Kriek
Helltown Brewing

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From:
Helltown Brewing
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Fruit Lambic
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
89
Avg:
4.02 | pDev: 12.44%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
44
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 01, 2017
Added:
Sep 03, 2014
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  3
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Reviewed by beerfurious from Pennsylvania

4.27/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Popped one last week that was bottled in July 2014. Aging did wonders for this beer. The nose, funk and the tart finish is exceptional. If they produce this again, I will buy and let sit for a long time before opening.
Mar 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by rolltide from Pennsylvania

Apr 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by Brown120 from Pennsylvania

Apr 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by DrDominator from Pennsylvania

Dec 11, 2015
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Reviewed by Dco from Pennsylvania

4.59/5  rDev +14.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
I purchased several of these on release day. At that time they were good, a tad thin, and a bit under developed. I sat on them for a year, and wow. These have developed into a delicious, tart funky beer. They developed so well that I bough two cases. The cherries and barrel are now coming through quite well. Do yourself a favor and try this again if you've only tried at in the first 8-12 months.
Nov 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.8 by barflybastard from Pennsylvania

Oct 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.95 by orangesol from Pennsylvania

Aug 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4.27 by thatoneguymike from Georgia

Apr 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.09 by Boston_Steve from Massachusetts

Mar 27, 2015
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Reviewed by Stinkypuss from Pennsylvania

3.61/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a light pinkish color with a slight haze. The fizzy head does fade quick. The aroma is pretty funky, sour fruit and rotting garbage in an acceptable way. Sour upfront on the taste with some cherries and raw grain on the back end. Perhaps a bit gaseous, there is a slight sulfur thing going on. Still sour, oaky and pretty enjoyable. Reminds me more of a fruited barrel aged Berliner Weisse than true Belgian Kriek, but in these parts we take what we can get. Interesting to try, I liked it.
Feb 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4.06 by AndyEdgar from Illinois

Feb 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.16 by Canada_Dan from Colorado

Feb 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.68 by AndrewTB from Pennsylvania

Jan 04, 2015
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Reviewed by cpetrone84 from Pennsylvania

2.88/5  rDev -28.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pour is pink grapefruit in color, clear, with a fizzy white head that dissipates immediately. Nose is light plastic/acetic with some cherry and sawdusty barrel. Sour, stings the back sides of the mouth, Lots of cherry, slightly thin, some notes of acetic and rubbery phenol. Assertive carb, light body.
Jan 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Taperwookie from Colorado

Nov 20, 2014
 
Rated: 4.04 by leweyco from Iowa

Nov 18, 2014
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Reviewed by nmann08 from Virginia

3.67/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From a bottle, pours a very attractive pink grapefruit color, not a ton of carbonation, just a small light red head.

The nose is tart cherries, a little funk, and definitely some wood pulp from the oak treatment. The taste is equally as tart as the nose, lots of vinegar, cherries, brett, and wet wood. It has alot of acid, almost puckering.

Overall, this is good, but not exceptional.
Nov 14, 2014
 
Rated: 2 by krykel from Pennsylvania

Nov 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.84 by Jeff412pgh from Pennsylvania

Nov 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by IPAchris from Pennsylvania

Oct 28, 2014
Kriek from Helltown Brewing
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 44 ratings