The Lost Abbey Cable Car Kriek Ale (2011)

Cable Car Kriek Ale (2011)

 

The Lost Abbey in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating Out of Production
Score
8.06
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 21
French oak-aged wild ale, Brett, house cultures, cherries
 

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9

Tart and sour, fruity, a bit sweet. Red cherries, apricot, lime, fairly acidic. Rich and complex, not quite what I expected but very tasty, excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2025 at 16:04


8

Sour, tart and intense with some acidic notes, hints of jammy stonefruits, cherries and earthiness. Slightly funky and earthy.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2025 at 15:58


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from a 750 ml, 2021 vintage bottle. Aroma is fairly cherry forward with hints of lemon. Light tannins and cinnamon notes. Light grain notes and hints of alcohol and oak. Pours a fairly clear, pinkish red with hints of orange hues on the edges. Small, thin, slightly pink head that recedes quickly and disappears. No lacing and faint legs. Flavor is somewhat acidic with a medium light sweetness and hints of malt character. Light bitterness and hints of alcohol. Moderately strong cherry notes with lighter tannins and cinnamon notes. Hints of lemon, oak and a faint tropical notes. Faint earthy, herbal funk. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with low to medium low carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really solid, American kriek. Cable Car offers a nice base and works well with the cherries. The cherries have a nice cinnamon, cherry pie character without any medicinal notes

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2025 at 05:25


8.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

75Cl. Bottle @ Whale Slaying With Ratebeer Odense, 2nd January Tasting, 2024. 2021. Edition. Pours Cloudy red pinkish with a small head. Elegance words Can hardly describe. Cherries and Wood of course. Slight balsamico. Funky and fresh. Mellow around the edges. Dry finish. Bravo.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2024 at 19:08


8

Hazy pale red with a small white head. Aroma of funk and wood, with notes of cherry. Dry and quite tart fruity and funky flavour with sour cherry character. Very subtle and elegant for an American sour.

Tried from Can on 23 Jan 2024 at 19:00


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Thnx to Tom ! Pours dark orangered. No real head. Scent is full, cherry, american sour ale simplicity. Taste is full, chery, american sour ale style lactic acid. Peppery phenolic character. Very dry. OK. Not bad, but surely not worth the hype.

Tried on 04 Jun 2023 at 20:37


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Pours clear candy apple red, not much head or lacing. Aroma is funky cherries, horse blanket, hint ofc get, yogurt, oak. Flavor is light tart, popping cherry, buggy funk. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2021 at 04:42


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

No head; rosy-pale ochre beer. Very nice, perfumey, delicate, floral with fruity notes - peach rather than cherry. Bit smokey flavour, cherryskins, fruitacids jumble. Slightly tart, bit acidburn, medium carbonation, acidthinning. Very special, rewarding kriek!

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2020 at 08:29


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Tried on 12 May 2018 at 15:09


8.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle shared at the Moeder Lambic cellar session 2015 thanks to Fux. Pours cloudy amber brown with a small off white head. Aroma of tart cherries, dusty funk, spicy notes and cinnamon. Flavour is light sweet and moderate sour. Above medium bodied with soft carbonation. Overall a great beer, not worth the value of course, it’s a US sour that’s as good as the Belgian classics. Impressive, and very pleased to have tried it.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2015 at 12:41