Schaarbeekse Kriek
Hanssens Artisanaal bvba

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From:
Hanssens Artisanaal bvba
 
Belgium
Style:
Fruit Lambic
Ranked #98
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
90
Ranked #9,283
Avg:
4.1 | pDev: 12.44%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
18
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 29, 2023
Added:
Mar 25, 2019
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  1
Fresh sour cherries macerated in young lambic in oak barrels with fermentation in the bottle.
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Ratings by mishi_d:
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Reviewed by mishi_d from Romania

3.05/5  rDev -25.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Dark red color with a short white head, sour aroma of vinegar, stale wine and cherries, taste is the same, heavy sourness, difficult to drink, definitely not my style.
Jul 24, 2019
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Rated: 4.04 by desint from Belgium

Sep 29, 2023
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Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden

4/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a dark purple with zero head.

Smell is tart with notes of cherries, vinegar, oak, lime and red wine.

Taste is sour with loads of acidity. Notes of cherries, oak, vinegar, citrus peel and red wine with a slight sweetness on the finish.

Mouthfeel is flat and smooth.

Overall, a very nice Kriek, but the acidity becomes a bit too much in the end.
Aug 26, 2023
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Murky maroon with a beige bubble ring. Smell is pretty much cherry and vinegar laiden lacto with oak. Taste features giant lacto with dark cherry, vinegar, brett and oak as second wave. Not as complex as their other kriek, way more vinegar. Feel is more sour, much more acidic, still languid and sneaky thick though, more oaky and pungent.
Nov 25, 2022
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

4/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
750 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6%. Deep red colour, low pink head. Funky aroma of brettanomyces / farmhouse, sweaty stable groom and sour cherries. The flavour has plenty of brettanomyces and loads of very sour cherries, hints of red wine vinegar. Very good.
Jul 24, 2022
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Reviewed by Bierschenker from Belgium

4.26/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
Bought at Albo Drinks in Boechout. They always have a few exiting bottles.
I visited Hanssens in 2019 during the TDG. They are hard to find in regular shops. Hanssens is in my personal Geuze/Lambic top three.

Served in my usual tumbler. Beer is flat.
Colour is a dark warm red.
Scent is overpoweringly vinagar with some sweet cherry hints.
Flavour is very sour, but also loads of sweet cherries.
Mouthfeel is vinous and tart.
Aftertaste is identical, but sticky.

Powerful. A flavour bomb. Super sour. Everything I love in a good young Kriek.
Sep 10, 2021
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Rated by RobertColianni from Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +22%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4yo (2017) bottle:
Jun 10, 2021
 
Rated: 4.44 by Beerbom from California

Jan 24, 2021
 
Rated: 4.19 by trevorpost from Pennsylvania

Dec 05, 2020
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Reviewed by stcules from Italy

3.25/5  rDev -20.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Dar red, purple. Just a hint of pink foam.
Intense smell of cherries, sour notes, a bit of solvent. Leather.
In the taste the sourness is strong. With more than hint of acetic.
Leather, cherries, cherry stones.
Hard sourness. Tart. Vinegar.
Almost flat.
Nov 10, 2020
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Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan

4.86/5  rDev +18.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
I had this during SF Beerweek 2020 from the hand pump. Cask conditioned and delicious!

Pours a rich ruddy red, thin foaming with some life. Wonderfully vibrant aroma with the cherry notes upfront. Sharply tart, incredible finish.
Jun 28, 2020
 
Rated: 4.92 by DISKORD from South Carolina

Jan 27, 2020
 
Rated: 3.52 by stephenlee93 from England

Nov 30, 2019
 
Rated: 4.03 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

Oct 13, 2019
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Reviewed by rex_4539 from Greece

3.85/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L: Very deep, dark red color, quarter finger off white head, ok lacing, very light carbonation.

S: Cherries, fruity, sour.

T: Sour, cherries, juicy.

F: Medium bodied, lots of flavor.

O: More sour than I hoped but pretty good nonetheless.
Aug 30, 2019
 
Rated: 4.29 by jrenihan from Canada (ON)

Jun 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by steverx8 from England

May 06, 2019
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois

4.4/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Sampled fresh at the source during Toer De Geuze 2019. Deep saturated scarlet, light haze, bursting with rich juicy Schaerbeek cherries in aroma and taste. Concentrated and rich, tart and juicy pie cherry with a hint of cinnamon and almond from the pits. Crisp and acidic, zero vinegar. Intentional low carb level, this is unblended lambic and fruit. Overall it’s intense and distinctive with a ton of Schaerbeek cherries. Not for the novice crowd.

Side note: Still unblended lambic is intentional and traditional. Anyone can force carbonate beer. This is done the traditional way, straight from the barrel without CO2 added, which has become nearly extinct in our modern/filtered/sterilized world. This is often lost on international consumers. Go to Belgium and drink unblended lambic at the source, it will change your life and obliterate any misperceptions.
May 06, 2019
Schaarbeekse Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal bvba
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 18 ratings