7.6

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

Barwa jasno miedziana, zamglone, piana w kolorze złamanej bieli, dość obfita, dość trwała.

W aromacie wiśnia i bretty.

W smaku dość wytrawne, dość spora kwaśność, bretty, nuty owocowe, lekkie przyprawy.

Wysycenie w normie, ciało lekkie, dobra pijalność, lekkie taniny na języku.

Piwo jest dobrze zbalansowane i bardzo przyjemne, godne polecenia.

6.5

@ 2013

7.5

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

Red-brown with no head. Aroma of cherry and malt, with a funky cellar note. Dry and tart flavour with sour cherries and a hint of funk. Quite refreshing

7.8

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

Reddish brown colour, no head. Aroma of cherries, quite sour, wood and red fruits. Sour cherry flavour, light lemon, wine, some notes of pomegranate. Sour finish, fruit, red berries, astringent pomegranate seeds.
Lovely beer!
Draught @ ZBF beer festival, Leuven 2013. As "unblended". With thanks to the Belgian RateBeer crew for sharing! Courtesy of 77ships if I’m not mistaken)

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Draft sample @ ZBF’13 shared with the RB Belgian crew. Wow, Liefmans is indeed going back to making actual true lambic without overlry sweetened flavours. I guess back to the way they used to be. Couleur cuivrée, plate. Arôme est aigre dominant, boisé voire chêne suivi de ce côté griottes acidulées. Palais est ici parfait, aigre, boisé laissant des notes d’épices. Le tout tournant presque à un léger vinaigre, grains de moût. Les griottes donne cette dimension fruité aigre et fruitée. Combinaison parfaite d’aigreur, de lambic et de fruité dans la digne lignée du vrai lambic.

9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 10

Sampled draft @ ZBF 2013. Pours a bright red, ruby amber, head is only some bubbles, quickly gone. Nose is slightly watery but otherwise filled with tart cherries, more cherries than kriek for me here,… Taste is wonderfully tart (oh, yeah this is the real deal), nicely souring with tart red fruits, more sour cherries than kriek, light vinous touches, wonderfully fruity, hints pomegranate, hint pits,… Touch wattery,... Flat,… This is the real deal, wonderful, sourness is not light but overt and clearly there – this is great stuff, wouldn’t be too bad if they would share this more frequently with the world.

8.4

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

Imported from my RateBeer account as Liefmans Oude Kriek (by Liefmans (Duvel-Moortgat)):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5

27/IV/13 - on tap @ Zythos Bierfestival (2013-412) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing our beers today!

Clear ruby red beer, no head. Aroma: lots of cherries, sweet fruit, bit lemony. MF: nice carbon, light to medium body. Taste: very sour start, lemony, lots of sour cherries, fruity. Aftertaste: very sour again, lemony, but very refreshing, little bitter. Really nice sour cherry beer. We need more of this.