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Samuel Adams American Kriek (Barrel Room Collection)
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- From:
- Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 17.23%
- Reviews:
- 118
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 15, 2021
- Added:
- Oct 30, 2009
- Wants:
- 43
- Gots:
- 37
Ale aged w/ Balaton cherries in oak barrels; hand-bottled corked & caged; not bottled-conditioned. Blended w/ "Cosmic Mother Funk."
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Ratings by GarthDanielson:
Reviewed by GarthDanielson from Virginia
3.52/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a bottle into a brandy snifter, the beer pours with a good deal of foam and lots of bubbles. The beer is a rose-tinted copper color, with a quickly settling head that rings in at a very thin film after the huge start. Increased carbonation stays present throughout the drinking. Very effervescent aromas, with light hints of malt sweetness and tart grape and cherry fruitiness. Oily slick in mouth, with wine characteristics. Flavors are wine-like, also, but with some notes similar to a cider, also. Cherry, dark and mild, throughout, with a lambic sourness balancing the sweet and tart characteristics. The aftertaste is syrupy slick, with dark cherry and tannins, and a quick and slick finish. More lambic and wine than anything, but overly mild nonetheless.
Sep 02, 2011More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Manta200 from Kentucky
4.16/5 rDev +17.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +17.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2020 Brewery release, purchased at Cincinnati taproom.
1pint 9.4oz (750ml) bottle
Cherry galore with this one.
Light red color and a dark cherry smell. Taste is very much cherry but nicely balanced with the sour.
Mar 27, 20211pint 9.4oz (750ml) bottle
Cherry galore with this one.
Light red color and a dark cherry smell. Taste is very much cherry but nicely balanced with the sour.
Reviewed by Riff from Virginia
3.78/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a ruby red, fairly clear, with a thin, white head. Smell is tart, cherries, earth. Taste is cherries, tartness, earthy, a little sourness towards the finish. Medium light body, moderate carbonation. Pretty good, fairly tame but still tasty.
May 25, 2019Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a deep dark red color with a thick sheet of white foamy head. Slid off at a mild pace to leave some messy lace running here and there.
The aroma had some black cherry skin and flesh, sweet grassy to subtle spicy earthy tones, sturdy acidity, light sweet wood, some floral portions, and a light funk coming in.
The flavor leaned towards a sour to funky sort of blend up front and then brought in some light spicy to earthy, sweet and acidic levels in the background. Aftertaste centered around the sour and the funk.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a touch under and having a decent sipping quality since the acidic level seemed to rising as I continued to sip. Almost distracting, the acidity seemed to delve into the dryness of the wood. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine.
Overall, it's one of the better Sam Adams beers that I'd give another shot again.
Jul 07, 2017The appearance was a deep dark red color with a thick sheet of white foamy head. Slid off at a mild pace to leave some messy lace running here and there.
The aroma had some black cherry skin and flesh, sweet grassy to subtle spicy earthy tones, sturdy acidity, light sweet wood, some floral portions, and a light funk coming in.
The flavor leaned towards a sour to funky sort of blend up front and then brought in some light spicy to earthy, sweet and acidic levels in the background. Aftertaste centered around the sour and the funk.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a touch under and having a decent sipping quality since the acidic level seemed to rising as I continued to sip. Almost distracting, the acidity seemed to delve into the dryness of the wood. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine.
Overall, it's one of the better Sam Adams beers that I'd give another shot again.
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.77/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
so they apparently serve this on nitro now, how weird is that. a fruited wild on nitro, maybe the first one i have ever seen, had to try it. i never had the bottle version, so it will not be possible to make a comparison. its lovely though in the glass, deep ruby red and perfectly clear with one inch of white head on it thick as wedding cake frosting. it smells sweet and acidic at the same time, the fruit may be a little medicinal here, but it seems to work. what i dont get is the sourness in the flavor, there is acidity there, but not really funky and lactic like the best of them, this is a different type of kriek for sure, so dont go looking for the classics. it has a neat flavor though, lots of cherry, more natural tasting than it smells, but still with more residual sugar than i like. creamy feel from the nitro though, and i think i like this serving format for a beer like this. it helps integrate the flavors and make it feel bigger, maybe thats where the acidity is lost. too sweet to drink a lot of, more weird woody funk would really help it i think, but how can you not try this on a nitro tap? same beer i assume...
edit: maybe slightly better not on the nitro, but overly sweet and certainly lacking the lambic funk i expect in good kriek. more of a beginners take on the style, less exciting from a fermentation standpoint, but pleasant enough in small doses...
Sep 29, 2015edit: maybe slightly better not on the nitro, but overly sweet and certainly lacking the lambic funk i expect in good kriek. more of a beginners take on the style, less exciting from a fermentation standpoint, but pleasant enough in small doses...
Samuel Adams American Kriek (Barrel Room Collection) from Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
306 ratings
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