Oud Beersel Oude Kriek

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

(Bottle in Belgium a few years ago...). Although I went to Beersel quite a few times I always put off gojng here... am I gutted now! Still loads of the beer around but get it quick before it’s gone forever. I must admit I dont really like Oude Beersel beers that much, finding them quite bland and 1-dimensional, although the kriek is far more interesting having a very dry and sharp taste of cherries - more in the nose than the flavour. Interesting but not in the same class as Cantillon/3 Fonteinen.

(Bottle 75 cl) In this version called "Kriek Oud-Beersel" at 6% ABV. Faint reddish colour with a smal pink head. The sour , vinegary notes hit you as soon as the cork is removed and the tartness continue all the way through. This is a very traditional sour lambic, but lacks some finesse. Not really any trace of cherries - apart from the colour. 130498

(Bottle 37,5 cl) As "Oude Beersel Oude Kriek" 6/3/6/3/12=3 270601

(Bottle 37,5 cl) 7/4/7/3/13= 3.4 080707

cloudy pinkish , strawberry color. aroma tart and sour cherries. Flavor is some strawberries, cherries, Dry finish, nice. Thanks Joe(mullman) for leaving this in jimmys fridge,even though i told him to save it for you in the future :)

375ml. corked bottle (best before 03/12/2023) thanks to Mullman for leaving this in my fridge. Light hazy red color with a small pink head. Aroma is sour cherries, straw, wet leather. Flavor is terrific! Tart cherries is the dominant flavor but are by no means overpowering. Extremely dry and thirst quenching.

Hazy dark pink with a light pink cover of largish bubbles, and a few chunks of the dregs that were at the bottom of the bottle. Head didn’t last. Potent cherry aroma with some vinegary sourness and some spicy notes. Dry and very sour with less cherry than the aroma would suggest. Very sour and a little vinegary--refreshing, but too much for my taste. Light body and medium to high carbonation with a mouth puckering sourness that you even feel in your ears.

My new second favorite beer brewed with cherries, right behind NG Belgian Red. Depth of flavor that so many other beer with fruit in them miss. Hints of lemon zest, hay, horseblanket, and metal. Cherries are multi-dimensional rolling around in your mouth. Very, very nice.

Pours a hazy cherry wood color with a huge fluffy light pink head. Lots o’ lace. Smells funky, of brett and of sour cherry. Taste....I will not do this one justice but here it goes. Sour and funky. That barnyard brett flavor is front and center. Sour cherry. there really isn’t any fruity sweetness here, about the closest you get is tart. Lightly metallic and earthy. Mouth seems to be a bit thin at first but it’s jsut really crisp and dry. Cuts in and cuts out, leaving your palette with the memory and a sweetart aftertaste. Nice understated pucker factor in this brew. Not a chugger but not a sipper either. Has a champagney body. Really nice, the best kriek lambic I have had so far.

Reddish colour with a small pink head. Sour fruity aroma. Fruity and light sour flavor with yeasty notes.