Transatlantique Kriek (2018)
(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
7.26
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A blend of Oud Beersel’s Kriek and New Belgium’s Golden Sour.
The 2018 edition of Transatlantique Kriek began life in the oaken vessels of Gert Christiaens’ Oud Beersel brewery, an over 130-year-old Belgian lambic brewery. After it wood aged, Oud Beersel’s lambic was matured on Polish cherries and shipped across the Atlantic to New Belgium’s Fort Collins brewery, where a sour blonde ale was added. COLOR The result is an intense cherry nose leading to a pleasing sweet-tart finish.
The 2018 edition of Transatlantique Kriek began life in the oaken vessels of Gert Christiaens’ Oud Beersel brewery, an over 130-year-old Belgian lambic brewery. After it wood aged, Oud Beersel’s lambic was matured on Polish cherries and shipped across the Atlantic to New Belgium’s Fort Collins brewery, where a sour blonde ale was added. COLOR The result is an intense cherry nose leading to a pleasing sweet-tart finish.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Red color. Cherry, oak and a hint of vanilla in the aroma. Dry flavor, with oak, vanilla and cherry. Fruity, fairly complex
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2020
at 19:06
7/10
A burgundy red ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light Epsom salts, ground cherries, lactic acid, light Brett, pleasant. In mouth, a nice tart mix of ground cherries, lactic acid, Epsom salts, nice and smooth. On tap at The Dirty Monkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2019
at 00:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as New Belgium / Oud Beersel Transatlantique Kriek (2018) (by New Belgium Brewing Company (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings)):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
5/V/19 - sample @ Oud Beersel, Toer de Geuze, BB: n/a - (2019-669)
Little cloudy reddish to pink beer, small aery irregular light pink head. Aroma: pretty fruity, some vinegar, lemony notes, funky, cherries, decent. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity, nice acidity, dry, lots of cherries, wood notes, funky. Aftertaste: some vinegar, pretty acidic, fruity notes, nice one!
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
5/V/19 - sample @ Oud Beersel, Toer de Geuze, BB: n/a - (2019-669)
Little cloudy reddish to pink beer, small aery irregular light pink head. Aroma: pretty fruity, some vinegar, lemony notes, funky, cherries, decent. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity, nice acidity, dry, lots of cherries, wood notes, funky. Aftertaste: some vinegar, pretty acidic, fruity notes, nice one!
Tried
on 05 May 2019
at 22:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft. A- Jam, raspberry. A- Dark red color, clear liquid, pink head. T- Raspberries, jam, cherries, mildly sweet. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation. slightly sweet finish. O- Not too sweet and better than previous years in my opinion. Lots of berry fruit and jammy. Could drink quite a lot of this. Not super complex but nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Mar 2019
at 13:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
375ml caged and corked bottle, bottled October 31st.
Pours a cloudy deep red with a pinkish head of foam. It shrinks slowly but doesn't leave much lacing behind.
Lovely aromas of tart cherries, almost puree like, light hints of Brett.
Tart cherries that are easy to deal with, even for non afficienados of sour beers, I reckon. Mild Brett that doesn't detract from the fruity goodness. Very vinous finish to this splendid offering.
Light body with light carbonation.
I'm a bit puzzled as to why this is aboot $4 more per bottle than the La Folie and Le Terroir...must be because it's a collaboration?
Worth the bucks.
Pours a cloudy deep red with a pinkish head of foam. It shrinks slowly but doesn't leave much lacing behind.
Lovely aromas of tart cherries, almost puree like, light hints of Brett.
Tart cherries that are easy to deal with, even for non afficienados of sour beers, I reckon. Mild Brett that doesn't detract from the fruity goodness. Very vinous finish to this splendid offering.
Light body with light carbonation.
I'm a bit puzzled as to why this is aboot $4 more per bottle than the La Folie and Le Terroir...must be because it's a collaboration?
Worth the bucks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2018
at 00:02