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De Ranke Kriek 3.75 315

De Ranke Kriek

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

Dottignies/Dottenijs, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3153.77/5.03.75/5.07%73.4Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
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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 Mette (224), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Nov 17, 2006  
Jacob åbnede en flaske på Ølbaren og vi fik en taste. Julerød farve med sprudlende lysserødt skum. Dufter syrligt ag kirsebær og stikkelsbær og noget der minder om plastik (jeg kom til at tænke på en oppustelig badering jeg havde som barn).Smager af bær og noget "jordslåethed". Frisk sød og sur på en gang, i en god balance med masser af brus.


 luckygirl (1221), Boulder, Colorado, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Nov 12, 2006  
750. The beer is hazy, medium scarlet red with a large, frothy, pink, diminishing but mostly lasting head.<P> The aroma is quite FSA-like, packed with sweet, funk. Malty with light notes of toasted grain, cookie; Hoppy with a moderate floral/rose note; Yeasty with moderate-to-heavy notes of barnyard, horseblanket, light notes of soap and dank basement; Miscellaney contains a moderate-to-heavy note of tart cherry, moderate note of vinous vineagar, concentrated grape juice and oak.<P> The flavor is moderately acidic, lightly-to-moderately sweet, trace bitter with a long, lightly-to-moderately acidic, lightly sweet finish. Lots of genuine cherry in the aftertaste.<P> The body is medium, the texture is velvety and the carbonation is softer than lively.<P> Beautiful and memorable.


 bager (2121), Copenhagen N, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/514/20
Nov 7, 2006  
Bottled. Deep ruby red coloured with a medium sized pink head. Sour/sweet in both aroma and flavour. Notes of citrus and of course cherrys.


 dwyerpg (2553), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/519/20
Nov 6, 2006  
It’s beer 66 and I know I’m getting drunker. My handwriting is getting harder and harder to decipher. However, the beers were so good I couldn’t say no. This smells like cherries, is sour, and full of floaties. Surprised to see that its just a regular fruit beer. I would’ve thought a lambic.


 thornecb (1812), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/518/20
Oct 28, 2006  
Pours ruby red into a tumbler. Bright pink micro head does not recede. Cherry and cheese aromas. Sparkly sharp sour/sweet cherries throughout. Lasting sour cherry finish.


 henrikb (1305), Aarhus, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 28, 2006  
Very beautiful rubin red body with an orange edge, very light pink head; Beautiful nose with lots of sour and ripe cherry as well as cherry pit, behind it there is a very special acidy aroma that I do not recognize from anywhere, there is also cedar, oak and malt; The body has some fill and is super sour, small amount of sharp tickling carbonation; It finishes very dry and super acidy/ sour, the aromas are very sour as unripe cherry, unripe apples, very late in the finish there is a very small amount of warmer notes of cherry pit.


 Nekronos (2265), Xalapa, Mexico
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 14, 2006  
I was sure I talked about this one before, it seems I haven’t written all of them down at the festivals. This si excellent Kriek beer. IT is not a Lambic for the reasons We all know.


 BeerBiker (1392), Kathmandu, Nepal
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 2, 2006  
[Bottled at Vinens Verden] Wow. A great flamish sour kriek. No too much sweetness but well balanced with the geueze taste.



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