Barrel Aged Kriek
Island Brewing Company (US) in Carpinteria, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.88
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle# 258/540 shared by Kenny. It pours deep ruby with a small beige head. The nose sweet cherry/cherry drops, faint tanginess, candyfloss, sweet caramel, vanilla and toasted coconut. The taste is wood, earthy, tangy berry, fairly high acidity, caramel, wood, sherbet, acetic, mild astringency, mould and sour green apple with a dry, wood finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A bit hot really and the acidity creeps up on you. Ok at best.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
26th June 2013
Craft Clerkenwell Tasting. Hazy deep amber - red beer. Good pale cream coloured head. Palate is light, softish and semi dry. Pleasant light oak, whisper of vanilla. Rich cherry liqueur with mellow sourness. Finishes light and semi dry with a touch of bitterness. Nice, kept coming back to this until I finished it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle split at Craft Beer tasting thanks to Ken, 26/06/13. Hazy chestnut brown with a thin light tan head that dissipates edgeward. Nose is tarte dark fruit notes, woody oaky niff, burnt cherries, touch of booze. Taste comprises tarte berry fruits, soured cherry compot, dark toffee, oaky notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry tarte finish. Solid enouh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at CBC Clerkenwell - many thanks to Kenneth; where he gets this stuff the world may never know! Pours clear, dark amber-red with a creamy, off-white head. The aroma carries lots of leathery fruits, booze, some suggestions of tangy fruits. Light to medium sweet flavor with dry oaky wood notes, moderate tannic bite, dried cherries, some alcohol, leather. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly warming to finish with more leathery fruits, mild tanginess, dark fruits, more woody dryness. Nice.