Oud Beersel Oude Kriek

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

Aroma:red wine and fruit.... Appearance:Light redish,good head... Flavor:wine,sour,raspberry...

<i<Bottled 375cl (BB 10/2024)
Red wine color, small cherry head. Aroma of horse blanket and barnyard, slightly sour. Very carbonated, earthy, barnyard flavor. Sour palate.

Bottle: Sour and tart like you’d expect but a much stronger cherry presence than I’ve had in other fruit lambics. Pours a reddish-brown with some sediment and a pinkish head. Sour and tart, but like the gueze it’s not extreme. I really like the cherry presence, like the aroma, I think it’s also more present in the flavor than most other fruit lambics. Not as extreme in sourness or funk like other lambics which probably allows the cherry a greater presence.

Bottle from Pailhead. Pours a nice reddish pink color, clear. Nice pinkish head that lasts quite a while. Fair lacing. Damn nice lambic aroma, some cobwebs, funk, musty. Cherry aroma is more noticeable in the bottle and seems to fade when in the glass. Flavor is a bit of a let down. Not near as funky and nasty as I wanted. This was fairly mellow, with a bit of a watery body. Little bits of tart and cherry and astringency but this beer made me wish for more. Fair.

Large light red/pink head. Great head retention. Acidic sour aroma with cherries and a cranberry tartness. Intoxicating aroma that makes your mouth water. Color is a dark red. Flavor is very fizzy in the mouth. Little bit thin on flavor. I expected more flavor and body to this brew. Dry and only slightly sour with more of a cranberry taste than a cherry taste. Maybe a little wet oak also. Not much sweetness which I was looking forward to. I guess since this is an "oude" kriek then there is not expected to be much sweetness. Dry tart finish. A decent Kriek but I expected more from this highly rated brew.

The smell is acidic cheery, with earthy oak tones. It pours dark red with a lingering head, almost cedar colored. The sourness is surprising, with something almost ashy in the back of the mouth. A very astringent mouthfeel.

Bottle. Sour and musty cherry aroma. Dark red color with large pink head. Slight sweet cherry initially with sour musty finish. Very nice.

A Mes rate: Pours a really nice pinky/brown red, slightly cloudy with a light pink head which although bubbly lasts pretty well.. Slight lacing and the usual funky lambic aroma but with hardly a hint of the cherries and maybe a touch buttery. Instant zing when it hits your tongue as you would expect. Palate is thinner compared with other krieks but nver the less fantastic. Not as sweet as others too. Personally for a kriek I would prefer a little more cherry but its hard to complain too much as overall it’s excellent. Finish is tart and long lasting. The more I drink the better it gets and I seem to remember thinking that last time I had it also. Complex and refreshing. Surely one of the best krieks. In fact surely one of the greatest beers ever. Wonderful stuff!