Kriek
Tommie Sjef Wild Ales in Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.82
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Kriek is made with organic sour cherries. Our interpretation of this classic style is a blend of different wild ales varying from 1 up to 2 years combined with the cherries. The cherries where macerated and fermented in the beer for over half a year in a red wine foeder. We used 375 grams of cherries per liter of beer.
The cherries pop out in the aroma, together with a hint of cinnamon and almond. It’s a fairly clean aroma, with just a hint of funk. In the taste I find a lot of dark berry notes, fresh cherries, some spices and a touch of red wine notes from the foeder. The sourness is quite pronounced in this one, which mainly comes from the cherries. The beer also took up some firm tannins from the fruit. This gives the beer a nice dry finish.
Kriek is already good to drink during the fall, but this beer is also perfect to cellar for a couple of years to balance out the fruitiness and base beer. With a year or more of ageing, the tannins and sourness will be more integrated as well.
The cherries pop out in the aroma, together with a hint of cinnamon and almond. It’s a fairly clean aroma, with just a hint of funk. In the taste I find a lot of dark berry notes, fresh cherries, some spices and a touch of red wine notes from the foeder. The sourness is quite pronounced in this one, which mainly comes from the cherries. The beer also took up some firm tannins from the fruit. This gives the beer a nice dry finish.
Kriek is already good to drink during the fall, but this beer is also perfect to cellar for a couple of years to balance out the fruitiness and base beer. With a year or more of ageing, the tannins and sourness will be more integrated as well.
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8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2023
at 19:58
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
YG 120423. Deep red color with a pinkish head. Aroma is cherries, vinegar, funk. Flavor is cherries, vinegar, dried fruit, sugar, almond, funk, vanilla, cellar notes.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2023
at 07:41
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Red with a white head - Tart cherry aroma - Malt body with a tart cherry flavour - The tart cherries goes into the finish - This was real good
Tried
on 26 Jun 2023
at 17:50
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2023
at 16:36
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 750 ml courtesy of Werckmeister. Shared with others. Purple with small white head. Quite fruity, lots of cherries, some funk, light barrel notes. Light vinegar. Tannic. Medium+ sourness. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2023
at 12:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 75cl with wine cork. 2021 vintage. It's a dark red beer, lightly unclear, with a small pinkish white head. Cherry, vague notes of vinegar, dried fruit, some sugar hints, almond and vanilla, funky notes and some vinous cellar hints. It's tart, full-bodied, chewy and softly carbonated, with lots of cherry flavor. Almond, cellar, dark dried fruit, some vinegar and a good dash of barnyard-ish, leathery funk. Cherry dominates, both initially and in the finish. Sure a delicious one, wouldn't mind repeating it. 230412
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2023
at 18:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared with Holy, cheers. Deep crystal clear purple red color, small pink edge head. Profound cherry aroma. Taste is tart cherry, very fruity, straightforward. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2023
at 20:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 750ml at tasting. Poured beetroot red in color. Notes of cherries, sourness, light barrel notes as well as pleasant cherry flavors. Tart finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2023
at 17:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 0.75l bottle, huge thanks Iznogud for sharing! Murky red, body, pinkish head. Beetroot, cherrry and metallic notes... not ideal. But the first sip dispels all worry - lovely, fantastic juicy sour cherries, tart, lightly wild, some barrel touches. Sour enough. Whoa, great!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2023
at 23:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
8-4-7-4-16 Bottle, 3,5 years before bbd. Pours dark red, with a small creamy head. Aroma is tart notes of hay, cherries and marzipan , as well as farmhouse notes, floral brett and wooden notes. Medium body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is tart fruity notes cherries, fruit peel and minerals, as well as farmhouse, floral brett, tannins and wooden barrels. Pitch dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2022
at 18:50