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Valley Brew Aud Dubbel Kriek

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A Fruit Beer formerly brewed by
Valley Brewing Company

Stockton, California USA

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173.66/5.03.58/5.0Special8.2%95.4Flute P  Stats

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Brewed in a very limited batch in 2004 to commemerate our 10th anniversary. It is a combination of our Decadence 8 Dubbel fermented with fresh Bing Cherries from the San Joaquin Valley and aged for one year. 2nd Place Silver, Specialty Ales, 2004 California State Fair.

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 drewbeerme (1837), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 1, 2008  
12/31/07, 12oz bottle, thanks to pantanap for this one. pours dark red with off white head. nose of caramel, cherry pit, brown sugar, oak. flavor of vanilla, red fruit, toffee, brown sugar. mouth feel is bit thin. good stuff.


 pantanap (781), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 1, 2008  
bottle thanks to KrausenJockey..... poured an opaque reddish brown with an off-white head....aromas of sweet caramel malt and just the slightest hint of cherrries. very strong on the caramel and vanilla front......flavors of caramel and hints of cherries. very malt-forward and wished that more of the fruit came through in this one.


 BeerVirgin72 (588), C-Bus, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Mar 17, 2008  
Another very generous gift from Aspidites. 2004. WOW. THANKS MIKE. Hand bottle shared with a few people by me at the Cleveland tasting...We did it all incognito in the driveway even! I cant give an accurate pour description, because it was dark. Sorry. This was a very interesting beer. Very interesting combo of two styles, one I like (dubbel) one I am not fond of (Krieks) but this blended well. Sweet taste of malts and cherries. Tasted like a cherry sweet tart! Thanks again for sharing this with us Mike!


 bu11zeye (3777), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 25, 2007  
(Bottle, courtesy of KrausenJockey) Pours a murky reddish-brown body with a spare ring of off-white bubbles atop. Aroma of cherry Robitussin, some dark chocolate, biscuit, and caramel. Flavor of cherry cough syrup, toasted malt, and caramel.


 henrikb (1124), Aarhus, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Aug 11, 2007  
From "handbottle" - Beautiful deep very red amber chestnut colored body with a big beige head; Quite big nose with lots of caramel malty aromas, very sweet creme caramel with some watery cherry skin and meat aromas that thins the nose more then it adds to it; Strange body, very soft texture, very soft carbonation, somehow it has a strange bitting bitterness and lots of crushed cherry pit harshness, almost like soft tannin; Quite long finish where the pit harshness stays all the way through, caramel sweet, some acidity as well, overripe (meaning to ripe) cheery meat aromas, malty with a slight alcohol scent as well, This might be the strangest composed beer I ever had. Thanks!




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