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Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier

Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier - Sour Ale

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 Percentile 
83
overall
Brewed by Verhaeghe
Style: Sour Ale

Vichte, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3993.43/5.03.42/5.06.8%33.2Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Belgian top-fermented cherry beer on the basis of a reddish brown ale matured in oak casks.
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 BeerandBlues2 (3201), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 26, 2006  
Bottle from Luckygirl. Pours ruby with a mix of multi-sized particles, fizzy-bubbly with a patchy pinkish head, lasting. Aroma is sour cherry, tart berries, yeast (oak, cellar) and malt (straw). Initially tart and dry sour cherry flavor, foamy, goes moderately acidic, malty and cherry skin, vinous notes. Medium bodied, fizzy-foamy, dry and spicy palate.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/516/20
Apr 12, 2006  
Bottle. Ruby-raspberry color with a quickly disapating pinkish head. Dusty, earthy, tart, fruity aroma. Fruity (cherry) flavor with light earthy tartness. Nice complexity. Lingering earthy, cherry flavor.


 Nejhleader (924), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/513/20
Mar 30, 2006  
On Tap. Had a very sour and tart tast to it. Aroma was similiar. Not sure if I tasted any cherries at all.


 Numenor (869), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 28, 2006  
Caramel colored body with a thin, off-white head. Sour fruit aroma, some vinegar. A cherry, cinnamon, nutmeg flavor. Nice cool ending.


 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Mar 28, 2006  
Clear dark cherry color with a thin white head. Slightly sour aroma. Sweet cherry flavor with some light sour hints.


 apoptosis (1316), Long Island, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 16, 2006  
Full aroma with cherries (of course) and also some tender maltiness. The appearance is dark ruby and even the head is a light pink. Sour and tart, as I expected, but it seems slightly off-balanced: it needs something other than the fruit to distinguish it from other fruit beers, it isn’t quite malty/sweet enough, and the sourness itself just isn’t enough to carry the flemish sour ale title, IMHO.


 notalush (2628), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Mar 16, 2006  
Reddish purple color with pink lace - aroma of sweet cherry syrup, acidity and band-aids - quite dry and medium-tart - just a mild cherry presence, not overpowering - dry, mineral-like finish - decent.


Aquahop (8), Oregon, USA
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3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 3, 2006  
Nice beer. Light cherry flavor. Excellent tartness. Not much acetic note at all. This is a very mouth watering beer which I could drink much more of. Much better beer than the Vichtenarr. Smooth lactic presence with a dry tart finish. Could use a bit more cherry to it, perhaps.



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