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Hanssens Oude Kriek

Percentile
96
overall
Brewed by Hanssens Artisanaal
Style: Lambic - Fruit

Dworp, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4503.74/5.03.73/5.06%79.7Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
This is the result of blending black cherries lambic of different ages followed by a second fermentation in the bottle. Storage is similar like geuze. All bottles are champagne corked and can be reserved, in normal conditions, for more than thirty years. It is obvious that an amazing taste evolution takes place.
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 Optigon (561), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/515/20
Dec 21, 2007  
Aroma is sulfur and cherry. Flavor is very akin to tart grape skins and apple cider vinegar. Moderate mouth feel.


 auderale (572), Fairchild AFB, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/511/20
Dec 17, 2007  
Dark red colored pour with little to no head. Nice cherry aroma with a sour, tart fruity finish.


 gottalottaibu (243), charlotte, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/516/20
Dec 17, 2007  
dirty rose color with a few bubbles but no head. sour funked cherry aroma. sourness sucks in your cheeks at first. a bit of dankness in it as well. nice drying finish.


 bhensonb (4242), Woodland, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 14, 2007  
Aroma of sour cherry. Perhaps something lactic. Beautiful ruby color with a non-retentive head. Thin to medium body with mild carbonation. The flavor starts sour, but there is some cherry. The lactic aspect continues, puckers the mouth a bit, persists. Typical semi-funky lambic. Pretty damn tasty.


 EithCubes (2146), Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 13, 2007  
Green-glassed, capped and corked bottle. Loud cork pop! Sour, cherry-filled and slightly metallic aroma, dark and heavy. Tart! Burgundy-pink-strawberry-colored pour with a pink-tinged short head. Taste is tart and sour and sharply acidic, sweet cherries rather than sour. Really robust and mouth-puckering, drenched with woody tones and leather. Not as drinkable as some of the krieks I’ve recently had, owing to its acidity, but then again, its cherry juice flavor is somewhat distinctive and its tartness is still delicious. Complex and mature.Note the standard deviation (0.6 is high on this site) - some greatly differing opinions here.


 Maria (6167), Thisted, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Dec 12, 2007  
Beautiful dark, red-golden and the aroma is moulded, dusty with notes of barnyard, berries and the flavour is very sour with notes of barnyard, berries, sourness and a long dry finish. 2424


 Beltramelli (471), Campinas, Brazil
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 10, 2007  
Lambic avinagrada e seca, mas com gosto mais pronunciado de cerejas. Não é tão salgada. Sem creme. Aroma de vinagre. Final seco de uvas rubi. A garrafa ostentava o prazo de validade: 07/08/2024(!)


 AmazonMatt (284), Panama
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 29, 2007  
Wow. One of the weirder beers that I’ve had in a while (I guess an understatement here in Panama. I love lambics, but this was a little different than the typical. It was sour and the barnyard in the background is a bit too strong. But I think that this is intentional. And we didn’t store it very well from its trip from Alaska to Panama and then 7 months in the freezer. Aroma, typical kriek with a barnyard hint. Taste starts sweet and ends with with vinegary sour, with some leather, barnyard and mineral accents (over-accents). I’d like to try again, just so see how typical this rather odd taste is.



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