Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Kriek from De Neve 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
[Vintage 1997 - sampled 2004] A cognac colored beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with notes of alcohol and fruit, especially peach. The flavor is dusty sweet with alcohol running over the tongue. In my opinion a little over the top.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Gueuze from De Neve 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
[Vintage 1994 - sampled 2004] A hazy orange beer with no head. The aroma is lovely sour with notes of grapefruit. The flavor is of sour grapefruit and wood - the sourness draws out the mouthwater and burns slightly in the throat.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Kriek from De Neve 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
1997 vintage: Orangey-red colour. Woody, slightly marzipan-like aroma. Somewhat acetic. Sweet & sour, mainly with cherries and some sugary, marshmallowy notes. Sweet and sour finish.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Gueuze from De Neve 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Cloudy tan colour. Clean, brettanomyces nose. Very leathery and very tart flavour, with apple skin and oak. So much better than my last sample, which was also from Akkurat.
omhper (44752) reviewed Kriek from De Neve 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled, 1997 vintage. Dark red. Wonderful lightly balsamic cherry aroma. Firm, creamy mouthfeel. Dryish with medium acidity and concentrated flavour.
omhper (44752) reviewed Gueuze from De Neve 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottled, 1994 vintage. Hazy golden. Citric acid up front. Lively sparkling mouthfeel. The flavour is so concentrated, like fresh lemon juice, but lightly sparkling. Intense and refreshing. Damn, this was good...
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Gueuze from De Neve 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(This is still the real one - from Schepdaal/St. Gertrudis - but a filtered, sweet, version very much like the one these days coming from Zuun/St. Jans Molenbeek - Belle-Vue) Hardboard amber - hazy; thin white head, even some lace. Very earthy nose, wood, quite a bit of sulphur, of course Brett - also a light brown candi sugar streak. Sweetish taste, woody and candi superposed on a nearly immediate adstringent sourness with wood, sulphur and velpon retronasal, figthing with farmyard and phenolic flavours. Light to medium, some slickness. Sweetened, rough-filtered but underneath the real beast lurks. Wish it would come out and bite some more.