Oud Beersel Oude Kriek

Pretty red pour with a pink short lasting head. Taste is tart, sharp and sour with cherries predominate. Aroma is of cherries as well. Tingly on the tongue with a crisp finish.

Pours hazy, berry red with a rather substantial salmon coloured head, which is a rarity for the style! Nose displays sour cherries with a lot of earthy woody notes. There seems to also be some degree of fruit spice aswell, a lot more going than most other krieks. Palate is light and heavily carbonated with more unripe red fruits and earthy must. Finishes with tart acidity and an afterthought of oak. Shows greater complexity than any other example of the style I’ve ever had!

Wow! Yet another delicious lambic. Near perfect in every way. Aroma was funky and chessy with dirty barnyard. Pour perfect. Deep dark bubbly red with a 2 finger pink head. I was worried this was going to be a sweet fruity LIndemans type lambic. After first sip I was happy to be dead wrong. Delicious and sour. Tasted exactly like a sour version of cherry Pop Tarts with the sour overpowering the cherry in a good way. Heavy carbonation bites the mouth and cheeks. I could drink this everyday.

Deep ruby red with giant bright head. Full-bodied sour, musty, dusty, fruity goodness. One notch below Cantillon, but may approach that level after a couple of years in the cellar.

From a C&C bottle, this poured a rich cheery red with a light pink head and lacing rings that look like glue. Nose is of sour cherry, and the mouthfeel is medium and shows a little carbonation. Flavor is bittersweet and strongly of cherry, while the finish is a classic lambic sourness. An excellent lambic.

Bottle: Hazy deep glowing red with a pinkish white ring of head. The aroma is Acidic with notes of aged cheese rind, dried old oak, citric character, and only mild tart cherry skin in the background. Crisp acidity to the body. Acetic, moldy oak, some cobweb character, aged cheese, cherry skin, vinegar, and underlying horse blanket earthiness. Not the most complex example, but the funk is there. Solid.

Always happy to see a new lambic arrive in town. This one pours a rusty red color with a slightly pink head. Some sediment. You pink up a good bit of sourness in the aroma along with a hint of cherry and other berries. The flavor is not as sour as I expected but definitely not artificially sweet. The cherries are there and a bit mellow. The carbonation is soft and the flavor doesn’t last too long on the tongue. A decent mellow lambic.

Corked Bottle from Crown #19. Poured a clear red color with an average frothy reddish head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate cherry yeasty aroma. Medium body with a fizzy texture. Medium sweet & sour flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. This beer met my expectations.