Draught at Harry’s Hofbrau in San Jose. Beautiful aromas of cherry and pie spice. A little apple pie as well. Hazy orange-copper with minimal off-white head around the sides. Flavor is tart that increases through the mouth. Cherry and citrus tree. Semi-dry finish. Full mouthfeel gives well rounded sense. Wonderful.

375ml bottle thanks to Eric. Pours out a apricot color topped with a pinkish white head. Nose is big cherries oak barrel a nice tart pucker funk very nice. Taste is more of the nice perfect barrel cherries sweet tart funky wood. This is great.

Tap at The Jeffrey Allagash night. Hazy reddish pour. Nose is tart cherry and Brett. Tastes of cherry skin, cherry flesh, light vanilla, brett, wood, some citrus notes. Lightly sour and nice malt notes for balance. Easy drinking and delightful.

Thank you Mathieu87 & PriorL! 375 ml. bottle sampled @ “Mathieu’s house cooling party”. Bottled 10 July 2014. Hazy orange, head fizzes away very quickly. Nose is fizzy & massively puckering, sour aspirin, sour effervescent tablets, puckering zest,…. Taste is similar, fizzy, strongly puckering, lemon, effervescent tablets, puckering, vague red fruit,… Sour & fizzy,… Good but a bit too fizzy & aspirin etc. heavy. Quite nice, feels like it could have been better but good stuff as it is.

Draught at Meadhall, 12/17/15.
Bright red body shows light carbonation, great clarity and a small, off-white head that fades to a ring.
Nose shows superbly integrated tart cherry and brett notes. Nothing sharp or aggressive here, but plentiful, authentic fruitiness, cherry pie and an easygoing funk. I must say, I was surprised to find out this is not barrel-aged. Not that it has any wood/oak character, but the beer just smells so similar to a real Belgian Kriek. Surprised they were able to do that without the barrel. No alcohol, light vanilla and a pinch of sulfur. Really spot-on stuff for an American brewer....
The flavor is equally delicious, though does depart more from the lambic-character found in the nose. Tons of cherry pie and cherry skin tartness, with moderate acidity, soft brett funk and very light honey. Great texture, the malt being well-attenuated but still providing softness to the palate. Tight carbonation and no alcohol or flaws. Very flavorful but easygoing enough that a non-sour devotee should be able to appreciate it. Kind of surprised at the (relatively) low ratings on this one. Perhaps it’s a bit simplistic with the cherries, light honeyed malt and mild brett, but all of those are done so well that it’s hard to fault it for being somewhat less complex.