Mama Kriek
Birrificio Baladin in Piozzo (CN), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹
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Score
6.62
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Ruby-colored with amber hues and a fine and rosy head with a delicate persistence, this beer has scents of back cherries and cherries which almost become winy. These notes are confirmed when you taste it, when the fruity component becomes overwhelming. The hints of black cherries are accompanied by those of bitter almonds. The light body and the gentle acidity create the perfect conditions to continuously feel like taking another sip.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample, at the Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 3 2010; eye: caramel, hazy, no effervescence, nice creamy head, good lacing; nose: cherry, Brettanomyces yeast, oxidation, light caramel, floral; mouth: cherry, Brettanomyces yeast, oxidation, light caramel, floral, finale in floral hops, not much carbonation, medium body, nice balance, slightly bitter, fizzy; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, lors du Mondial de la bière, savourée le 3 juin 2010; œil : caramel, voilée, pas d’effervescence, belle mousse crémeuse, bonne dentelle; nez : cerise, levure Brettanomyces, oxydation, léger caramel, floral; bouche : cerise, levure Brettanomyces, oxydation, léger caramel, floral, finale en houblon floral, peu carbonatée, corps moyen, bel équilibre, ronde, très légèrement amère, pétillante; en résumé : intéressante
Tried
on 09 Dec 2010
at 12:13
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Cloudy with a huge head (see later). ARoma is apple, yeast and esters. Light body, even a bit watery, and ridiculously fizzy making it near impossible to open without losing the contents. Flavour is fruity (apples, cherries) but with no length or aftertatste. Overall it was spoilt by the stupid fizziness. Whilst unusual, it wasn’t particularly good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2010
at 14:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
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Tried
on 22 Jun 2010
at 07:07
4.2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Small white head quickly disappears. Muddy opaque pinkish brown body. Acidic sharpish cherry and metal aroma with milky toffee notes. Acidic milky wooden vaguely cherryish yeast taste. Dry yeasty cherry aftertaste. Not very nice. (0.75l bottle at Knut Albert’s.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2007
at 06:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Cloudy amber. Aroma of cinnamon and cherry. Dryish, lively and spicy with light, sparkling mouthfeel. Flavours are discrete but pleasant, and it isn’t the mindblowing, extrovert beer the fantastic bottle makes you believe it is, wherefore I believe it is easy to overlook the qualities of this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2005
at 01:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cloudy orange color. Yeasty aroma, a bit sour. Some residual sweetness, too much carbonation. Ends quite thin and dry. Poor fruit character.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2004
at 23:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Totally hazy orange. Orange-coloured, 1/2 cm thick head, relatively stable. Very spicy nose, ginger, orange zest, undefined spices (they tell me gentian, in fact all the Wayan spices). No kriek, or cherries. "Farmyard" flavours, ginger, spicy, rosemary. No kriek. End of the bottle is solid suspension of yeast and other stuff. What IS this?? Mouthfeel a bit burning form the spices, no fruitacids. Again rosemary, even lavender in the aftertaste. This is like an Italian (?) interpretation of "Farmyard ale". Whatever this is, it ain't kriek - but the brewer maintains, it's gonna change character after six months lagering. Oh well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2003
at 22:59