Transatlantique Kriek (2017)
(Batch of Transatlantique Kriek)
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brouwerij Oud BeerselLambic Style - Kriek Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.36
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The 2017 edition of Transatlantique Kriek is here. 50% authentic Kriek Lambic and a 50% foeder-aged golden sour.
Transatlantique Kriek begins its life in oaken vessels of Gert Christiaens’ Oud Beersel, a 130-year-old lambic brewery in the Zenne valley of Belgium – home of authentic Lambic beer. After time spent aging in wood, Oud Beersel’s lambic is blended with tart Polish cherries and shipped across the Atlantic to New Belgium. In concert with Oud Beersel’s cherry lambic, or Kriek, we blend an equal portion of golden sour ale matured for 1 – 3 years in our oak vessels called foeders. 50% Sour Golden Ale blended with 50% Traditional Cherry Lambic Ale leads to an intense cherry nose, a sour flash across the palate and a refreshing, mouthwatering finish.
Transatlantique Kriek begins its life in oaken vessels of Gert Christiaens’ Oud Beersel, a 130-year-old lambic brewery in the Zenne valley of Belgium – home of authentic Lambic beer. After time spent aging in wood, Oud Beersel’s lambic is blended with tart Polish cherries and shipped across the Atlantic to New Belgium. In concert with Oud Beersel’s cherry lambic, or Kriek, we blend an equal portion of golden sour ale matured for 1 – 3 years in our oak vessels called foeders. 50% Sour Golden Ale blended with 50% Traditional Cherry Lambic Ale leads to an intense cherry nose, a sour flash across the palate and a refreshing, mouthwatering finish.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ The Adult Bike Distance Tasting ].
[ As New Belgium / Oud Beersel Lips of Faith - Transatlantique Kriek 2017 ].
ABV: 6.5%. Clear light medium red colour with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, pink head. Aroma is wheat, horse blanket, barnyard, tart, funk, cherry, wood, oak, barrel. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a long duration, oak - wood, cherry, tart, farmyard, funky, barrel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200408]
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Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2020
at 11:08
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sampled from bottle @ RBBWG 2018, hosted by Beerlovers Bar, Antwerp. Clear fluorescent reddish color, average sized white to pinkish head. Smell and taste are sourish, sour red fruits, cherries. Bleh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2018
at 13:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sample @ RBBWG Mar 10h. 2018, thanks 77ships, likely 0 point having each year entered, like all gueuze vintages. ... Couleur pourpre, acajou, col blanc-rosé. Arôme au bouquet chargé de cerises rappelant les griottes - note fine aigre en rétro avec des pointes de funk et de barrique. Retrouve le côté un peu lambic, grains. Palais est sec, cerise, funk et finement aigre du fruité - noyau de cerise, le tout gardant cependant une petite douceur de fruit. Funk moyen, boisé avec caractère bien fruité.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2018
at 14:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
F: medium, pink, not long lasting. C: dark red, bit hazy. A: woody, fruity, vinegar, cherries, red berries, bit brett. T: fresh red berries, fruity, sour cherries puckering, woody, nice sour not too much, medium body and carbonation, very nice, enjoyed, 65cl bottle @ RBBWG (10/03/2018), many thanks 77ships.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2018
at 13:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
650 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBWG VI (2018). Presumably 2017 Version, these bottles don’t have dates, best one of the 3 bottles that I have had of this beer so far, easily. Very bright red, off-pink white head, briefly. Nose is yoghurt, cherry pits, low cherry jam. Taste is nice yoghurt cherry pits, milky, spoiled fruit, cherry pits, yoghurt,… Clear light bodied cherry yoghurt. This one works, nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2018
at 09:14