Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier

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

From a bottle at NOTF ’07. Pours a reddish amber with no head. Nose and flavor are both sweet and sour, both with a fresh cherry base. Slightly oaky, sweet, and sour finish. Pretty good, but not my favorite cup of sour tea.

Best before 07-07-07, so maybe 4 or 5 years old.. Pours pretty un-lively, barely any lacing with a deep red color. A little bit of junk at the end of the pour. First hazy but gets darker to make visibility difficult. Aroma is very cherry pit with musky and more cherry juice. A bit of oak coming through with a bit of leafiness. taste has a bit of musky sourness but mostly more cherry and light oak. Its a bit sweeter for the style. It evaporates pretty fast on the palate. Decent stuff, aged fine enough.
12oz bottle, Bell’s tulip glass.

Bottle from Sergio’s - Pours ruby with a maintained wispy off-white head. Aroma of cherry and oak. Taste is tart, cherry, oak, dark fruits with only light acidity. Medium bodied, with soft/lush carbonation and a tart finish. Good, but I prefer the Vichtenaar and Duchesse.

Bottle. Deep red with a slim pink head. Aroma of sour cherries. Very sweet, nicely sour. Medium, highly carbonated mouthfeel. Sour aftertaste. Pretty good.

Bottle poures a deep mahogany with redish tints. Small light tan head that is fleeting and spotty coarse lacing. Aroma is of brown sugar, old wooden barrels and apple cider, and a bit of the cherries. Flavor is mostly sweet cidery malts and of old wet barrel. Some cherries of the sour variety but not as tart and I expected from a FS. Nice mix of swet and dry, but seems to play the middle of the road rather than being outstanding in any character. Just OK.

(Draught at Hilpeä Hauki, Helsinki, on 2009-07-10) Deep red colour and clear. Small pink head. Berries, cherries and sourness in aroma. Quite light bodied and soft palate with little carbonation. Sourness, sweetness, cherries, malts, berries and light bitterness in taste. Berries and sourness in aftertaste.

Bottle sampled on 09/26/08 at Night of the Funk. Pours red with a small light pink head. Aroma of oak and tart cherries. Flavor of sweet cherry and cinnamon. Wow, this beer is super tasty! Awesome fruit beer/sour ale. SOOO underrated!!

(2/27/08) Bottle at Zolder in Bruges. Best before 6/2009. Hazy red with a small pinkish head. Lovely aroma of cherries, oak, some brett and a bit of malt. Flavor has lots of cherries, wood, some malt and some sugary sweetness. Flavor is a bit too sweet but still has a nice dose of sourness. Medium-bodied. A well-made cherry sour ale - very pleasant.