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Brewed by Brouwerij De Ranke
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Dottignies/Dottenijs, Belgium
Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RATINGS: 434   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.79   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Kriek de Rank is real Belgian sour ale fermented with cherries and then blended with real lambic. It is unfiltered and unpasterized. The de Rank brewery was founded by two good friends; Nino Bacelle & Guido Devose. To them, brewing is a weekend hobby, not an occupation. For a few hours every week they make small batches of what many consider the best specialty beers. Their beers are robust and flavorful. They use the best Hallertau and brewer’s Gold varieties of hops.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
yespr (20653) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - MAR 9, 2008
ZBF2008: From bottle. Pours hazy red with a lacing pink head. Dry cherry aroma, mild sulphorish note. Medium dry flavour. Light woody and mild sulphorish flavour to a dry cherry flavour. Shows a short initial sweetness which goes into a slight citric/acidic dryness. Ends with a lingering dry flavour of cherries.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
larsniclas (4227) - Billdal, SWEDEN - MAR 8, 2008
Sampled at ZBF 2008. Beautiful, deep red with a small, firm white/pinkish head. Woody aroma with some fruitiness. Spicy flavour with pleasant notes of cherries.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
lb4lb (2021) - Austin, Texas, USA - MAR 4, 2008
bottle shared at tasting courtesy of Miketd. Thanks for this one!
Pours an attractive bright cranberry color with a small pinkish white head. Smell is very lightly funky, but more emphasis on a woodsy tart cherry aroma. Taste is quite nice with the obvious sour cherry flavors, tart pink grapefruit and almost a pink bubblegum like quality about it as well, at times. Nicely tart, but not overly dry either, and pretty well balanced. Bitter, tart, grapefruity and cherry flavors made this very nice and drinkable.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
ekstedt (3624) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - MAR 4, 2008
From a 75 cl bottle at Zythos beer festival 2008. Hazy ruby with a pink head, very beautiful to watch. Cidery aroma with some grapefruit and wood, and a light hint of fresh cherries. Medium bodied, dry with a firm acidity.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Goodgrief (1608) - Middletown, Delaware, USA - FEB 16, 2008
Nov. 2006 - Pour was dark murky red with medium head and some lacing. Strong aroma of sour cherries. Flavor was sour,sour cherries with a hit of "horseblanket" (or whatever you call that lambic funk) that puckered my face in the end. I’m still a lambic babe, but this wasn’t half bad.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
joebrew (608) - Farewell Minny; Hello Puyallup, Washington, USA - FEB 1, 2008
Pours a nice deep ruby red. A nice aromatic tart cherry nose with a good kick of earth barnyard funk. Nice tart cherry and green apple on the palate that finishes with a nice earthy punch.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
pivnizub (7022) - Bochum, Porúří, GERMANY - JAN 13, 2008
Bottle (75cl, bought at Dranken Geers):Reddish-amber coloured, cloudy, small off-white layer, fresh tannic-fruity nose with distinctive cellary traces (lambic, gueuze); full dry sourish flavour with a discreet remaining sweetness, medium bodied; lingering, lingering and lingering dry fruity finish with a light hoppiness in the aftertaste. A perfect thirst-quencher...........

3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
hurrisnow (6) - Nebraska, USA - JAN 11, 2008 does not count
An interesting beer, however, if this was a geuze, I feel it would be undrinkable due to it being too sour.Thanks to Sledge Jr.


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