2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Art of Beer Festival 2004: Has a clear red color with a small pink head. Smell is of cherries. Taste is also of cherries and finishes on a sour note. Overall better than the Cantillon I just rated, but I really do not like sours.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Nice amberish color with a sharp berry-ish nose. light fizziness with a noticible tartiness to the flavor and a weird lingeringly coating in the aftertaste.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Süßer Kirschgeruch, mild. Sehr milder, etwas muffiger Antrunk. Später leicht säuerlich und deutlich kirschiger. Der Nachgeschmack wird ruppig eingeleitet, verhalten sauer und mittelfruchtig ist er anschließend. Bis hierhin ist das Bier sehr mild, der nun folgende Kirschton ist der Stärkste.
Test vom 30.5.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 9,9,10,11,7,9 - 9,35
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
As a fan of lambics, I was slightly disappointed by this beer. While it hit the mark for aroma, appearance, and palate, I found the flavor to be somewhat lacking.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Little carbonation, dark red colour, not much head. Extremely sour, definitely lambic in there but the cherries took a back seat to a very sour lambic flavour. Unbalanced in my opinion.
2.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Third in of my “Kriek, not just for breakfast ” tasting: (No vintage, but is Lot 04) Pours to a muddled brown red with a quickly dying pink fizzy head and no lace. The aroma hints of cherry, current, apple, leathery yeast esters, sharp cheddar cheese and mild oak wood. The taste is fairly one-dimensional, straight cherry and wood. Just a touch of the yeast nature is displayed. The mouthfeel is rather flat and lifeless. Disappointing beer, not worth the money. Where was the hoppiness I read about?
2.7 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
15/10/2010 75cl bottle @ De Ranke presentation at Gentse Biervereniging
NOTE: this was drunk at a very young age, 3 weeks. So the beer hadn’t had the opportunity yet to age. So this calls for a re-rating.
Intense red to ruby beer, practically no head. Aroma: still lots of bretta, some cherries, but barely detectable. Taste is like the Cuvée De Ranke with some fruits, but not even sure if I would be able to tell in a blind tasting.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bright red/purple colour. Smells sour, cellar, yeasty. Tastes not that sour, not that fruity. Mouthfeel is quite dry, small co2 bubbles.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Sour acidic cherry aroma. Unclear, bloody colour. Sour, acidic, earthy flavour with metallic finish. Tastes a bit like drinking wine after lager.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 4/20
UPDATED: MAY 26, 2007 Pours dark red with a nice pink head. Very sour with aromas of vinegar and sour cherries. Sour and slightly bitter finish. We tried to mix this one with the abnormaly sweet Kasteel Donker - They both got a bit better.
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