{"id":7777,"date":"2015-01-08T12:12:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T16:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2015-01-08T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T16:12:03","slug":"reviews-oud-beersel-bzart-oude-kriek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/01\/08\/reviews-oud-beersel-bzart-oude-kriek\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Reviews: Oud Beersel Bzart Oude Kriek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7388,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/16027691730&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190115082631\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/16027691730\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 23:35:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 23:35:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7389,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/16213161931&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190115082657\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/16213161931\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 23:35:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 23:35:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>This is not a Gueuze but I\u2019m going to just start opening unrated Lambic this week including all of the unrated Bzart beers I\u2019ve acquired. I have a few of each and maintain that these beers are going to shine in a decade or so if you don\u2019t mind the price of entry. If you can somehow find a Magnum of the 2007 Oude Gueuze Bzart, grab it and lay it down for 10 years. Just my advice.<\/p>\n<p>This is the Bzart Oude Kriek which has certain requirements in EU to adhere to when given the name Oude Kriek. Tomorrow, I\u2019ll put up the Bzart KriekenLambiek and we\u2019ll see how these differ.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Bzart Oude Kriek 2008&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/16027691730\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Bzart Oude Kriek 2008\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Bzart Oude Kriek 2008\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8666\/16027691730_b3abe117a5_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div title=\"3.6 out of 5.0\"><strong>3.6<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big>8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big>6\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big>14\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Picked this up in Belgium last year. Enjoyed split 2 ways @ 40 Degrees F and allowed to warm.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Looks like a crimson \/ maroon red with a slightly red 4 finger head that fades to 1 finger and sticks around. Cork popped in a similar way to champagne.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; The nose is nice. Sweet cherry pie, cloves, brown sugar, tart and oak with a bit of grape juice.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; The taste is surprisingly very good. Reminds me a lot of better done back sweetened kriek Lambiek or just a sweeter version of Oud Beersel Kriek. Tart and sweet finish lingers for a while<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Mouthfeel is huge, very champagne like it\u2019s a nice explosion of flavor and very dense mouthfeel. Interesting<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; For the price I paid in Belgium, I may buy this again but at prices we see here in USA, it\u2019s just not worth it.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Bzart Oude Kriek 2008&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/16213161931\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Bzart Oude Kriek 2008\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Bzart Oude Kriek 2008\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8680\/16213161931_01defe0678_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is not a Gueuze but I\u2019m going to just start opening unrated Lambic this week including all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:26:13Z","apple_news_api_id":"0aa0fb10-9bfd-4aca-9033-20932e15e74d","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:26:13Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ACqD7EJv9SsqQMyCTLhXnTQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-21r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2574,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/01\/10\/review-oud-beersel-bzart-kriekenlambiek\/","url_meta":{"origin":7777,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Oud Beersel Bzart Kriekenlambiek","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"3.5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a06\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a013\/20 Acquired this bottle at least a year ago in Belgium, most likely @ HopDuvel Gent. 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