Soursmith: Kriek
Arclight Brewing Company in Watervliet, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series|
Score
7.52
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American Wild Ale aged in wine barrels on cherries and fermented with wild yeast and bacteria harvested from local orchards in SW Michigan
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample @ MBCC 2019, red session. Nice head with good duration. Color is red. Aroma and taste are red cherries, fruits, lactose acid, malt and hops. Nice long sour finish.
Tried
on 11 May 2019
at 10:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
MBCC. Hazy red brown with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, heavy tart cherries and wood. Flavor is quite sweet and very acidic. Dry and very acidic finish. 110519
Tried
on 11 May 2019
at 10:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purple pink color. Pithy nose with deep cherry, light acidity and light oak notes. Tart, very tart, with excellent cherries, oak and nice underlining maltiness. Really nice for 9.7%. Super well put together. No booziness. Excellent
Tried
on 19 Apr 2019
at 12:41
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
750 ml bottle into tulip glass, no vintage bottle dating. Pours fairly hazy deep ruby reddish orange color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light pink head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge sour/tart/tangy cherries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, raisin, apricot, pear, green apple, currant, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, caramel, brown sugar, and toasted bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, pepper, leathery/musty funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of cherries, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, dark/bready malt, and wine barrel notes; with big strength. Taste of huge sour/tart/tangy cherries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, raisin, apricot, pear, green apple, currant, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, caramel, brown sugar, and toasted bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, pepper, leathery/musty funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit/wine tang, and light yeast/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy cherries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, raisin, apricot, pear, green apple, currant, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, light pepper/funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of cherries, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, dark/bready malt, and wine barrel flavors; with a great malt/tart/sourness and tangy fruit balance. Lightly increasing pucker through the glass, but not overwhelming. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tart/sourness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a smooth, creamy/bready/acidic/tangy, and lightly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mildly increasing warmth of 9.7% after the finish. Overall this is an insane fruit sour/wild ale! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of cherries, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, dark/bready malt, and wine barrel flavors; smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the ABV, with the modestly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Enormous jammy cherries, with balanced Brett/Bacteria complexity, dark/bready malts; and perfect wine barrel integration. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly amazing offering, and spot on style example. One of the best imperial sours I've ever had for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2018
at 23:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Shelton Fest VIP bottle share. Pours a cloudy ruby with small off white head. The aroma is strong cherry skin, grape, oak, funk. Thin body, tart cherry, funk, oak, light acidity, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2017
at 17:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bright red color. Lots of cherry in the aroma and the flavor. So !such cherry I taste cinnamon as well. Moderately sour. Rich, full palate. Excellent.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2017
at 21:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a clear ruby red with no head whatsoever. Aroma has a combination of oak and sour pie cherry with a hint of sweetness. Flavor has sweet pie cherry with tart pie and a bit of oak backing.
Earlier Rating: 11/21/2015 Total Score: 4
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear deep reddish amber with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of sour cherry with a good amount of earthy sweet grains. Flavor has sour cherry throughout with a bit of oak supporting.
Earlier Rating: 11/21/2015 Total Score: 4
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear deep reddish amber with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of sour cherry with a good amount of earthy sweet grains. Flavor has sour cherry throughout with a bit of oak supporting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2017
at 21:10