De Cam Oude Kriek

Brewed by Geuzestekerij De Cam
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Gooik, Belgium

Very generous pour from Mes, who broke this bottle out on Oxford RB Crawl. Attractively unclear red, sticky tan head. Cinnamon aroma and a huge nostalgia rush smell of a well-kept dairy farm in the summer. Sharp, perfumed cherries, both the not-quite ripe green cherry smell, and the noble rot of cherries returning to the earth under the orchard canopy. Sour in a very rustic, feral way. Something about it makes me think of wild boars. Smooth, an unexpected fullness to the palate. Really nice beer. Big thanks Mes!

Reddish colour with a small pinkish head. Aroma is a blend of sweet and tart fruity notes with hints of yeast and wood. Sweet fruity flavor with yeasty notes. Dry, dusty and tart finish.

Very good lambic, 2007 bottle 375 ml. Very deep red, acidic and very sour beer in a class of its own, drunk the week of feb. 18th

Aroma: cherry pits, stems, skins, and dark fruit, some minerals/earthiness, some nectar
Appearance: dark purple, small white head
Flavor: sweet n sour cherries, pits, skins, fruit/juice, tartness, with some cream and some sugar--kind of like pie filling
Palate: has the mouth feel of the thickness and tartness of tart cherry pie filling, very smooth, filling and sugary

375ml bottle. 2005 bottling date. Deep rich purple haze colored body. Satisfying perfumy plum and potpourri nose, with a musky, sweaty perfumed cherry scent. Flavor: brash, rich, varying, exciting and wonderous. Rich, slightly sweet, but very properly sour and tart. Wonderful performance on the palate, lasting well beyond the end of the drink. Side by side with Red Poppy and the De Cam is destroying it.

Jan 2006 bottle consumed in March 2009: little to no head formation but enough carbonation. Nose is intensely pitty and tannic, nutty and woody. Amazing level of tannic, dry cherry skins, reminds me of rough syrah and sour cherry pits. Amazing beer, one of the best krieks in existence.

Thanks to turdferguson for sharing this one and thanks to miketd for hooking him up with it. Vintage 2005. Pours a thick bright pink/red. No head. The aroma was very sour and acidic with some background kriek and spice. The flavor is also very acidic and tart, kriek is there but definitely not as the main flavor profile. The palate was tart and acidic.

Bottle from a trade with Miketd. Shared with Ethan and Aubrey. This really hit the spot. I think I say this every time I have a funky, sour, mouthpuckering beer, but damnit, it does (hit spots). Nose and flavor are very sour, lots of barnyard, some oak, and a minimal cherry notes. Sourness is lacking in complexity and malt development a little bit, but I can’t complain too much ’cause I love it. Could use a bit more acidity in the mouthfeel, but overall very nice. Thanks again, Mike!

6.5%, ’botteldatum 03/2004’. Claret beer with a hissing pink head collapsing in seconds. A tickle of carbonation. Aroma sherbety Brie rind, stemmy wood, green olive, vinegar dankness and creaking old barrel. Sweetish but tangily balsamic. Whole fruit, blueberry, olives, maybe even cherry. A strange undercurrent of smokiness hinting at antiseptic (TCP?) in the aftertaste and the aroma. Weird, but..harmonious. Prickling with lambic character, but not too punishing on the PH front. Pretty ravishing Kriek