Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier

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

11.2 oz bottle, best by 02-06-10. Lightly hazed ruby with a pink tinged head. Funky cherry pit nose, somewhat astringent, with a mild woody note. Tart cherry flavors, woody and a mild lemony note. Finished pretty clean.

11.2 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Best by 02-06-10. Pours a clear ruby color with a medium pinkish head. Fair head retention and lacing. Normally would rate lower on appearance but I just love the color. Aroma of tart cherries and quite a bit of musty funk. Light citrus and sugary notes as well. Taste is tart cherries, vanilla, citrus and apple. Very lively carbonation. Medium-full bodied. I like this one a lot and I think it’s become apparent that a low-key unassuming kriek is one of my favorite styles.

on tap, Wurstkuche. Pours bright red/pink with a small white head. Aroma is tart cherry, strawberry and lemonade. Flavor starts with bright cherry fruit and sugar. Might be some lemony notes as well. In the middle comes tartness, contributing a refreshing zip to this beer. Finishes clean. Overall, a clean, refreshing fruit drink. However, one is slightly bored by the one-sidedness of the flavor by half-glass.

Poured out a nice clear dark red with brown highlights and a small faint reddish white cap that fades to a ring and leaves a small ammount of lacing. The aroma is of cheap red wine, alcohol, very obvious oak and some cherries. The taste seems dry...cherries and some peppery yeast. Comes across very tart and you can taste the wood (insert phallic joke of the moment please). Light bodied. Seems carbonated but isn’t. Has a dry, peppery finish. Odd.

Draft. Pours a nice brown hues cherry red with a thin white head. A nice mild sour cherry with a full brown ale malt backing. Nicely carbonated. A real nice drink.

pours a clear red with some white foam. some cherries, medicine, a hint of sourness. nothing spectacular

Explosive huge fizzy head was produced during the pour, but then quickly vanished leaving only a skiff of bubbles floating on top of the clear deep red with hints of brown body. Strange smell smells more like a cherry port then a beer, and I can definitely notice a strong alcohol presence. Sour and refreshing, very aggressive flavor maybe a touch overpowering for my taste. The sweetness of the cherries is kept under control so this brew doesn’t get overly sweet, and this feels very light bodied and leaves your mouth dry and parched, a lingering sour flavor is left in your mouth. Not a bad brew but nothing special don’t think I could ever drink more then one a night

A clear dark red colored beer, with a thich rose head. It disappears quickly. The aroma of fruits, cherries with a little sourness in the back. The taste has also a lot of fruits, cherries, with moves over to wood, bread and dough. There are notes of sweet with a undertone of sour. The aftertaste is fresh and sour.