Cascade Kriek Ale | Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub
Brewed by:
Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub
Oregon, United States
cascadebrewing.com
Style: Flanders Red Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 8.20%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
This NW style sour red ale is blend of red ales aged in oak barrels for up to eight months, then aged on fresh Bing and sour pie cherries for an additional eight months. Aromas of rich, dark cherries, oak and slight hints of cinnamon are noticed up front. Dark, tart cherries and light spice notes dance on the palate and lead to a rich, dark, tart sparkling finish of dark cherries and oak.
Note:
Kriek 2007 = 6.6% ABV
Kriek 2008 = 8.1% ABV
Kriek 2009 = 7.3% ABV
Kriek 2010 = 7.1% ABV
Kriek 2012 = 7.2% ABV
Kriek 2013 = 8.2% ABV
Kriek 2014 = 8.2% ABV
Kriek 2015 = 7.1% ABV
Please note which version is being reviewed, if known.
Added by ccrida on 04-17-2008
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Ratings: 1,179 | Reviews: 299
4.52/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Deep mahogany; insane pomegranate, glace cherry, port, soil + a bit of cheese rind on the nose; autumn leaf, tannins, barrel, lactic, deep cherry + winey linger.
4.25 4.75 4.5 4.25 4.5
Outrageous nose. As much barrel as sour and the cherries play well. Only more beautiful as it opens. I’m still a bit baffled by the variations in Flanders Reds, but this is possibly Cascade’s best, and that’s no small feat.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Deep mahogany; insane pomegranate, glace cherry, port, soil + a bit of cheese rind on the nose; autumn leaf, tannins, barrel, lactic, deep cherry + winey linger.
4.25 4.75 4.5 4.25 4.5
Outrageous nose. As much barrel as sour and the cherries play well. Only more beautiful as it opens. I’m still a bit baffled by the variations in Flanders Reds, but this is possibly Cascade’s best, and that’s no small feat.
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4.45/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.25/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
It pours hazy reddish brown under a pinkish tinted cream colored cap. It has funky tart cherry smell with a hint of oak. The flavor is lemonade tart and filled with cherries. An elegant and very drinkable beer.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
It pours hazy reddish brown under a pinkish tinted cream colored cap. It has funky tart cherry smell with a hint of oak. The flavor is lemonade tart and filled with cherries. An elegant and very drinkable beer.
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4.17/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.35/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750 mL corked bottle into a Duvel tulip glass
2013 project, opened on the date of this review.
Leather-mahogany appearance, effervescent with low viscosity, resulting in a quickly dissipating head.
Funk-forward nose, with lots of surrounding oak, tart cherries and must. A bit more cherry-forward in its flavors, while aging has mellowed any sharp sour aspects, revealing more malty sweetness. Plenty of brett-funk and dry grassy notes, layering the flavor profile. Brew has relatively long finish, dry and berry tart.
This holds up really well in storage. I've had this fresh several times, it's actually easier to throw back with a few years under its belt.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750 mL corked bottle into a Duvel tulip glass
2013 project, opened on the date of this review.
Leather-mahogany appearance, effervescent with low viscosity, resulting in a quickly dissipating head.
Funk-forward nose, with lots of surrounding oak, tart cherries and must. A bit more cherry-forward in its flavors, while aging has mellowed any sharp sour aspects, revealing more malty sweetness. Plenty of brett-funk and dry grassy notes, layering the flavor profile. Brew has relatively long finish, dry and berry tart.
This holds up really well in storage. I've had this fresh several times, it's actually easier to throw back with a few years under its belt.
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4.77/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Best US-made Kriek I've laid hands on, and in competition for my favorite full-stop. Leathery funk and cherry pit. Somehow outside the realm of what humans are usually allowed to put in their mouths. Yeah. Ok. Yeah.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Best US-made Kriek I've laid hands on, and in competition for my favorite full-stop. Leathery funk and cherry pit. Somehow outside the realm of what humans are usually allowed to put in their mouths. Yeah. Ok. Yeah.
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4.37/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
2014 project
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
2014 project
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4.31/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.23/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.6/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.93/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
Vibrant and clear ruby gem-red with a creamy collar and a wild array of soft, creamy lace.
Smells of spiced, charred oak, and fresh cherries migrate nicely to the palate with juicy cherry pie filling and dry, spiced oak while tinglingly sour and kind of thin.
2016 vintage
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
Vibrant and clear ruby gem-red with a creamy collar and a wild array of soft, creamy lace.
Smells of spiced, charred oak, and fresh cherries migrate nicely to the palate with juicy cherry pie filling and dry, spiced oak while tinglingly sour and kind of thin.
2016 vintage
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Cascade Kriek Ale from Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub
Beer rating:
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