De Ranke Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij De Ranke
Style: Sour Ale
Dottignies/Dottenijs, Belgium

Botella. Cloudy brown colour, medium off-white ehad. Lovely sour fruity cherry aroma. Good filling mouthfeel. Very pleasant cherry sour dry fruity bit sweet flavour. Long lasting sour cherry dry finish.

Bottle. Low but lasting white fluffy white head. Hazy red body. Acidic cherry aroma. Sour rather than just acidic vinegar cherries flavor with low carbonation and a long aftertaste.

Bottle. Hazy golden brown pour with some light white head. Sour but not the sourest kriek I’ve had. Quite tart cherries, and slight woody notes.

Traffic light red colour, showing a tiny bit of development at the edges. Sparse head. Crazily good cherry aroma - halfway between the super-dense earthiness of a really fresh Cantillon and the slightly cough syrup taste of Girardin (who I presume to be the source of the kriekenlambik). Kind of like the cider apple equivalent of cherries, really deep. Subtle farmy earthiness, vaguely reminiscent of pinot at points. It doesn’t taste quite as rich or intense but there’s plenty of cherry flavour and the acid is basically perfect. Enough to know it’s there but nowhere near being painful. Finishing a whole 750mL bottle was no issue. Fairly lean, quite dry with a touch of earthy hop in the finish which works well. Perfect mix of smashability and ponderability (2/2 on made up words to finish ratings today!!).

Bottle with a best by date of 09/2012 which apparently means it was bottled in September, 2007. I was a little wary because despite how much I enjoyed the flavor of cuvee de ranke, it really upset my stomach and I only had half a bottle. This is much easier to drink. Nice red color with a pink foamy head that dies fast. It smells real nice like cherries, barnyard brett, funk, manure, good. The flavor is smooth cherries and not really sour at all, very easy to drink. On to the next one. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 01-29-2010 04:22:54

Opaque strawberry red pour with a thin white head. Sour vinegar aroma with lots of woody grassy funk. Dry sour flavor . Tart cherries. Very sour and good.

Bottle. Coppery pink pour with a pinkish head that disappears quickly. Aroma has notes of cherry, apple, lemon and some mineral notes. Cherries come through more in the flavour as well as some herbal hints, otherwise it is pretty much the same as the aroma. Dry mouthfeel with puckering acidity and fairly low carbonation. This isn’t particularly complex for the style but is very good all the same. Would love to try it really fresh.

Bottle thanks to Skinnyviking. Pours a hazy reddish colour with a pink head. Lovely aroma of dry and sour cherries with a woody hint. Flavour is sour cherries with some sweetness to it, and a dry oaky touch. Nice long sour cherry finish.