2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Red hazy body with a small pink head. Aroma is purely sweet cherry. Flavour is lots of sweet cherries with a slight distinct sour finish. Medium bodied. A very sweet lambic.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sample @ Bock&Rock.Very mild cherry aroma in this.Poured a dark red with a small pink head.Cherry and slight hints of oak,very sweet.This was ok.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
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)
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
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.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
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
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Much better. Solid kriek flavor and aroma. There’s enough flavor to balance out the cloying character of most De Troch beers.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
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
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
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.
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