Oude Kriek
Timmermans in Itterbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Kriek Regular|
Score
7.30
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The flavour of Timmermans Oude Kriek, refermented in the bottle, is without comparison. The cherries from which it derives its taste and colour it features traditionally come from Schaerbeek. Slightly acidic and with a wonderful bouquet, this natural and hence unpredictable brew requires careful handling throughout its long maturation period. Created from a blend of old and young lambic, Timmermans Oude Kriek keeps for 12 years. Like Timmermans Oude Gueuze, this is a precious drink, available in a limited edition only !
Taste-wise… The marriage of genuine lambic, to the cherry - originally the Schaerbeek cherry - always has surprising results, particularly as a spontaneously fermented young lambic is added to the old lambic in the proportion of one to three. This union, in which natural bitterness dominates, will delight genuine connoisseurs of spontaneous fermentation and will surprise newcomers to fruit beers in their most prestigious and noble form.
Taste-wise… The marriage of genuine lambic, to the cherry - originally the Schaerbeek cherry - always has surprising results, particularly as a spontaneously fermented young lambic is added to the old lambic in the proportion of one to three. This union, in which natural bitterness dominates, will delight genuine connoisseurs of spontaneous fermentation and will surprise newcomers to fruit beers in their most prestigious and noble form.
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7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2023
at 22:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.75l bottle, brewed 2012 bottled 2015, thanks Martin & Miro for sharing! Misty red-purple body. Funky, wild aroma, sourish, not that much cherry in there, but some, definitely fruit lambic vibes though. The taste is equally funky, sour, but with a lovely cherry presence breaking through. Minerally, interesting, all-round pleasant oude kriek!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2023
at 23:00
Tried
on 01 Nov 2022
at 10:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep/dark ruby coloured, with a pinkish head that disappears almost instantly. A rather intense but not at all deep or rich aroma: a dough-like base, cherries, just some very light hints of funkiness and vinegar. Taste is much sourer than the smell suggested, and actually pretty sour per style, but it's almost just citric sourness, with just a hint of acetic/vinegar sourness; dough-like base now barely noticeable. Citric notes are mainly (if not only) of lemon, putting cherries on the back of things. Minimal funkiness. Finishes dry with a citric sour reminiscence. An ok but not very deep or interesting taste profile. Light to medium body with quite some carbonation, definitely more than usual per style. A straightforward, firmly sour kriek, but nothing more than that in my eyes.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2022
at 21:00
8/10
Tried
on 17 Jul 2021
at 09:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours deep ruby, nose is oak, funk, cherry, almond, taste is similar, burnt toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2021
at 11:18
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Vintage 2009. Limited Edition 750ml bottle from second order from Beer Planet in november 2013. this is a fantastic 12 years old Lambic, including almost 8 years in my deep and dark cellar. THIS RATE IS MY 1000 BEER FROM BELGIUM. cos wspanialego zestarzalo sie fajnie. mocno cierpkie, kwasne octowe, mocno ukwaszone, solo jest ciezko to pic, ale do wolowiny wysmienite wraz z kapustka pekinska. pachnie drewnem, struganym olowkiem w strugaczce, ciemne czerwone owoce, porzeczki, winogrona, jezyny, oczywiscie wisnie, kwasne wisnie, wytrawne, ile juz razy to napisalem. prawie genialny lambick. oczywiscie bez piany, ciemno brudno rozowe zabarwienie. do tego limitowana butelka lakierowana.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2021
at 21:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - red and cloudy, slim but attractive red-white head. Nose - wood, vinous and lightly funky. Cherry of course. Taste - cherry wood and general wine and funky flavours. Palate - woody, tangy and dry. Sour with a persistent finish. Overall - very nice. Usually Timmermans is a little sweeter than the other main lambic breweries but this isn't and it's great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2021
at 18:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to a neighbour. Pours clear curry red with a pink-tinged head. Nice sour fruity aromas, faint oak. Taste is tangy, cherry, more oak notes. Good gear.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2021
at 13:53
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Het is een kersenkleurig bier met een dun schuim. Het heeft een aroma van kersen en zure wijn. De smaak is erg zuur en wrang.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2020
at 07:41