Hanssens Oude Kriek

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

Thanks to biggcb for this... Appears a hazy orange amber with a small white head that quickly fades into a mild collar in the glass. Smell is of cork, tart cherries, horseblanket, musty antiques, & old socks. Taste is of tart, vinegar soaked, sour cherries with mild cork present in the taste. Mouthfeel is bone dry, mouth puckering, and acidic.

bottle shared courtesy of biggcb. Poured a cloudy reddish amber color with a small sized head. Aromas of leather, brett, tart cherries, and citrus. Tastes of tart cherries, leather, and green apples.

Poured a hazy, reddish amber color that left no head or lacing on the glass. Aroma of leather, some citrus fruits, oak, horseblanket, cork, caramel malt, and a fair amount of phenols. Taste of tart green apple, malty, caramel sweetness, and an acidic, sour cherry finish. Moderate carbonation.

Thanks to biggcb. Pours a hazy golden red with no head. Aroma was sour, tart cherry and some yeast. Flavor was also that sour tart cherry, which I enjoyed.

12th beer at Bill’s party. Bam! What a tart cherry bite on this. Very sour, but I’m beginning to like the true lambics. First rate 5,4,6,2,13. Really smells like a Flemish sour but with a little ammonia or vinegar throw in - very odd aroma. Equally odd taste. Sour for sure, but not in the same was as a Flemish. very funky, has the cherry in it, but is not easy to drink. Funky is the only word that can describe this.

Bottled Brugs de’ Beertje 04-11-05. The fourth of my trip into the mysterious world of Acid beers. The fantastic bar lady in this bar seem’s so chuffed that I am continuing with these beers and tells me that this one is made with real cherries unlike many other’s that have flavouring and syrups added. This is a belter and the best thus far. Hazy amber colour small white head. Again their is a initial sharpness but for the first time I find this tempered but a little more sweetness and I like that balance. Wonderful cherry taste and this one like the others get’s better with each sip once your tongue has become accustomed to the tartness, very, very good.

Poured a slightly amber color with a red hue and thin off-white head. Nice fruity aroma mostly of tart cherrys and yeasty funk. The flavor starts very tart ut sweetens near the end. Nice cherry flavors with notes of wood. the finish is dry.

Richlikebeer gave me a sample of this and it literally blew my mind with its cherry flavors with a nice tart spike. It seems to strike a perfect balance between its extreme sweet and acidic sour tones. The cherries do seem a bit confectionated but its an enjoyable beer nonetheless. Perhaps a tad bit too sweet. The Steel Garden in Bethlehem has this one and the Oudbeitje.