Limited Edition Oude Kriek (2020)
(Batch of Oude Kriek)
Timmermans in Itterbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Kriek Regular|
Score
6.91
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The flavour of Timmermans Oude Kriek, refermented in the bottle, is without comparison. The cherries from which it derives its taste and colour it features traditionally come from Schaerbeek. Slightly acidic and with a wonderful bouquet, this natural and hence unpredictable brew requires careful handling throughout its long maturation period. Created from a blend of old and young lambic, Timmermans Oude Kriek keeps for 12 years. Like Timmermans Oude Gueuze, this is a precious drink, available in a limited edition only !
Taste-wise… The marriage of genuine lambic, to the cherry - originally the Schaerbeek cherry - always has surprising results, particularly as a spontaneously fermented young lambic is added to the old lambic in the proportion of one to three. This union, in which natural bitterness dominates, will delight genuine connoisseurs of spontaneous fermentation and will surprise newcomers to fruit beers in their most prestigious and noble form.
Taste-wise… The marriage of genuine lambic, to the cherry - originally the Schaerbeek cherry - always has surprising results, particularly as a spontaneously fermented young lambic is added to the old lambic in the proportion of one to three. This union, in which natural bitterness dominates, will delight genuine connoisseurs of spontaneous fermentation and will surprise newcomers to fruit beers in their most prestigious and noble form.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
24 May 2023. At Hotel Columbo, Ghent. Cheers to the quiz crew!
Vintage 2020.Hazy red, thinning, pink head. Aroma of cherry juice & pit, almond, malt vinegar, cassis, vague vanilla. Taste has sour cherry & cassis in an almondy malt body, lactic sour cream note & some lemon too. Tart finish of fleshy cherry, soft woody tannins and cherry skin. Medium body, fluffy texture, average carbonation. Enjoyable straightforward Kriek.
Vintage 2020.Hazy red, thinning, pink head. Aroma of cherry juice & pit, almond, malt vinegar, cassis, vague vanilla. Taste has sour cherry & cassis in an almondy malt body, lactic sour cream note & some lemon too. Tart finish of fleshy cherry, soft woody tannins and cherry skin. Medium body, fluffy texture, average carbonation. Enjoyable straightforward Kriek.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2023
at 15:21