American Kriek
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
6.62
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Samuel Adams American Kriek: The intense black cherry character in this beer comes from Balaton cherries, which were discovered in Hungary and are now grown in Michigan. These special cherries are prized for their depth of flavor. The tartness from the cherries is balanced by a rich, malty character with toasted oak notes added from the barrel aging.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Nice brown with minimal head. Aroma is slightly tart berries, sweet, cherries. Medium bodied. Flavor has light tartness, sweet cherry, light wood. Decent beer- really hard to go through a whole bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2013
at 17:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at the Richmond Industry Gathering. Pours a hazy copper color with a thin creamy off-white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of berries, earth, nutty notes. Mildly tart. GThe taste is earthy, cherries and raisins. Medium bodied. I’d agree with fruit beer as the classification here. Not really a kriek, but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2012
at 19:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Split a 750ml bottle of this with a bunch of co-workers. Poured a red-pink hue, with a light pink white color. Aroma was cherries, some light brown sugar notes, vanilla oaked notes are there, but quite subtle. Mouthfeel is thin, flavor is sweetness, cherry red notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2012
at 09:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
750 ml bottle from Total Beverage Westminister. Nose is cherries, brown sugar, oaky vanilla hints, and toasted whole wheat bread. Clear rusty red with a big pale pinkish beige head. Flavor is sweetness counterbalanced by mild tartness, woody vanilla, cherries, and white peppery spices. The tartness is not very pronounced otherwise I would rate it higher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2012
at 19:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Pretty weak. Lots of cherries and very drinkable, but not nearly sour enough and not that well balanced. A kriek on training wheels perhaps.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2011
at 21:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours with a hazy red to orange body with a small white head. Aromas are sweet cherry, light wood, a bit of a malty sweetness. Lightly tart. Flavors are tart, pie cherries, sweet biscuity malt, bready and sweet with lasting cherries. Lively carbonation. Decent fruit beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2011
at 14:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
GABF 2011
Appearance: Clear copper with a medium white head
Aroma: Tart cherries
Taste: Tart cherries, toasted malts and woody
Nice
Appearance: Clear copper with a medium white head
Aroma: Tart cherries
Taste: Tart cherries, toasted malts and woody
Nice
Tried
on 06 Oct 2011
at 17:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
25.4oz bottle-Small Gathering @my place-pours a light tan head that laces and hazy dark copper color. Aroma is mild cherry, musty/grain. Taste is sweet cherry, musty/grain, secondary spice hops, cinnamon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2011
at 16:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle sample at a tasting. Thanks Oren. Clear red with an off-white head. Aroma of cherries, malt, caramel, some alcohol, wood notes and light brandy hints. Sweet fruity flavor with cherries, caramel, a bit of sweet spiciness, some liqueur notes and a slightly drier finish. Medium-bodied. So-so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2011
at 08:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at EBF. Poured a clear ruby with an amber her with a near white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was a bit underwhelming with a light slightly tart cherry note. Flavor started with cherry that grew into a medium tartness and ended with a hint of acid. Nice light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2011
at 15:00