Oud Beersel Kriek

3.9/5

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

375 ml bottle into tulip, best by 10/14/2013. Pours slightly cloudy brick red color with a nice and dense 2 fingers of pink colored head with fantastic retention that reduces to a lasting lacing cap. Thick lacing clings to the sides of the glass as well. Aromas of tart cherries, cherry juice sweetness, spices, and a bit of vinegar. Some nice aromas with good strength and balance. Taste of sweet cherries, spices, and a bit of tart cherry as well. Pretty dry finish, but there is a bit of cherry sweetness that hangs around for a bit. Light-medium bodied with medium carbonation. A bit of a creamy and syrupy mouthfeel is present. No alcohol noticed at all as expected for being 4%. Sweetness of this beer is not cloying at all, and this drinks extremely well. Overall a very nice and tasty kriek! I will have to check out the oude kriek vieille soon.

A very nice sweet kriek here, a little harder to find than their other one. I will be having it soon enough.

Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Vieille

4.2/5

AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20

375 ml bottle into tulip, best by 4-20-2026. Pours cloudy golden amber color with a fairly dense 2 finger white head with great retention that reduces to a lacing ring. Aromas of sour apple, cherry, grape, grass, funk, and a bit of spice. A lot going on here, nice aromas. Taste of apple, grape, wood, spice, and earthiness. Fairly sour and tart on the finish, with some woody, earthy, spicy notes that linger for a short period on the finish with a bit of grape and apple as well. Medium carbonation and body. Fairly smooth drinking as well. Nice balance of flavors all around with nice complexity. Overall, this is a highly enjoyable gueuze. I would pick this one up again.

An excellent gueuze. A lot less sour than I was expecting after having the Lindemans, but is nicely balanced and quite drinkable as well. I have a kriek from this brewery to try, but I have not had any krieks yet, so I may pick up some soon to get to know that style better.