Kriek
(has 4 batches)
Brouwerij Girardin in Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Kriek Regular|
Score
7.24
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Minimum of 150g of cherries with pits per finished liter.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The ’oude kriek’ from Girardin, with medium off-white head (not too pinkish - usually revealing no cherry extracts have been used) and deep ruby red colour, hazy. Very fruity nose with obviously lots of cherries, seems sweetened a bit, sherry, sour cream, yoghurt, not as complex as their oude geuze. Taste has the same fruitiness, again making a sweetened and thus lightly compromized impression, lambic funkiness rather restrained, losing some of its complexity but still sufficiently sourish to stay authentic - though clearly not as authentic as the krieks from Cantillon, 3 Fonteinen or De Cam. Which makes this a good introduction to the style, I suppose.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2014
at 07:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Muddy pink. Not much head, but this is acceptable in this style. Fine and refreshing aroma of sour cherries and vinegar. Similarly fine taste and aftertaste, perhaps with a hint of raspberry bonbons. Well balanced with very high drinkability, but not very complex.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2014
at 10:32
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
375mL bottle at 't Antwaerps Bierhuyske, pours a cloudy pinkish ruby red with a medium pink / beige head. Aroma brings out artificially sweet cherries - not a whole lot else. Flavour is better than the nose, with sweetened cherries, very restrained funk, and some detergent. Not a complex kriek at all, but it's certainly not offensive. A little off the mark for me, but still decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2014
at 14:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample from tap, CBF 2014. Clear, dark red colour with a thin, pink head. Fruity, tart aroma with cherries, caramel malts, wood and spices. Taste is light sour. Medium body. Dry, tart finish with yeasts and cherries. Nice Kriek beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2014
at 13:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Nose is cherry, lactose, a little wheat; very underwhelming. Taste is green apple leading to cherry; there are some suspiciously syrupy notes in the middle. It has some nice oaky tones, with citrus in the finish. It’s nothing to write home about.
Tried
on 05 May 2014
at 12:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle from Countbeer, many thanks Camiel. Ruby red color with medium light pinkish head. Sour cherries, marzipan in aroma. Taste, sour cherries, Cabernet Sauvignon, almonds, wood, residual sugar. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2014
at 11:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Vintage 2015, Bottle at .... The Grote Dorst 2019-06-30 keep old rating... 37,5 cl bottle many thx to Cuso cons 2014-04-06 Göteborg - vintage 2011 AR: kriek, dust, yoghurt AP: purple pink strawberry juice, pinkish white head F: kriek juice, dusty, fizzy, yoghurt, a bit watery feeling
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2014
at 09:38