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De Ranke Kriek

De Ranke Kriek - Sour Ale

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij De Ranke
Style: Sour Ale

Dottignies/Dottenijs, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3123.77/5.03.75/5.07%72.7Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Kriek de Rank is real Belgian sour ale fermented with cherries and then blended with real lambic. It is unfiltered and unpasterized. The de Rank brewery was founded by two good friends; Nino Bacelle & Guido Devose. To them, brewing is a weekend hobby, not an occupation. For a few hours every week they make small batches of what many consider the best specialty beers. Their beers are robust and flavorful. They use the best Hallertau and brewer’s Gold varieties of hops.
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deflagro (5), Lund, Sweden
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4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/517/20
Nov 6, 2009  
Very red, cloudy and with a pink head. Typical lambic character in the smell; musty, sour and with a lot of cherries. The taste is quite sour with large amounts of cherry and some malt. A very good beer balancing in between lambic and sour ale.


 daknole (2802), Plantation, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Reddish pour. Sour cherries, wet wood, tart citrus on the nose. Flavor is sour with lots of sour cherries, vinegar, lemon, cobwebs and dust. Dry and good.


 Parket (214), Bruges, Belgium
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Nov 1, 2009  
75 cl bottle@poatersgat, dark pink/reddish colour, pink unstable head. Smell: sour, cherries. Taste: sour, sweet, woody, grapefruit, lemon. Very nice one!


 wimpie133 (126), Brugge, Belgium
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Bottle, 75 cl, shared with Parket @ Poatersgat. A beer with a natural red ’kriek’ colour with only very little pink foam disappearing fast. A smell of cherries surrounded with sourness comes into your nose. The taste is also very nice: cherries, with some sourness around it, a bit malty on the background, some sweetness included and a light tart finish. Overall a beer with nothing expectional, but also without any weak points and overall a very good and nice beer to drink!


 sigma23 (217), , Maine, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 28, 2009  
pours light red with no real head but lots of bubbles. aroma is overwhelming tart cherries and wet hay. drinks the same but very tart on the front with a bit of must/old barn in the middle, and sour/almost bitter cherries on the finish. pretty tasty but quite sour.


 madmitch76 (120), , Essex, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/511/20
Oct 19, 2009  
5th April 2008 Sour dry cherry beer. A little bit sucking lemon, a little bit dry and a little hard work.


 MrChopin (620), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Light pop, rich red body with a bubbly pink head that goes quickly. The nose is definitely more of a fruity lambic with the dominant tart citrus and hay, only cherry and wood emerging from beneath. Flavor is sweeter than anticipated, more cherry and malt than the nose, hints of tart lemon and more evident brett than in most lambics, also vinegar and light cork. Woody yet juicy finish with malt growing as it warms. Nothing screams exceptional here, but all around goodness.


 KAggie97 (2406), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/519/20
Oct 1, 2009  
Bottle at Falling Rock.
Pours a deep, mysterious, and cloudy candy read with an aroma of sour cherry Luden’s and raspberry tart soaked in leathery cedar. Flavor is an invigorating sour bomb of cherry, raspberry, leather, and cedar. This beer simply refuses to leave the tongue. Woah. So good I need a cigarette.



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