Cable Car Kriek
The Lost Abbey - The Tasting Room

 

750ml bottle, 2021 release, poured into a stemless wine glass. Enjoyed on 05.04.2024, reviewed from Tasting Journal.

The beer pours a nice salmon pink color, amber and ruby hues, nice clarity with a fizzy off-white head, no retention nor lacing. The aroma is nice, tart cherry, oak, citrus, vanilla, quite floral, soft grain, lots of funk, and mineral water. The flavors are great, funky oak, bright cherry juice, vinous grape, citrus, wildflower, berry fruits, vanilla, and mineral water. The mouthfeel is good, coating, crisp, tart and tangy with a lighter medium body, lively dry finish.

Verdict: A really nice "kriek" style wild from The Lost Abbey. The cherry is the star and is expressed very well. Bright, delicate, tart, great depth to the cherry with nice barrel character.

 

 

 

 

 

OG. Murky pale red appearance with loose bubbly light light pink fast fleeting head. Nose and palate is bold and jammy cherry, cherry skin, slight funk, oak, and tastefully tart. Moderate body and carbonation, creamy mouthfeel. Held up amazingly well.

2021 vintage

Review 2100! For this next landmark review I got my hands on the seemingly rare yet highly rated Cable Car Kriek. I haven't had anything from Lost Abbey in quite some time either (exactly 1000 reviews ago apparently), so I'm excited to try this legendary Kriek. Let's pop it open and find out what it's all about

Pours a cloudy reddish orange with just a few pinkish white bubbles that quickly fade to nothing and obviously leaves no lacing

It's so fruit forward and tart in the nose. Not too much funk but that's fine by me. I'm picking up on aromas of sour cherry, apple cider vinegar, sharp oak, lemon zest, crackery malt, jammy blackberry, lime zest, and light red wine

In taste it's much brighter and I'm all about it. A bit more funk is present here but still nothing crazy. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting sour cherry, cherry pit, lemon juice, crackery malt, almond, lime zest, brown sugar, sharp oak, apple skin, and light leather. The swallow brings notes of sour cherry, dry oak, jammy blackberry, lemon juice, tannic red wine, crackery malt, almond, and light brown sugar

A medium body pairs with moderate carbonation, resulting in a sharp beer. Finishes bone dry and refreshing

This one is awesome. Absolutely worth seeking out if you like Krieks

 

 

2021 vintage. Ruby red body with surprisingly little carbonation and no head whatsoever. Aromas are pretty standard kriek: cherry pie, lemon, hay, bit of vinegar. Very little funk, which is a bit unusual. Flavors are acetic but also semi-sweet, with predominant notes of cherry and apple cider vinegar. Feel is slippery and a bit flat due to the low carbonation. Overall I think this is one of those beers that made waves upon release when the idea of Belgian lambics was still relatively unknown in the US, but now that we have broader access to some of the best Belgium offerings here in the states it doesn't quite hold up. Especially given the price point ($90/750ml), I would not buy this again but happy to have the opportunity.

64/100

2021