Transatlantique Kriek
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brouwerij Oud BeerselLambic Style - Kriek Rotating
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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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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Sampled from bottle @ RBBWG 2018, hosted by Beerlovers Bar, Antwerp. Clear fluorescent reddish color, average sized white to pinkish head. Smell and taste are sourish, sour red fruits, cherries. Bleh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle sample @ RBBWG Mar 10h. 2018, thanks 77ships, likely 0 point having each year entered, like all gueuze vintages. ... Couleur pourpre, acajou, col blanc-rosé. Arôme au bouquet chargé de cerises rappelant les griottes - note fine aigre en rétro avec des pointes de funk et de barrique. Retrouve le côté un peu lambic, grains. Palais est sec, cerise, funk et finement aigre du fruité - noyau de cerise, le tout gardant cependant une petite douceur de fruit. Funk moyen, boisé avec caractère bien fruité.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
F: medium, pink, not long lasting. C: dark red, bit hazy. A: woody, fruity, vinegar, cherries, red berries, bit brett. T: fresh red berries, fruity, sour cherries puckering, woody, nice sour not too much, medium body and carbonation, very nice, enjoyed, 65cl bottle @ RBBWG (10/03/2018), many thanks 77ships.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
650 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBWG VI (2018). Presumably 2017 Version, these bottles don’t have dates, best one of the 3 bottles that I have had of this beer so far, easily. Very bright red, off-pink white head, briefly. Nose is yoghurt, cherry pits, low cherry jam. Taste is nice yoghurt cherry pits, milky, spoiled fruit, cherry pits, yoghurt,… Clear light bodied cherry yoghurt. This one works, nice one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as New Belgium / Oud Beersel Lips of Faith - Transatlantique Kriek 2017 (by New Belgium Brewing Company (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings)):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
10/III/18 - 75cl bottle, 2017 vintage @ RBBWG (Beer Lover's, Antwerp) - BB: n/a (2018-272) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Clear bright ruby red beer, practically no head. Aroma: funky, lots of cherries, acidic, some almonds. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: super fruity, lots of cherries, bit sugary, nice stuff! Aftertaste: some tannins, sour cherries, some nice acidity, very fruity. Nice stuff!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Flaske 750ml fra Vinmonopolet Tromsø - Langnes. Delt med gode venner på Nerstranda 24 Feb 18. Rød. Filmskum. God kirsebæraroma. Smaken overmodne kirsebær. Lett syrlig ettersmak. Grei som dessert.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thanks to Finn for sharing a big bottle of this one. Pink coloured head laving spotty lacing behind. Clear dark red body. Modest cherry skins on the nose. Tart cherries to the taste profile, hints of bread. Sweet and tart finish. Decent cleanser. (Tromsø 24.02.2018).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle in Oulu, Thanks to Jani! Color is clear red with very small white head. Aromas and flavors: Berries, red berries, some sourness, some Christmas spices and dryness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
14.02.2018, 0,65l bottle @ home:
Nice fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head, nice clear dark red color. Aroma is dry sour-ish fruity, sour cherries, oak, sorrel, mild vinegar, cherry stones, grass, hay, berry skin. Taste is dry sour-ish fruity, sour cherries, mild vinegar, oak, soda powder, cherry stones, fruit salt, hay, grass, berry skin. Medium bitterness, dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ BOT. Clear reddish coloured. Cherry, funky, fairly sour, medium carbonation, acidic.