Veritas Kriek
The Lost Abbey - The Tasting Room
- From:
- The Lost Abbey - The Tasting Room
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 6.57%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 05, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 18, 2018
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
Blended Sour Ale with Cherries Added
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Ratings by Alieniloquium:
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
3.56/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.56/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
750 mL bottle. Light red. Smells of cherry, oak, a little rubber. Tastes pleasantly tart, despite the nose making me think it would be really sour. Vanilla makes the cherry seem sweet. Oaky and dry finish. Moderately sour. Good, even with the slight rubber.
Jun 19, 2019More User Ratings:
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Hazy red color with thin lacing.
S - Tart cherry funk aroma with some slight acidity on the nose.
T - Puckering, "funky" tart cherry from start to finish.
M - Big medium body with some thinness around the edges.
O - Puckering but solid.
Jun 20, 2021S - Tart cherry funk aroma with some slight acidity on the nose.
T - Puckering, "funky" tart cherry from start to finish.
M - Big medium body with some thinness around the edges.
O - Puckering but solid.
Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York
3.89/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
750ml corked and caged bottle into Night Shift stemware. Shared with schen9303.
Bright, deep pink color. Near no head. Nose is hay, wet wood and tart cherry. A bright sourness for sure. Beer opens blindingly tart. Hints of nail polish remover, sour cherry, raspberry, vinegar and a noticeable cobweb and foam funk towards the finish. I also get wet wood, a hint of peat, a drop of butter and lemon. As I sip, the sourness gives way to more fruit overtones but it returns right before the finish. Body is light with moderate to ample carbonation. Foamy on the palate with a messy, puckering finish.
Solid but there's some buttery off flavor in the back.
Jul 13, 2019Bright, deep pink color. Near no head. Nose is hay, wet wood and tart cherry. A bright sourness for sure. Beer opens blindingly tart. Hints of nail polish remover, sour cherry, raspberry, vinegar and a noticeable cobweb and foam funk towards the finish. I also get wet wood, a hint of peat, a drop of butter and lemon. As I sip, the sourness gives way to more fruit overtones but it returns right before the finish. Body is light with moderate to ample carbonation. Foamy on the palate with a messy, puckering finish.
Solid but there's some buttery off flavor in the back.
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.4/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours with a slightly tawny pink hue and a one finger head; spotty lacing
Smell: Cherry, lemon, stone fruit and a hint of vinous white wine grape
Taste: The fruit blend emerges, with cherry, stone fruit and a hint of lemon and white wine grape, through the middle; oaky, through the middle with a dry but tart finish
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation; somewhat puckery
Overall: An impressive Kriek but I would have expected that from Lost Abbey
Jun 22, 2019Smell: Cherry, lemon, stone fruit and a hint of vinous white wine grape
Taste: The fruit blend emerges, with cherry, stone fruit and a hint of lemon and white wine grape, through the middle; oaky, through the middle with a dry but tart finish
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation; somewhat puckery
Overall: An impressive Kriek but I would have expected that from Lost Abbey
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.33/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Light reddish burnt orange pour. The smell lets those sour cherries rip! Has supporting wine, wood, stonefruit, lemon zest and some funk. Taste is not that sour in comparison, in fact it is more vinous if anything, with some barnyard funk and slight musk. Feel is a bit bright for a traditional lambic, but has good composition for the style throughout.
Jan 05, 2019
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