Transatlantique Kriek
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brouwerij Oud BeerselLambic Style - Kriek Rotating
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Score
7.00
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Cherry Lambic Sour Ale
Winner of a gold medal at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival, Transatlantique Kriek begins its life in oaken vessels of Gert Christiaens’ Oud Beersel, a 130-year-old lambic brewery in the Zenne valley of Belgium – home of authentic Lambic beer. After time spent aging in wood, Oud Beersel’s lambic is blended with tart Polish cherries and shipped across the Atlantic to New Belgium. In concert with Oud Beersel’s cherry lambic, or Kriek, we blend an equal portion of golden sour ale matured for 1 – 3 years in our oak vessels called foeders. 50% Sour Golden Ale blended with 50% Traditional Cherry Lambic Ale leads to an intense cherry nose, a sour flash across the palate and a refreshing, mouthwatering finish.
Winner of a gold medal at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival, Transatlantique Kriek begins its life in oaken vessels of Gert Christiaens’ Oud Beersel, a 130-year-old lambic brewery in the Zenne valley of Belgium – home of authentic Lambic beer. After time spent aging in wood, Oud Beersel’s lambic is blended with tart Polish cherries and shipped across the Atlantic to New Belgium. In concert with Oud Beersel’s cherry lambic, or Kriek, we blend an equal portion of golden sour ale matured for 1 – 3 years in our oak vessels called foeders. 50% Sour Golden Ale blended with 50% Traditional Cherry Lambic Ale leads to an intense cherry nose, a sour flash across the palate and a refreshing, mouthwatering finish.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours reddish pink color with pink head. Aromas of tart cherries with some funkiness and oak. Sour cherry flavor with oak and funk. Medium body with average carbonation.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2015
at 14:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From the January 2014 3R6P tasting +++ Sampled from a 22oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark red color with a large foamy pink head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was dish soap, a bit of yeast and moderate cherry. The flavor was cherry pie filling but not overly sweet with a bready undertone. Medium length finish with lingering cherry. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2015
at 11:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz bottle. Filtered amber-red body. Pink tinged head laces the glass. The aroma is not impressive at all..medicinal dry aspirin. This sort of carries over into the flavor. In no way would I be hyped up to try this beer again, this is a failure. Kind of like a test tube version of a Boon beer. Disappointing. A lot of cherry, but comes off really sterile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2014
at 21:22
8/10
Tried
on 14 Nov 2014
at 14:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle - Pours bright red with a small, off-white head. It has a nice cherry aroma. It tastes of tart cherries and sweet malt. Medium bodied and a bit earthy, it has a full fruit flavor and is very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2014
at 16:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
650 ml bottle. Pours a ruby red with moderate pink head. Aromas of candied cherries, cranberries, and light barnyard. Flat/muted flavors of cherries and malt with a bit of funk. Dry and highly carbonated. Seems to be a watered down version, flatter version of a Belgian. Was expecting more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2014
at 13:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Ruby red pour. Ok kriek with medium cherry flavor and some light citrus and bretta. Mostly sweet with some light sourness. Tap takeover event at Monk’s Cafe.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jun 2014
at 11:20
7/10
Nice semi tart cherry flavours. I done bad. I should have had this first, then the La Folie.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2014
at 15:31
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Cherry red pour from the bottle. Sour cherry aroma. Long lasting fruit flavors with a mild sour finish. Very drinkable. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2014
at 18:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
On Tap at Whole Foods Boise. Clear ruby red witha skiff of a head. Dry tart cherry aroma. Not so much as teh recent Chery Berlinner I’ve had. More subtle cherry flavor and and an other wise miled slightly tart body. Dry and much less pucker than I anticipated....or hoped
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2014
at 14:57