Mort Subite Kriekenlambik

Brewed by Mort Subite (Alken-Maes / Scottish & Newcastle)
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Kobbegem, Belgium

Draught, sold with hand made label reading "Mort Subite Kriekenlambic" at Akkurat, Stockholm. Fresh sweet cherry aroma. Dry with intense initial acidity. Concentrated juicy citric flavour. The cherries adds a sweetish flavour, but they are far from the magnificently complex flavour of the Schaerbeekse krieken. The acidity however is hardcore. Really traditional, but lacks a bit of flavour depth.

Draught @ 16th Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation 2007, Opstal. Hazy medium red color with virtually none head. Aroma is light cherry, sour. Flavor is moderate sweet, moderate to heavy acidic and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

Draught. Hazy ruby red colour with minor head. Aroma is lots of cherries, some earth and other red berries. Some slight caramelly hints also. Flavour is cherry, alcohol, sourness and slight bittery wood.

Draught at weekend of spontanious fermentation. Dark red coloured with no head. Aroma of fruits and berries. Light acidic flavour of fruits and berries.

Dark purple-brown. Interesting aroma with a slight toastiness and cherry pits. Light balsamic character leads to a very tart, bracing finish.

Draught @ WSF 2008. Deep burgundy with no head. Sour with cherries, almond, wood and and barnyard notes. Very refreshing.

A Mes rate: Draught. Deep red. berries a plenty. Everything it has it has in abundance. To be honest it’s probably better than my numbers suggest but that’s what was in my notes so thats what gets entered...

(Draught) Pours a clear red body with no head. Aroma of vinegar, earth, and cherries. Flavor is quite tart upfront and then shows more cherries and light cough syrup character as it warms.