Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier

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

The aroma is of tart cherries and a viniger background. The beer pours a mahogony with a pink fizzy head. There is a tartness to the body with a sour cherry a malty sweetness balance.

Bottle: Poured a reddish brown amber with a thin light head. The aroma was a sour cherry. The taste was very sour and tart cherry, but the dry tingly that remained opened my tongue up for more sips!

Bottle. Pours clear and ruddy light brown with a persistent off-white head. Aroma of wood, vinegar, funk, cherry. Body tending to light, along with the carbonation. Sweet and sour cherry taste that finishes a bit woody. Nice and refreshing.

De Zolder, Brugge, New Year’s Eve. Sweetshop clarity and some sugar, but nibbles with genuine lambic/sour ale character. Lurking wood, acid, alcohol and even a hint of cheese. The natural sweetness of the fruit without it being overpowering. Definitely not a ’ladybeer’. A find.

Bottle from Utobeer. Reddish-brown in colour with a white, pink tinged head. Oaky aroma, with some berry fruit and a slight whiff of vinegar. Cherry flavour, with some yeastiness, almonds and a slightly sour finish. Very good.

33cl bottle from Hopduvel, good balance between fruitiness en sour ale good kriekenbier although its not a tipical woman beer.

(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.

rate #900, keg at Black Door, Helsinki. Dark ruby, tight light pink head. Almondy cherry nose, mild flemish sourness and leather. Flavor is sour cherries, little currants. Shows it’s Flemish sour base nicely, not that sweet or sugary. Strongly carbonated, maybe a tad light palate. Very natural and classy beer.