Hanssens Oude Kriek

Brewed by Hanssens Artisanaal
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Dworp, Belgium

Bottle, 37,5 cl. Maybe it is because I didn’t store the bottle like a gueuze, but this "Oude Kriek" (the first one I drunk) was not totally as I expected. The colour is light red to pink with only a small pink head disappearing soon. The aroma was sour, one of lambic, and sweet, the cherries used. And strong. Not bad, but also not that special. The first gulps it is like a delight that you don’t drink an artificial sweet cherry-flavoured beer, but a real sour beer with a good cherry-taste. But to my opinion this one is too sour and too monotone, with the result the cherries don’t come very well to their right. Only at the end the cherry-taste becomes stronger, but with the yeast at the end the last gulps were not that nice to drink. I surely will drink this one again, if only to rerate it, but this time with the bottle stored correctly, like a gueuze.

thin maroon with thin pinkish head. sharp fruity aroma, like very sour raspberry with some woody dryness. sweet fruity flavor -- too sweet. mostly cherries, even slightly syrupy (in flavor, not texture). medium-thin texture and sharp sourness keep it from being cloying. there’s a bit of dryness behind the cherries. lost of citrus.

37.5cl corked heavy green bottle with an expiry year of 2027. Pours cloudy dark red with a small but stable white head. Nose of sour lemons, cherries and that geuze-type yeast aroma. Tastes great with a sharp tartness to begin with progressing to a subtle cherry sweetness and a nice dry gently sour finish. Fullish mouthfeel with a moderate carbonation. Nice.

Pours a reddish brown, not quite as bright as in the picture. Very, funky, sour aroma with present earthy vinegar with some lemon peel. Flavor is strip the paint off the walls sour, but the cherry fruit has died off and is overwhelmed by the acidity. Not too much carbonation and a rather flat pour. It’s enjoyable, but a couple ounces of this and I’m reaching for my Tums, and I don’t even use Tums.

Time to catch up before BCTC. Bottle at PilsnerPeter’s Spring Throwdown. Thank to everyone who brought great beer and ribs and pickles and everything! Dark pink with ring head. Tart sour cherry hay and rain aroma. Funky barnyard horse sweat cherry hay flavor. Can’t quite read my palate notes, something about smooth tart something. Awesome Refreshing. I belive Rciesla said, "Angels are kissing my face." about this one.

Very nice example of a kriek, good aroma, more sour than sweet, complex flavor, dry finish.

Bottle at In de Wildeman. This reddish-brown Lambic poured with a decent pinkish beige head and a strong cherry aroma. The cherry flavor is intense but mellow,and fairly tart. One of the best tasting krieks I have had.

Bottle. Pours brown-ish salmon coloured with a quickly disappearing white head. Sour aroma with notes of balsamic vinegar, yeast, berries, peppermint, wood and dust. The flavour isn’t as sour as i expected - but still pretty sour. Flavour notes such as red currants, vinegar, spice, rhubarbs and wood. I am glad that I brought this bottle with me home from Belgium.