Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier

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

(Bottle) Mondial de la Bière 2004. Headless and red. Nose of sour cherries. Warming. Sour, sweet and tart all in one...

Bottle, Palace Hotel, Poperinge, West Flanders, Belgium, 26-06-07 Poured pinky red colour, with bubbles aplenty. Loz described this as like eating spangles where sometimes got you at the back of the mouth, I knew what she meant it was like that. Intensely dry at first but those cherries were so sharp lovely.

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.

33 cl bottle. Red color with a small pinkish head. Aroma is cherry all right with some brett detected also. Taste is more cherry soda than a Flemish Sour. Too many good beers in this category for this to be close to those.

Bottle. Best before 6-7-05. Poured a large pinkish fizzy head with fine-small sized bubbles that quickly dissipated. Soft carbonation, transparent and a red hue. Cherry, sweet and alcohol aroma. Sweet, acidic, cherry and alcohol flavor from start to finish. Tingly mouthfeel.

My bottle is called Echt Kriekenbier. I’m sure it is the same, however. Pours deep magenta with a tall pink head. Aroma is sour with hints of vinegar, fruit, and wood. Taste is sour cherry but it’s somewhat sweet with the vinegar only creeping in around the edges. You can taste the wood also, but it’s not as pronounced as some other cask aged beers. Mouthfeel is moderately bitter but otherwise silky smooth. No acidity in this one, that I can pick up, anyway. Finish is a bit dry leaving more of the sour cherry taste. Lovely beer!

Sour beer but not overly done. Pleasant to drink and generally a good beer.

Savannah, Ga. - Habersham Beverages, 11.2 oz bottle. Dark, ruby red pour with a tight, slighlty gray head, sticks around a bit. Essence of sour cherries in the aroma. Flavor alternates between the sweet and the sour wtih a heavy does of sour cherries, soem sweet tart notes and a wee hint of vinegar. Not as puckery sour as many sour ales and the mouthfeel is kind of faded. Tastes slightly worn out. Decent nightcap though.