Hanssens Oude Kriek

Very nice example of a kriek, good aroma, more sour than sweet, complex flavor, dry finish.

Bottle at In de Wildeman. This reddish-brown Lambic poured with a decent pinkish beige head and a strong cherry aroma. The cherry flavor is intense but mellow,and fairly tart. One of the best tasting krieks I have had.

Bottle. Pours brown-ish salmon coloured with a quickly disappearing white head. Sour aroma with notes of balsamic vinegar, yeast, berries, peppermint, wood and dust. The flavour isn’t as sour as i expected - but still pretty sour. Flavour notes such as red currants, vinegar, spice, rhubarbs and wood. I am glad that I brought this bottle with me home from Belgium.

PPECG09 Light brown pour with off white head and lace. Aroma of sour cherries and yeast. Hugh clean fruity cherriness with a very nice sharp sour that just seems to clean your mouth out. Medium bodied with excellent carbonation. I swear I think this would clean your teeth.

750ml Bottle. Wacky orange-brown color with a lovely, thin, creamy head. Aroma of cherries, lactic acid, citrus, barnyard, and something sweet and candy-like too in the background. Deep cherry flavor with a bit of sweetness, a touch of caramel, and a strong sour edge. Lactic creaminess goes with a dry finish, tannic (from the stones?). Perfect balance. Light, crsip and smooth, with a perfect palatte. Wonderful.

Bottle. Pours with a frothy pink head over a muddy pink body. Aroma of red wine, sour dark cherries, funk, apple, acetone, vanilla tannins, and pineapple. Taste is good and sour with some horse hair and a bit of sweet dark cherry pie ending with a bit of nail polish and a touch of formaldehyde. Ultra acidic, with straight lacto like stomach acid and a bit of ripe cherry. Super dry mouthfeel light but lively carbonation. Excellent, but I wonder if I could dissolve metal with this.

Nice reddish-purple color. Funky farmhouse hay and sour cherry aroma. Nice sour cherry, lemon, farmhouse hay and grass flavors. Sour, slightly dry finish.

Appearance: Set down in front of me a deep, reddish-purple, still body. Gulp. Smell: Heady nose of marinated cherry skins with lesser fruity notes of cranberries and black muscats. Stingy scents of decomposing wood drenched with citric, sour lemon juice and vinegar. Taste: Predominate cherry-like fruitiness, but (gah!) it’s nearly obscured behind the intense, jarring acidity and seemingly sea salt-like qualities. Oh so acetic. Hint of musty, rotting wood. Oh so salty. Thinking back on it is giving me a hankering for some salt-n-vinegar chips. Dry finish laced with acid. Mouthfeel: Medium-light, still body as it’s completely flat carbonationwise. Drinkability: By far the most acidic beverage I believe I’ve ever come across. Fairly tasty, but it’s a real gut-wrencher -- you can literally feel yourself rotting away from the inside due to your newly-formed, bleeding Hanssens Ulcers. So, please, have some TUMS handy!