Eylenbosch Kriek - Brouwerij Mort Subite

ManforallSaisons

Belgium

4.56/5  rDev +23.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Had the privilege of tasking the 1994 vintage tapped at the Dag van de Kriek festival in Eizeringen. I asked if it's a faro (as I know they sell it at the cafe)! Dusky caramel in color, gone brown the way aged claret goes brown. Just a glint of claret in the tea. A scrim of ivory clinging ti the surface tension. Nose of not cherry fruit but an arbor, something green and leafy about it, but obviously cherry, and cinnamon toast. Attack of acidity, malty root beer, cherry fruit but nothing jammy about it. Lots of fruit left in there, though, either the beer or the cellaring is impressive. Backed with sweet cherry but in a properly acidic base. Oily ( not in a bad way) texture to the fore, some surviving bubbles to cleanse it all magnificently. I had to go back for more of the precious short supply.

Serving type: on-tap

06-09-2013 20:17:14 | More by ManforallSaisons

TurdFurgison

Ohio

4.06/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

1987 Eylenbosch Kriek, 375mL bottle poured at the Kulminator in March 2013. This poured a very still reddish brown color with a very thin ring of large-celled bubbles around the edge. It smells old but the cherries are still very present. There's no vinegar or bad solventy things going on, more of a "stale" aroma from the age (which I didn't mind).

The taste is not really sour, maybe a little sweeter than I expected (not overly sweet in any way though). Pleasant enough, this old beer sort of bridges the gap from Lindemans sweeter concoctions and the more recent vintages of oude krieks which I really love. At 9 euros you really can't go wrong with this if you spot it at Kulminator. I think I saw it priced significantly higher at another cafe last year, so I recommend Antwerp if you want to try it.

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2013 07:58:32 | More by TurdFurgison

womencantsail

California

3.1/5  rDev -15.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours a murky brownish-red color with little to no head. Sweet cherry aroma, cardboard oxidation, a light tartness, and sugar. A light woodiness, maybe some vinegar. The flavor is sweet and sugary. Decent cherry flavor, lots of cardboard, a touch of vinegar to go with the more acidic sourness.

Serving type: bottle

08-07-2012 17:48:51 | More by womencantsail