3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, Churchkey. Pink bubbly head on a really nice ruby red with pink highlights. Lots of vinegar in the aroma, the fruit doesn’t really show too much at first, but the sourness really shines. Nice fresh fruit sourness, but more than just tart. Medium body with very subtle carbonation.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared at the 2nd Annual Sour Town tasting on 4/23/11. Clear reddish pour with a thin white head. Sweet cherries on the nose with sourness and some malty sweetness. Super sour cherry flavor with a dry finish. The nose was a bit deceiving with the sweetness. Solid kriek overall.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
"Kick your teeth in" was the comment from my local proprieter. I suggested, "salad dressing nose". For some this dialog would prove horrible, however for one who is a fan of the geuze, the sour cherry funkiness is a refreshing addition. An elegant, almost imperial purple, said krieke will make you pucker and smirk with fulfillment, simultaneously.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hanssens Oude Kriek on kirsikanpunainen ja käytännösssä vaahdoton. Tuoksu on hapan, kirsikkainen ja puinen. Maultaan kirpeän kirsikkainen, hapan ja puinen. Maku toimii jopa paremmin kuin tuoksu. Aijai, tätä voisi juoda toisenkin, muttei ehkä heti perään.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle:
Small pink head/lacing on top of a deep dark murky pink beer.
Smell strong mix of yeast, sour, yoghurt and hints of cherries, hints of sweet wood, liquorice wood and darker spices.
Taste is a good mix of sours and yeasts with hints of toffee, grains, light citric, green apple, slight hint of wood and hints of hops and wheat.
Nice sour, yoghurt a like, aftertaste with a hint of cherries.
Low carbo, fresh tingly mouthfeel, medium to fuller body and a light watery texture. Lovely.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, less than 1 year old from the purchase date. Pours clear dark red, nearly no head. Nose already pungent, some wood & cherry also, but not much. Taste is sourrrrrrr, puckering astringent tartness, acetic acid, ... Kind of overwhelming for my taste buds.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark reddish color with almost no head. Aromas of sour cherries with some barnyard funkiness. Very sour cherry flavor with earthy funkiness and some oak. Medium body with minimal carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
A dull pinkish/reddish color. It is bordering more on a strawberry juice color as opposed to the cherry coloring that is typical in kriek. Almost like a brown red, but lighter. No head. No surprise. Sour notes. Earthy, almost a faint dirt odor. Acetic-y vinegar aroma. Bites the nose a bit with each whiff. A sweetness up front immediately followed by the twang that is expected. Vinegar, sour cherries. Pleasant and tart. Crisp. There is a bit of carbonation that continues to release from the bottom of the glass that doesn’t quite make it into the feel of it. Very good beer.
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