5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Oh wow. The best Lambic I’ve had. One of the best beers I’ve had, in general. Pervasively sour and dry, earthy/musty, with not unpleasant hints of sweat and leather in both aroma and flavor. They seem to have used sour cherries, which works very well with the full-force Lambicness. The beer is reddish-copper, with scant yet persistent head. This is an all-out assault on the tastebuds-- the knobs go up to eleven here-- and those who are new to Lambic should probably steer clear lest they be turned off to the style.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Purchased at State Line Liquors in Elkton, MD. It was pretty expensive if I remember correctly. Poured into a Chimay Chalice at 55 Degrees F right from the cellar.
A - Solid pop of the cork with a nice bit of fog coming right out the top of the bottle. poured a light pink head of a quarter finger and left pretty fast. This looks more like sparkling grapefruit juice than a kriek beer.
S - WHOA! My nose is dancing! The cherry and sour tones are exploding! This beer smells absolutely perfect. It’s everything I’d expect in a Kriek and I can smell it a foot away it’s so strong.
M - This is unlike any kriek I’ve ever encountered. Sour, tangy, bitter...like eating a super sour candy! The cherry is not intense..there’s more citrus than cherry. I’m getting grapefruit and tangerines. It’s like a very sour fruit cocktail. There’s a bite to it even on the back of my throat.
T - Little carbonation when swishing it around, very light but it lingers like cough syrup for a very long time
O - This beer was simply wonderful. I’d buy a case of it in a heartbeat and I rarely say that.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
37.5cl bottle, vintage 2010. This was given to me as a gift and it was much appreciated! The aroma was barnyard, smoke and cherries! The pour showed a blood red beer with a fast disappearing head. The flavour is astonishing! I usually prefer my krieks with 5+ years on them but this was fantastic. There was oak, smoke, funk and cherries along with a surprising Christmas spice aftertaste. This is very good! Cheers Peter!!
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
750ml bottle. Pours a dark red with little to no white head. Nose is cherry and wood. Taste is sour dark cherry,oak and tart cherry. This is a world class beer. The levels of sour and tartness are amazing. The years of cellaring are noticable. Truly a classic. Perfecto!
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
One of the best kriek lambics on the market. Dry but fruity at the same time. Big ripe cherry flavour with the same elegant lambic complexity as the gueuze, though it works even better here. One of the top 5 beers I had while in Belgium. Extremely elegant, thirst quenching and complex.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle, 37,5 cl. (Bought @ Geers)
Absolutly one of the best kriek lambics on the market.
Beautiful red color, little rose head.
Aroma sour, cherries.
Medium body.
Taste sourness, dry but fruity at the same time. Great sour and cherrie aftertaste.
Like it !
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle from 08 Night of the Funk. Aroma of funked up cherries. Flavor of wood, acidic cherries, bretty cherries, just marvelously classic. No bells and whistles, but so fantastic.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Not being bid into Lambic's but i have to say what a brew this stuff is fantastic.Color is nice i think,I'm lambic deprived.good color . very fruity in the aroma. the flavor is wonderful very fruity some what sour but it's liveable.It's a nice addition to my taste experience.I wish i had more of these to sample there a nice change from the ordinary.
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