Kriek
Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- From:
- Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Oud Bruin
Ranked #19 - ABV:
- 7.75%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,923 - Avg:
- 4.12 | pDev: 8.98%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 02, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 18, 2012
- Wants:
- 43
- Gots:
- 13
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Early in the summer The Cherry Country delivers fresh picked Montmorency cherries from their orchard to our brewery. Our brewers immediately pack these tart red beauties into first and second use Kentucky bourbon casks before filling them with Enchanted, our open fermented Oud Bruin. Each autumn we blend three seasons from select barrels marrying fresh and mature cherry notes with gentle bourbon, oak, rich malt, and balancing acidity.
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
3.02/5 rDev -26.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.5
3.02/5 rDev -26.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.5
2024 Vintage. Smell is on the vinegar side. I wish American brewers would emulate the Belgians in mixing mellow and fruity beer with the old snaggle-toothed stuff. This is just so acidic it masks whatever fruit may be left. I don't taste any Bourbon barrels, now that I see that on the label. It's just a sour old beer with bitterness overwhelming the cherries. There is just a hint of fruit in the nose. Overall this is just sour and I don't mean that in a nice way. From the big Champagne bottle purchased at Garden Path at Skagit County airport industrial park.
May 02, 2026
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.06/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A red currant shaded opaque body, white webbing for a head. Big deep cherry leads the nose with bourbon mash, oak, barnyard funk, lacto, and a vanilla kiss. Sweet leaning taste with sweet cherry more than tart, though both present, enters into bourbon, black strap molasses, some caramel and vanilla accents, with lighter amount of oak and funk with a whisper of plum as it warms. A fun twist with the bourbon barrel. Feel is barrel driven compared to most kriek, boozier and heavier, but still tart and funky.
Jul 07, 2022
Reviewed by cavemanlawyer from Oregon
4.57/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.57/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2016 vintage, 500 ml bottle poured into glass.
Wow. This beer explodes on the nose. Vanilla and cherry dominates with some oak and hints of bourbon. Smell lingers for days.
Appearance is ruddy brown, with gentle pour the beer has all kinds of ruby tones.
Taste is outstanding. Vanilla notes woven throughout the tart montmorency cherries and nice oak backbone. Tart but not overly sour, extremely dry. World Class. Nothing much like it really.
Can't say enough good things about the Block 15 barrel program lately. This might be better than the more popular Super Nebula variants. Need more!
Feb 16, 2017Wow. This beer explodes on the nose. Vanilla and cherry dominates with some oak and hints of bourbon. Smell lingers for days.
Appearance is ruddy brown, with gentle pour the beer has all kinds of ruby tones.
Taste is outstanding. Vanilla notes woven throughout the tart montmorency cherries and nice oak backbone. Tart but not overly sour, extremely dry. World Class. Nothing much like it really.
Can't say enough good things about the Block 15 barrel program lately. This might be better than the more popular Super Nebula variants. Need more!
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
3.53/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.53/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
375 mL bottle. Deep amber. A bit of reddish flecks. Deep caramel aroma. Deep cherry. Oak. Taste is strong oak and bitterness. Tart cherry. Bitter. Caramel malt. Medium body. Low carbonation. Heavy malt, oak, and a deep cherry flavor. I expected something fresher, I guess.
Feb 02, 2016
Rated by Raziel313 from California
3.02/5 rDev -26.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.02/5 rDev -26.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Tastes of cheap cherries. Pass
Apr 14, 2015
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