Hanssens Oude Kriek

Brewed by Hanssens Artisanaal
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Dworp, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. Pours hazy dark red, with almost no head. Aroma is funky and very pleasant oaky and earthy notes as well as cherries, and some more surprising whiffs of tobacco, raisins and dark fruits. Full body, with very soft carbonation. Flavour has a massive funky sourness, with some earthy notes of farmyard and oak barrels, as well as tremendous amounts of fruits and berries with sour apples, red currants and full rounded strawberries. Fabulous kriek!

Bottle 750ml. Pours murky pink with almost no head. Aroma is of fruits, cherries, very sligth funk. Taste is of sourness, fruits, cherries. Palate: Medium body. Overall: Very fruity. Lots of sourness.

Small pinkish head. Hazy brownish red body. Earthy oily cherry aroma with metallic mealy notes. Dry-acidic earthy cherry metal taste with oily notes. Mid-to-light body. Sharpish mouthfeel. Dry-acidic earthy cherry and wood aftertaste with oily metallic notes. Lovely. Highly unusual. (0.375l bottle at In de Wildeman, Amsterdam.)

Bottle (750 ml). Shared by Julien, Pier-Luc & Benoit, thanks! Clear reddish amber with no head and no lacing. Aroma is very fruity with cherries and other red fruits, funk, oak and vinous notes. Taste is moderately sour and really fruity (cherries & al.) with oak, vinous notes and slight sweetness. Mouthfeel is dry, slightly vinous and mouth puckering. Very good Kriek!

Bottle from Pier-luc and Julien, thanks! Pours a murky reddish with no head and no lacing. Smell of cheries, cheesy funk, brett. Taste of sour cherries, funk, oak, lactic, light herbal notes, little sweetness. Low body and light carconation. A good kriek.

Bottle @ HBF2013. Pours quite red with an almost non-existent, white head. Aroma is sour, a bit acidic, a lot of cherry, some cherry candy. Taste is dry, acidic, very sour. Cherries are strong again in the flavor, light vinegar and a touch of cherry candy. Medium, a bit sticky, a lot of carbonation. Delicious.

Pours ruby red with no head. The nose is like freshest cherry juice, lactic vinegar notes and hints of blueberry. The taste is heavy sweet and massive tart. The texture is so crisp and fizzy, light body and extreme persistent finish. Wow. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle from Utobeer. Pours clear red, lots of effervescent bubbles, small white head. Nose is strong sour cherry, with strawberry and raspberry notes, damp dog, slightly cheesy old hops, burnt sugar, meringue white sugar sweetness, minerally. Taste is sour, cherry, light cherry Coke, cheesy farmyard, lip smacking sour, tartness, green apples. Would like to age this to get more depth of flavour. Very nice though.

The sour aroma says it all. Flavor is very sour. The pour is a cool looking cherry red with a thin white head. Not really my style but I can appreciate it for what it is.

Bottle at Eulogy. Dark cherry red. Minimal head. Medium bodied cherry. Bit earthy and funky at the end to bring down the sour. Certainly tart but less so the the other Hanssens I have had. Possible the bottle is a bit past its prime. Still a nice solid cherry lambic.