Bottle, thanks to Wout V. Color: Clear golden, thin white head. A lot of tiny carbonation bubbles coming up in the glass. Aroma: Strong horse stable / horse manure funk, apple, oak. Taste: Smooth sweetish and tart apple, apple skin, oak wood, quite a lot of tannins and horse manure funk. Hints of leather. Light fruity bitterness. Dry mouthfeel, very dry finish. I love this kind of Cider...

0,75l bottle shared at Arrogant Sour Fest, Reggio Emilia. Purple color, small white head. smells berry notes, cherries, sour cherries, marzipan, super juicy. full body, soft carbonation. tastes cherries, sour cherries, marzipan, flowery, light citric touch. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of cherries, marzipan and juicy notes. Super lovely

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Sour ‘kriek’ with Gorsem cherries flavoured with fresh savory – an odd combination perhaps, but quite typical for Pellicle’s output. Thanks to Bart A. for sharing. Dense, moussey, shred-lacing, bright pink head on an initially clear, deep and pure ruby red robe, misty and a tad more burgundy-hued with sediment. Wonderful aroma initially strongly dominated by fresh savory herb – almost oregano-like (as in oregano on pizza), slowly fading to unveil sour cherry pulp and juice, cherry yoghurt, almond, sourdough, blackberry, sour cream, vanilla in the background. Tart, utterly fruity onset, crammed with very fleshy, juicy Gorsem cherries, as if drinking concentrated yet fresh Gorsem cherry juice, paired with subtle side impressions of blackberry, pomegranate and tangerine, medium carbonated; very vinous mouthfeel, like a creamy red wine, the creaminess coming from this huge dosage of cherries – which are used here in the most generous, rich and juicy way possible. Slight breadiness under all that sour cherry fleshiness, and of course the savory sets in retronasally – yet far less strongly so than orthonasally, overwhelmed by the sheer fruitiness of the Gorsem cherries. Light almondy and vanilla-like, tannic aromas and dryness further adorn the finish, while the sourness of the Gorsem cherries lingers for a long time in the very end, long after their proportionally more modest sweetness has faded. This is ‘kriek’ in its most splendid, vibrant and opulently vinous form, like a flavoured cherry wine that has already reduced and thickened a little bit – but the real ‘cherry on the sundae’ here is the savory, topping off everything with a lively and pungent, ‘freshly dark green’ mediterranean fragrance, matching unexpectedly well with the fruit. A brilliant combo of lambic, fruit and herbs again – such combinations being the house specialty of this remarkable blendery.

20/IV/24 - 75cl bottle @ home, BB: III/2026, lot: RS23 (2024-253) Thanks to Louis V. for sharing the bottle!

Clear ruby red beer, practically no head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: pretty vinous, lots of red wine, a little fruity, grapeskin, a bit earthy, musty, damp, more vinous character, woody. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very funky, some cherries, a bit of raspberries, a little bitter, nice, clean acidity, malic acid, apple juice. Aftertaste: little bitter, fruity, cherries, more apple juice, cider, some red wine, a little bitter, red berries, nice stuff!