De Troch Kriek

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

I had this one out of Joris’ cellar, it was from the early 80’s - which makes it around 20 years old. The aroma was sour with good fruit notes. The color was brown with a lot of sediment floating around. But the flavor was absolutely fantastic, it contained notes of wood, plums, and old cherries. A fantastic treat - thank You, Joris.

Bottle 37.5cl.
Clear light to medium red color with a average, frothy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate cherry, sour - acidic, tart. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic - tart with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat - soft. (240508)

Pale reddish colour and somewhat flat appearance. Some medicinal notes on the aroma. Tart, somewhat leathery but with a firm woody medicinal quality. Dry, nutty finish.

Clear amber with a tiny white head. Sour aroma with wood, leather, sour cherriesa and barnyard. Flavour was quite sour with sour cherries, wood, barnyard, leather and lacto bacteria. It finished sour. Surprisingly good.

(375ml bottle) Pours a clear reddish orange body with a small white head. Aroma of wood, cherry, and light horseblanket. Flavor of cherries, funky, light green apple, and some citrus with a dry wood finish.

Just like the real gueuze Josh and myself seemed to have shared intercontinentally, De Troch used to make real kriek. AFAIK it is not made anymore. However - beerbars as Kulminator will still have it in stock. Similar label to the gueuze, red lettering. Mind you - only commercialism prevents Jos Raes to start tomorrow with this thing again. Brown-red-orange, clear beer (yeast all sticking to the bottle). Pink-brownish head, fast gone. Outspoken acidy nose. Fruity, but not outspoken cherries. Wood and woodstripper, esters too. Slight (decaying)cork smell. Restrained, but honest fruittaste, more openly cherry, but also strawberry, green apples, lemon, even pink grapefruit. Very woody, tannine-rich base. Strangely enough, the sourness is subdued and very agreable, like redcurrant lagered on oak. Slight smokey flavour retronasal - I suspect saccharine. Mouthfeel reasonably (fruit)chewy. Extremely refreshing. The first times I went around the brewery, I had to beg for this thing, kept in the most remote cellar, sold only locally and to some beerpubs. Only after long negations, they got convinced I really wanted the stuff. Madness! it is a GREAT kriek, immensely complex.

Red, golden, orange colour with a small white head. Weak cherry aroma with leather and solvents. Very tart, fruity flavour.

1987 bottle, courtesy of Joris Pattyn. Thanks, friend! Red brownish brick colour with no head. Lightly acid with flower perfume in nose. Smooth acid, with almost herbal qualities and light resinous illicit qualities, fungal. Smooth and blended, with perfect marriage of flavours. Wow!