Comments on Year of Beer: #138 Oud Beersel - Oude Kriek Vielle

I have no clue how old the beer was, the bottle lo...

2008-01-23T15:45:00.000-06:00

I have no clue how old the beer was, the bottle looked a little rough so I would suspect some age, being a less well known brewery the beer could have been old. I got that from a store that keeps most of the beer in a fridge. If the beer is older it might have spent some time in warmer conditions that 15C (50F).

The beer that I drank was incredible sour, I'm a little disappointed to know that my bottle might have been bad.

Thank you for explaining the name of the beer. It is not uncommon for me to be confused by the Belgian beer bottle. And with some Belgian beers I can't find any websites in English when I try to learn more.

A very nice beer if you have it in a proper condit...

2008-01-23T15:31:00.000-06:00

A very nice beer if you have it in a proper condition, and one of my favourites in the category (and if stored properly not sour at all). How old was is, and how was it stored? Kriek Lambic should always be kept at cellar temperatures and not be allowed to be over 14~15 degrees C.
Actually the name is a bit misunderstood as well. In Belgium (being bilingual) both Flemish and Wallonian are on the label (although merged). The Flemish name is "Oude Kriek", whilst the Wallonian name is "Kriek Vieille" (hardly really Wallonian however, as "Kriek" is still much more Flemish). In English it would be just "Old Cherry [Lambic]" (or whatever more accurate translation there would be for Kriek, as they are merely a sub-gender of cherries).

I enjoyed this lambic. I think a little colder, a...

2008-01-23T08:28:00.000-06:00

I enjoyed this lambic. I think a little colder, and out of a chalice rather than a bottle would have made it spectacular (I get Willie's leftovers after he pours it into a bottle)

This beer had the sour taste of cranberries. Not the cranberries with the aluminum can shape, but the pure ones that have just started popping on the stove.