The Kriekenbloesem
de Garde Brewing
- From:
- de Garde Brewing
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #120 - ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,894 - Avg:
- 4.43 | pDev: 4.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 12, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 15, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
A spontaneous wild ale blended from two years aged in oak barrels with tart cherries & cherry blossoms.
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.88/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
750 ml bottle at share. Pink/ violet pour, small skin of head. Tart, cherry aroma. Taste comes in creamy, tart, fruity, sour cherries. Surprisingly smooth.
Apr 12, 2023
Reviewed by TheIPAHunter from California
4.49/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Bright pomegranate juice color. Nose is funky forest floor with crushed fallen cherries. Taste is bright, acidic cherries, lush wet oak, and some floral notes. Finishes barely sweet, mostly tart, vinous cherry juice. Wonderful.
Jun 04, 2021
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.44/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Glowing Swedish Fish red with a short but densely level pastel pink head.
Dank resinous dG funk contrasts with classic cherry juice and pie marzipan to create a freshly new and aggressive take on the classic kriek formula. The blossom seems to add an herbal note, as opposed to foral, that's sort of minty, moreso like Altoids than the actual plant.
The frothy medium body finishes paper dry.
May 17, 2021Dank resinous dG funk contrasts with classic cherry juice and pie marzipan to create a freshly new and aggressive take on the classic kriek formula. The blossom seems to add an herbal note, as opposed to foral, that's sort of minty, moreso like Altoids than the actual plant.
The frothy medium body finishes paper dry.
Reviewed by Rub_This_BBQ from Massachusetts
4.59/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
6/20 corked bottle poured in snifter style beer glass
L: pours a fluffy 2 finger disappearing head, that leads to a ruby clear red beer
S: tart cherries , really smells like fresh fruit and not beer
T: luscious bright cherry tartness, has a little sweetness and just the right of mouth puckering sourness
M : medium carb full and rich with a nice dry finish.
The beer was a amazing special treat so well done and amazing way to highlight the cherries used to age this beer,
Mar 21, 2021L: pours a fluffy 2 finger disappearing head, that leads to a ruby clear red beer
S: tart cherries , really smells like fresh fruit and not beer
T: luscious bright cherry tartness, has a little sweetness and just the right of mouth puckering sourness
M : medium carb full and rich with a nice dry finish.
The beer was a amazing special treat so well done and amazing way to highlight the cherries used to age this beer,
Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon
4.49/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
750ml cork and capped bottle, bottled 6/2018 or whereabouts. Snifter glass.
Medium darker reddish body, slight cloudy pink hue, one finger frothy white head, fairly effervescent, good retention and lacing. Smells and tastes of an acetic cherry pie- sweet cherry flesh with tart cherry skin, moderate acetic acidity, refreshing lemon zest and a bit of tannic oak, dab of leathery funk. I had to look a bit for the floral aspect of it, but it's definitely noticeable as it warms. It's really more of a spicy floral character, actually, which is a bit buried under the big cherry presence and of course the acidity of the base wild ale.
Medium bodied, good complexity and carbonation. Slightly floral character on the finish, accentuated by cherry skins.
Jan 12, 2019Medium darker reddish body, slight cloudy pink hue, one finger frothy white head, fairly effervescent, good retention and lacing. Smells and tastes of an acetic cherry pie- sweet cherry flesh with tart cherry skin, moderate acetic acidity, refreshing lemon zest and a bit of tannic oak, dab of leathery funk. I had to look a bit for the floral aspect of it, but it's definitely noticeable as it warms. It's really more of a spicy floral character, actually, which is a bit buried under the big cherry presence and of course the acidity of the base wild ale.
Medium bodied, good complexity and carbonation. Slightly floral character on the finish, accentuated by cherry skins.
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