 Ernest (4250), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Feb 7, 2004
2000 bottle. Head is initially large, frothy, pink, mostly lasting.
Body is hazy dark red, bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately yeasty (horseblanket, barnyard, cobwebs), with notes of cherry, cask wood, red wine, and raspberry. Flavor is moderately sweet, heavily acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, heavily acidic, lightly bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation, lightly astringent. One of the best traditional krieks I've had to date...amazing balance of attractive yeast and fruit aromas, wonderful strong acidity with just enough sweetness to keep it drinkable, and a better mouthfeel than most lambics.
henrikb (1126), Aarhus, Denmark
Sep 27, 2008 2004 bottle - Deep, deep rubin red beautiful body, beautiful pink head that could be a little bigger; Quite sweet nose lots of marzipan pit , over ripe cherry meat; Very lactic and even a little malic sour body thin and biting; Biting sour finish, not to much aroma, the thin sourness is overpowering everything else. This might not the the most sour lambic I have had but because of it very thin texture it seems like it.
Taverner (481), San Ramon, California, USA
Sep 26, 2008 My first true Lambic - so bear with me. Aroma is that farmhouse bretty aroma full of good bugs and horseblanket notes. Pours red with pink head (?!?!?) and looks more like pink champagne than beer. The flavor is sour, pure sourness. In the nose are the said horseblanket notes, as well as cherries and sugar. Finishes off on a clean note. Pretty good for my first true Lambic.
Adenila (687), Denmark
Sep 20, 2008 Rating #25from the european beer festival 2008.
Deep red look with a pink head. Lovely kriek aroma of cheery souce, white suger and earth. Nice complex tart and sour cherry notes again with a fine eartheren tough.
Homebrewerguy (253), Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 10, 2008 pours red with a pink head, aroma is of tart cherries, very tart flavor with some cherry and lactic notes, takes a bit of "getting used to" but very drinkable, my wife hated it, so I HAD to drink hers too. ’Sigh’
golubj (1033), Redwood City, California, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Bottle. Really nice red pour with some light pink head. Nice sour cherry skin aroma, some sugar, and maybe some oak also. Sweet and sour cherry flavor, with a fizzy sort of harsh palate. A little bit funky in the finish, and the cherry skins flavor lingers a bit. Nice but probably average for the style.
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