Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy golden with tiny head. Aroma is sour with typical brett and light strawberry notes. Flavor is rather sweet with strawberries, grapefruit, wood and barnyard notes. A lot more sweet flavor than my previous experience with this lambic.
GRM (7524) reviewed Oude Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Green bottle, 375 ml, best before 07/08/2024, via Importations Privées Bièropholie; eye: amber with a reddish hue, clear, slight effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: horse, acidic, lightly fruity; mouth: sour, horse and well under the saddle cherries, acidity of small berries, finale in horse-cherry with a lot of sourness, a bit of cherry comes back after the finale, quite sour, slightly sweet, lots of astringency, medium body, a bit thin, rather carbonated; overall: not my cup of tea FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 375 ml, meilleure avant 07/08/2024, via Importations Privées Bièropholie; œil : ambrée avec une teinte rougeâtre, claire, très légère effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : cheval, acide, léger fruité; bouche : aigre, cheval et bien caché sous sa selle les cerises, acidité de petits fruits, finale en cheval-cerise avec beaucoup d’aigreur, un tout petit peu de cerise bien après la finale, très aigre, très légèrement sucrée, beaucoup d’astringence, corps moyen, un peu mince, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : pas mon style
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Oude Gueuze from Hanssens Artisanaal 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Personal "New Years Night of 1000 Gueuzes" continued with this no-date 750mL cork and cage bottle.. Pours a hazy orange/golden color. Aroma hits you with strong sweet-less-fruit tinged vinegar. Acidity and rubber follow that. Taste starts off with strong herbal/dry acidity and the dryness just sticks around throughout. Then there is a super hit of dryness at the end and vinegar highlights in the aftertaste. Has a light body with some spike and oh so drinkable for hours.
Also, recently had an aged bottle provided by jasonmech at YEHA@the Moose’07, white label (not sure of age), and it was still all that and a bag of chips.
KimLundJohansen (10465) reviewed Oude Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours hazy red with small pink head. Intense sour aroma with natural cherries, barnyard and grapefruit. Flavor has the usual brett notes, natural cherries and it is extremely sour. Perhaps the most sour kriek of them all? Very refreshing!
Downender (11275) reviewed Oude Gueuze from Hanssens Artisanaal 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
375ml bottle from Hopduvel, Gent. Hazy golden colour with a decent off-white head. Big barnyard aromas, with plenty of mustiness, yeast, green wood, lemon peel and sour apples. The flavour had lots of unripe fruit, yeast and citrus with a sour/acidic finish. Excellent and very refreshing.
Downender (11275) reviewed Oude Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
375ml bottle. Hazy red-amber colour with a decent off-white head. Big aromas of cherry, barnyard, yeast with a sour, savoury edge. Flavour of cherry with a musty sour finish. Very good.
Downender (11275) reviewed Oudbeitje Lambic from Hanssens Artisanaal 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
375ml bottle. Copper coloured with a slight, off-white head and little carbonation. Aroma of yeast, strawberries, musty citrus and the barnyard. Fruity flavour with some initial sweetness before an enjoyably tart finish. Very good.
GRM (7524) reviewed Oudbeitje Lambic from Hanssens Artisanaal 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Green bottle, 375 ml, best before 07/08/2018, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on December 15 2007, on opening, it sounds like the beer is tired; eye: orangey caramel, clear, no effervescence, no head, no lacing, small perly bubbles are glued to the side of the glass and are staying there; nose: quite fruity, strawberry, acidity, gueuze, horse, cheese; mouth: flat, acidity, sour, light strawberry, finale is acidic and sour with a hint of strawberry, quite acidic and sour, lightly sweet, medium body, thin; overall: so? FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 375 ml, meilleure avant 07/08/2018, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 15 décembre 2007, à l’ouverture, on devine une bière fatiguée; œil : caramel orangé, claire, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle, de très petites bulles sont collées à la paroi et y demeurent; nez : très fruitée, fraise, acidité, gueuze, cheval, fromage; bouche : plate, acidulé, sure, léger fraise, finale en acidité et sure avec une petite présence de fraises, très acide et sure, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, mince; en résumé : bof
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Oude Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Aroma of sour cherry. Perhaps something lactic. Beautiful ruby color with a non-retentive head. Thin to medium body with mild carbonation. The flavor starts sour, but there is some cherry. The lactic aspect continues, puckers the mouth a bit, persists. Typical semi-funky lambic. Pretty damn tasty.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Mead the Gueuze from Hanssens Artisanaal 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours a golden orange color with a large fizzy head. Has a sour tasrt barnyard aroma with some weak hints of honey. Tart fruity flavor with hints of alcohol and honey. Tasrt dry fruity finish with some warming hints, also hints of mead in the aftertaste.