Cantillon Lou Pepe - Kriek - Brasserie Cantillon

tobelerone

New Jersey

4.53/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

My favorite kriek to date. 2009 vintage, bottled in 2011. Pours an incredible deep cherry color with a frothy pink head that settles down slowly. Patches of pink lace stick to the glass. Powerful tart cherry aroma, oak, lemony acidity, hints of barnyard funk and hay follow behind.

Flavor follows the aroma; tons of fresh sour cherries taking center stage. The sourness is moderate in comparison to something like Hanssen's, so this stays away from the teeth-melting level, but it's still ample and pleasant, and doesn't start repeating on you after you finish the bottle. Lemons and trace vinegar notes, oak, funk, grass and hay all play elements. Very modest levels of both sweetness and acidity. Not quite a full pucker.

Medium to slightly light in body, crisp and lively carbonation. Supremely drinkable, full of subtleties and interesting nuances, a bottle I'd buy again in a heartbeat, even at thirty bucks a pop.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2012 04:32:20 | More by tobelerone

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Kansas

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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Massachusetts

5/5  rDev +9.6%

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Texas

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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Alberta (Canada)

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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Arkansas

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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Indiana

5/5  rDev +9.6%

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hotsudge

Ontario (Canada)

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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New Jersey

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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myersk27

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev -1.3%

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Illinois

4.5/5  rDev -1.3%

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California

4.25/5  rDev -6.8%

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Pennsylvania

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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New York

5/5  rDev +9.6%

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Florida

5/5  rDev +9.6%

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Vermont

4/5  rDev -12.3%

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Oklahoma

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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Hopbully

Virginia

5/5  rDev +9.6%

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New York

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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Colorado

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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woodchopper

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev -1.3%

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Wisconsin

5/5  rDev +9.6%

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Florida

4.25/5  rDev -6.8%

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Texas

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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Kentucky

4.75/5  rDev +4.2%

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