Kriek
Tommie Sjef Wild Ales
- From:
- Tommie Sjef Wild Ales
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.24 | pDev: 2.12%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 04, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 15, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Kriek is made with organic sour cherries. Our interpretation of this classic style is a blend of different wild ales varying from 1 up to 2 years combined with the cherries. The cherries where macerated and fermented in the beer for over half a year in a red wine foeder. We used 375 grams of cherries per liter of beer.
The cherries pop out in the aroma, together with a hint of cinnamon and almond. It’s a fairly clean aroma, with just a hint of funk. In the taste I find a lot of dark berry notes, fresh cherries, some spices and a touch of red wine notes from the foeder. The sourness is quite pronounced in this one, which mainly comes from the cherries. The beer also took up some firm tannins from the fruit. This gives the beer a nice dry finish.
Kriek is already good to drink during the fall, but this beer is also perfect to cellar for a couple of years to balance out the fruitiness and base beer. With a year or more of ageing, the tannins and sourness will be more integrated as well.
The cherries pop out in the aroma, together with a hint of cinnamon and almond. It’s a fairly clean aroma, with just a hint of funk. In the taste I find a lot of dark berry notes, fresh cherries, some spices and a touch of red wine notes from the foeder. The sourness is quite pronounced in this one, which mainly comes from the cherries. The beer also took up some firm tannins from the fruit. This gives the beer a nice dry finish.
Kriek is already good to drink during the fall, but this beer is also perfect to cellar for a couple of years to balance out the fruitiness and base beer. With a year or more of ageing, the tannins and sourness will be more integrated as well.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
4.1/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A 750ml corked and capped bottle with a best before date of 12th June 2026 (5 years). Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A deep red colour with a slight orange tint, and a one finger pinkish head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, cherries, cherry stem, blood orange, with notes of wood and almond.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherries, cherry stem, fruit vinegar, lemon, with cinnamon and woody notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Some nice sour cherry and barrel flavours.
Dec 04, 2024Appearance: A deep red colour with a slight orange tint, and a one finger pinkish head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, cherries, cherry stem, blood orange, with notes of wood and almond.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherries, cherry stem, fruit vinegar, lemon, with cinnamon and woody notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Some nice sour cherry and barrel flavours.
Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia
4.29/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Bottle shared by Bardia. Thank you!
Blood red ruby hue with a thin pinkish ringlet of head. Cherry funk aroma, heavy on the skin. Mild acetone, light carbonation. Very tasty.
Jan 15, 2022Blood red ruby hue with a thin pinkish ringlet of head. Cherry funk aroma, heavy on the skin. Mild acetone, light carbonation. Very tasty.
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