Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier

Brewed by Verhaeghe
Style: Sour Ale
Vichte, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Bottle @ Rudolf’s ’Sourfest’. Dark Ruby brown body with a smallish white head. Sweet cherries with underlying malt in the aroma has a light medicinal note to it. (6+) Sweet cherries are the dominant flavour with occasional notes of sour fruit. Average to medium palate. 6/3/7/3/12

bottle @ Rudolfs Sour Tasting with Rudolf, Jerc, frylock & IPFreely. Nice red color. not as sour as the previous cherry beers today. Sweey cherry. nice

1/22/05. 250ml. Red with small pink head. Sour musty aroma. Tart quick ending not much cherry taste. Little flavor.

Ruby color with a small fizzy off-white head. Has that what I call ’’barnyard’’ scent with a bit of sour cherry tossed in there for good measure. Has a dry flavor, mild tart cherry with a bit of pucker power but not like some of the other sour ales I have tried. A nice step up for those used to the overly sweet Krieks like Bellevue. A Flemmish sour with training wheels.

11.2oz bottle. pours red with white head. nose is earthy and syrupy cherries. flavor is earthy, too sweet, cough syrup like cherry flavor. watery mouth feel. refreshing.

Name: Echt Kriek
Date: 04/07/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

dark clear red, light tart cherry aroma, rich thick cherry flavor, essence of pits, great lasting full flavor, needs study

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: ***+/4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Loads and loads of cherries - almost like drinking fizzy cherry juice. A little tarter than most Flemish Sours, and lacking in the sweetness that goes with the style. However, if you like a tart/sour, complex cherry brew, then this is for you!

Bottle. Beautiful oaken sour cherry nose. Pours a beautiful mahogany brown red with a tiny pinkish white head. Dry with big notes of sour cherry. Lots of wood and vinegar. Medium bodied. I liked this quite a bit better than the regular Verhaeghe sour.