De Ranke Kriek

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

In bottle, capped and corked. A muddy fruit punch color, with white fizzy head. Smells like cherries that have fallen off the tree onto warm cement. Palate is a real roller coaster, tart, sour, cherry - a true tongue workout. Flavor takes cherry and then adds a bunch of sour, but not the yeasty stuff I despise.

In the 750 mL bottle from Beertopia. Looks like the color of an elixer made from orange juice and cranberry juice. Reddish orange pink with a pink effervescent head that dies fairly quickly. From the aroma, this is going to be very sour, but I still smell some intense cherries. Very sour tart cherry in flavor. Has some wet horse blanket effects, but the battery acid is fairly severe. I’d suspect that this might be below pH of 2.0. What keeps this from burning a hole in my stomach? This is incredible.

Poured a ruby red with a slight haze. The aroma is obviously sour cherries and a wee bit of sulfer. The taste is whole sour pie cherries right off the tree, with a little of the oaky wood taste.

Red in color, not too pink nor dark. Frothy on pour. Sweet cherry aroma. Tart cherry taste. Medium body. No aftertaste. Nice fruity beer, reasonably priced for a specialty.

Served from a nice capped and corked 750ml. Crystal clear red body with tons of visible carbonation. There was a white head just for a touch but it disappeared quickly. Nice sour tart cherry aroma with no detectable sweetness. There is a slight chlorine note, but it could be in my head. The flavor is extremely tart with a great pucker effect. There is a very dry finish with a hint of brett. There is a bunch of carbonation on the tongue giving it a nice mouthfeel. Overall a good beer.

Thanks EDA. After 20 or so Impy Stouts this was amazing. Nice sour cherries and some sugarplums on aroma and taste. Taste has more citrus fruits than aroma. Aroma has a little oak where in the taste I don’t find any. Very nice overall.

Bottle which was a couple of years old. Dark red colored pour with a little pink head on it. Smells funky and sour, full of cherries and some wood. Mostly just sour cherries. Tastes sour, full of cherries, and some wooden flavors too. More fruity than a typical lambic, but way more sour than any fruit beer Ive ever had. Pretty good stuff.

Aroma is slightly funky and barn-like, also more than a little sour cherry. Taste is slightly cork, musty tart cherry, and finishes with a nice fruity tang that lingers pretty damn long. This is a very straightforward beer, but it is satisfying.