5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
750 mL bottle courtesy of nimbleprop. I got a pour from the middle of the bottle and it already looked like mud. Thin off-white head. Decent head retention. Tart aroma with notes of mustard, vegetable and herbal notes, dill particularly. The taste is tart, earthy and spice with that same dill thing going on. Medium bodied. Weird and funky, and not necessarily in a good way. The other ratings are much better, so it looks like we got a bad bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2012
at 21:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, thanks to t0rin0 (I think) at Sourfest. Pours with a murky, brown body with a small tan head. Aromas are lightly smokey, sour, vinous, hair dryer, suntan lotion, molten plastic, dark fruits and berries. Flavors are of berries, acetic acid, caramel, vinous, plastic. Earthy. Light bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2011
at 16:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Hopmonk in Sonoma. Pours amber. Aroma is light banana with a fair amount of spice. Pretty much tastes that way. Per the bar lady they used hefeweizen type yeast. Decent "hefe".
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2011
at 17:34
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Draft. Dark amber beer with a dark cream colored head. Aroma of hops, bourbon, and cognac. Red wine and light tart flavor with cognac, malt, light hops, and brandy. Medium-plus bodied. Tartness lingers with red wine, brandy, malt, and light hops. Base blend of beer is a IIPA and others then aged in a petite syrah barrel but notes of cognac and brandy come through.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2010
at 11:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Amber beer with a whitish head. Malt and wheat aroma. Wheat and lemon flavor with clove and banana. Medium-light bodied. Refreshing. Wheat and lemon lingers with some spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2010
at 11:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Slightly hazy golden beer with an off-white head. Light fruit and light wheat aroma with light spice. Light fruity flavor with light spice. Medium bodied. Refreshing. Wheat and malt lingers with light spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2010
at 11:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a big cream colored head. Summer fruit and grapefruit aroma. Malt and summer fruit flavor with grapefruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and grapefruit lingers with light pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2010
at 11:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy dark amber with a thick beige head. Nice aromas of malt and herbs. Medium body and average carbonation. It’s malty, but there is a lot of unusual flavor, and that tends to knock down the sweetness. Decently bitter. Slightly medicinal in the finish. Doesn’t finish sweet. A complex flavor set like no other. Pretty tasty.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2010
at 17:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Most annoying wax to remove that has ever been conceived. Sorry, but I didn’t get any sourness at all from this. Pours with a small tan head over a brown body. Aroma of plastic, alcohol, cherries and vanilla. Taste is watery, belgian yeast, alcohol, earthy, dirt. Light bubbles. Decently dry finish. No sourness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2010
at 09:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from the brewpub. Tim Goeppinger, brewmaster. Pours like a stout with a light beige head. Light aroma of dark malt and fruits - maybe cherry. Medium body with foamy carbonation. Flavor is oaky fruity sour, but not very cherry. Very oaky, rather astringent. The sour tends to move into oak and dark fruit. It’s an easy drinker, but quite unusual. Main aspect is oak/sour. Improves with time. Good with cheese and nuts. THIS IS NOT A STANDARD KRIEK. It is a very good ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2009
at 17:10