7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

10 April 2021. Vintage 2015. Cheers to Maarten, Eduard & Domien! Intense aroma of vinegar, sour cherry, bloody iron, lemon peel, wood, horseblanket, cured meat. Taste is a very sour mix of vinegar, lemon, bloody metal, toned down by sweetish dried fruits, pear & almond. Woody, sharp vinegar finish, lingering tart red fruit. Good stuff, the ageing really did this one good although Duchesse de Bourgogne is better. Original rating: 7/4/6/3/13=3.3. 24 February 2019. Wieze Bierfestival - cheers to Meeki, Ama Deke & the lovely Anke! Nice to see this classic passing by. Clear red-brown with a lasting, small, foamy, tan head; little lacing. Aroma of bloody iron, vinegar, sour cherry, wood, red yoghurt, almond. Taste is medium funky sour, vinegar & faint varnish mixed with sour cherries & touch of almond, sweetish notes of caramel, pear, bit woody bitter, phenolic, metallic. Dryish, tart, acidic finish, cherries, vinegar, bit metallic & 'bloody'. Medium body, slick-oily texture, soft carbonation. Drinkable, just a tad too bloody.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle thanks to JK, thanks! Pours a hazy red with a slight amber hue and a near white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has tart cherry with oak, light funk and a hint of leaves. Flavor has a great tart cherry with some growing pie cherry and a bit of funk underlying.

9

The wine rounded the sour edges. Good cherry flavor.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Opalescent, yellow-ish, golden colour with average to huge, fluffy, moderately lasting and lacing, snow-white head. Spicy, floral, fruity and citrusy aroma, hints of lemon, chamomile, white pepper, a touch of peach, minimally biscuity, pale malty background. Taste is minmally sweet, biscuity, pale malty, slightly dry, mildly yeasty spicy and fruity, slightly citrusy hoppy, hints of lemon, peach, rippled yellow apple apple peel, white pepper, a touch of chamomile. Minimally oily texture, smooth and soft palate. Very nice.

7

Batch 44A2, BBD 25/10/2021;Light caramel & red fruit esters,touch of spic pepper,mild apple vinegar,red wine,hints of amarena cherry & honey --- Beer merged from original tick of Ichtegem's Grand Cru Cuvée (2013) on 03 Apr 2018 at 21:20 - Score: 7. Original review text: 2013 vintage bottle;at firts quite restrained aroma with light oxidation;sweet syrupy nose with light caramel & fruity/candy like esters

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at home. Pours clear reddish brown with small and frothy, cream coloured head. Aroma of vinegar, overripe cherries, nuts, caramel, vanilla, glue, acetone, metal. Taste very sweet with some acetic sourness. Medium mouthfeel.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

5 January 2019. At Backdoor, Ghent. Cheers to Eurogamer crew! Beer commissioned by Franky De Smet-Van Damme, lead singer of Belgian metal group Channel Zero. Sold at Backdoor as the alias 'Dragonbeer'. Pours hazy dark brown, reddish, with a lasting, small, unstable, frothy, tan head; some lacing. Aroma of red candy, strawberry, raspberry, syrup, cherry, candi sugar, industrial red yoghurt. Taste is medium fruity sweet, lots of raspberry & strawberry candy, in a rather artifical way; light fruity & wheaty sour too with a touch of bitter cherry pits; a bit malty & yoghurty. Dryish, tart, slightly herbal hoppy finish, but lingering red fruit & candy have the final say, and a dash of not too subtle 'fruit jenever' alcohol. Medium body, slick texture, soft to flat carbonation. With a name like that one would expect a Stout or something, not an overly sweet, alcoholic, pretty straightforward Fruit Beer (think Cherry Chouffe...). Meh.

8.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

The 2012 Brew Date & 2014 Bottling Batch. Very beautiful dark red color, looks like cherry juice, Long lasting head, never fully fades. Beautiful brett and cherry balance. Aroma has some light corkiness and a very pity cherry. Flavor is low sourness and high fruit with a sharp cork and short sour finish.Really enjoyable and easy drinking kriek. Full yet light and lively but not tingling carbonation.

5.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Strubbe Turbeau Noir (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 9/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5

19/XI/18 - 33cl bottle @ Horeca Expo Gent, BB: 5/XI/20 - (2018-1681)

Clear red brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweetish, fruity, forest fruit flavoured candy, blackberries, raspberry flavoured bubble gum. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sugary sweet start, bubble gum, sweet, slightly acidic, sugary. Aftertaste: little bitter, sugary, slightly bitter finish.

6.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Strubbe Pils (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

19/XI/18 - 25cl bottle as Strubbe Greatest Pils @ Horeca Expo Gent, BB: n/a - (2018-1680)

Clear pale blond beer, nice creamy white head, very stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: malty, grains, little solvent, bit chemical, thinner. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very malty, grains, soft bitterness, little chemical, dry, bit grassy. Aftertaste: chemical, hay, grains, little sweet, malty, cow fodder, dry finish.