 Slacks (485), Bolton, Ontario, Canada
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 7, 2009 Bottle @ Bar Volo: Friend of mine who lived in Belgium wanted this one, and was only too happy to share with the table. Poured an almost red brown, giant head. Sour aroma of caramel and apple cider vinegar. Amazing flavour - sour, molasses, peppery and spicy. So happy I got to sample this.
drjay44 (780), Salida, Colorado, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 6, 2009 750 ml. bottle. Shared with Gabe. Pours a huge gradually deflating off white head, of long duration after the deflation, attractive lacing, over a clear reddish brown (SRM 25) body....nose is cider and vinegar, with some sweet malts......taste initially sweet (cider like), then balsamic vinger tones, with a bit of malt, finishes sweet, with a tiny bit of tannin.....mouth feel is light, carbonation low. This is a light refreshing beer, that has many similarities to Rose wines. I think it is a little bit simple to be highly rated.
GardenGabe (126), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 5/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 6, 2009 Pour is deep reddish brown, with a very dense pinkish tan head. Moderate lacing. Nose of caremel, apple, cider vinegar. Taste is slightly sour, sweet malt, apple, some lemon and rose water. Moderate carbonation with a smooth mouth feel.
kopher (299), New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 6, 2009 cloudy reddish-brown with a thin fizzy offwhite head.
aroma is mostly malt vinegar, but not too strong, and with a bit of lambic-funk and apples.
similar flavor, too much malt vinegar but also has a nice dry fruityness. leaves a residual dry sweetness at the end.
medium body, nice carbonation.
Bigapple1983 (14), Belgium
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 29, 2009 Bottle, bar. Red-brown, nice head.Smell is sweet, rich, inviting.
Strikes the middle between kriek and Rodenbach. It’s less sweet as kriek, and hints towards the sourness of a gueuze. Very tongue-friendly beer, which lets it drink easily. Very good.
Swilson2 (5), Columbus, Ohio, USA
does not count  | 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 26, 2009 This beer is really very good. loved evey minute of it. Though it can be hit and miss. make sure it is not too old.
Jayb0 (752), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 25, 2009 Quite good with a nice balance between the sweet and the sour. Some hard fruit in there.
Sonicdescent (379), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 11/20 |
Aug 22, 2009 Purchased this as Vintage Estate in Boardman, OH. Couldn’t wait to try this as I had been bred to expect the sour to eat my face off. While it wasn’t really that sour, it was still damn solid.
Appears a very dark red with that great belgian head and lace.
Smells like nail polish at first! After you keep trying, you can get some sour apples though.
Taste isn’t nearly as sour as the nose would have you believe, though you still get hints of something I can only describe as nail polish remover. The strange thing is, it works. Light sour ints of grape and apple.
Mouth is medium with relatively high carbonation.
This is a good beer and I look forward to trying it again, though I can’t see where all the sour hype comes from! This is nothing to a Cantillion Kriek.
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