De Ranke Kriek

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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thanks to beerdedbastard for sharing. This is almost the color of pink grapefruit juice. It's cherry flavor nicely balances sweet and tart.

Reddish brown brew with a light pink head. Cherries that have been sitting in a musty barn on a rainy day with the horses. Very nice balance between the sweet of the cherries and the sourness of the beer.

Oak and cherries aroma. Pink/red color, pink head that diminishes fast and completely, no lace. Very cherry flavor, just light sweet, little oak, soft, some sourness in the end. Light, even a bit watery, bit dry (from the oak?) finish.

Mellow redish color, cherries with a certain sourness but very smooth. Drying, grassy finish.

Bottled. Hazily redish brown. Acidic lemon aroma. Medium bodied and soft with lovely flavour from sour black cherries. Tart finish. A top class kriek,

GBBF 2003, bottle: Rudy red color and quite fizzy at first, going flat. Pungent, sharp fruity (cherry) nose. Quick sweet body (mango?) at first, slightly woody in the middle, and a certain bitterness comprised of hops and cherries in the finish. Quickly turns sour with a puckering, lactic aftershock. Sophisticated brew for sure that takes some effort to understand, but the enjoyment is immediate.

(Pinkish) head gone in four seconds flat (apt, that); deep garnet red, hazy, with a brownish hue. "Tart" nose with ripe cherries and cherrymost. Aromas of Cherry Heering and portwine (no madeirisation). Very tart, extremely woody, old oak-like taste. Acidity nearly lemon-like, only one step away from the great lambic-based krieks. Earthy aroma's, and flavours as from over-ripe fruit, or the pulp from pressed winegrapes. Quite well-bodied. The acidity lends it a false thinnish feeling. Dry-out effect. A truly great top-fermenting kriek. Not quite that, but all the same in the spirit of the Crombé kriek.

GBBF 2003 - tutored kriektasting: Hoppy wet leaves nose - slighty cheesy. Light pink color, little layer of a head. Flat short sweetness, almost guava taste - when bitter and hoppy. Astringend. Very complex.

Kriek de rank is a big kriek with sourness and fruit balanced almost to perfection. It lacks a little bit of the complexity when compared with Drie Fonteinen and even Cantillon.

Hazy light peachy-cherrysoda hue. Soda like carbonation wih an almost instantly disappearing pinkish head. Floral, fruity, barnyard, horseblanket, vinegar, cherry nose. Light-footed, very effervescent mouth feel. Light cheddar, but not too much. Vinous, acidic, yet tart and tremendously balanced. A very nice beer, highly recommended.