Oud Beersel Oude Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Oud Beersel
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Beersel, Belgium

After the disaster from De troch, I needed a change of pace, so I cracked open this gem that was sitting in my cellar for a few years. To my delight, the initial pour yielded a beautiful pronounced pink head and produced an aroma that filled the room that included sugar, cherries, bitter seeds, as well as some nice lemony sour elements and the familiar farmhouse aromas associated with a well made kriek. Tastes of tarte cherries, tangy residual sugar, lots of sour mouth puckering tartness, hints of wild meadow wheat. Dry as can be on the mouthfeel with a long lasting delicate touch of cherries on the finish that seemed to linger forever. This was that rare bottle that had been aged to its absolute peak and is a true diamond in the rough!

bottle: pours a dark merky cherry colour with a lively pink head beautiful. aroma of sour sour cherries and some musty earth scent. flavour is of sour cherries and very dry finishes with just a small touch of sweetness. excellent

Deep bloody red with a fine pink head. (Lovely) Sour fresh vinegar cherry flavor. Dry Sour cherry mainly. Earthy & high acidicity! Nice!

I enjoyed this beer. Light pink color, flavor is quite sour cherry. Very refreshing. I found that it was light and dry and I could keep drinking it. Any sweetness was balanced by the sour and dry taste. Good Kriek.

very sour. good. smelly and delicious. some horseyness. good warm weather beer.

Rating #900 (and a fine choice for that milestone) - Pours reddish / copper with a pink head. The aroma is very sharp and tart with red and sour cherries, wild yeast and nice overall sourness. Fairly thin body that is sharp and crisp with a moderate amount of semi-sharp carbonation. Taste starts with a sharp gueze taste that has barnyard earthiness. Then some comes some sour cherries and light vinegar - very clean and refreshing. The finish has a tart grainy taste with some smoothness, but is short lived. Big thumbs up for this very nice fruit lambic.
Rerate - numbers only, notes still valid.

Bottled at the Belgian Embassy in Oslo. (37,5cl corked bottle, served by the brewer of Oud Beersel.) A clear, candy-red beer with a pink head. A quite weak and a bit boring aroma with cherries leads to flavors of cherries, and both sourness and sweetness. It’s quite balanced and has an astringent and sligjtly warming mouthfeel. The finish is long, and lightly sweet. A quite nice beer. (070103)

Bottled. Clear brown in clour. Creamy red/brown head, minor lacings. The aroma is fresh and teasing. A hint of the promised lan ;) A sourness with hints of cherries. The flavour is dry and sour. You get the cherry flavour inthe end. The aftertaste is dry...