old wood notes, and some striking vinegar sourness that burns into the palate and feels rough in the pipes. Perfecty rings of fake foam, and that damn sweet kid’s-candy-cherry aroma... a harsh product, but one not as horrifying as Chapeau Lemon.
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