Le Coq
Le Coq
Le Coq is a barrel aged sour rye beer assembled on top of 450 pounds of sour cherries. As a result of this process, this proud and robust amber coloured beast presents lambic aromas with undertones of sour cherry and barley candy. As soon as dawn breaks, its light body starts singing sharp but generously fruity notes, a gripping combination that awakens the senses.
- Type
- Cherry Sour
- Aging time
- 24 months
- Format(s)
- 750 ML
- Alcool
- 6.5%
- Barrel type
- Red wine barrels then blended in a Brunello foeder with cherries
Tasting
Creation
Awards and recognition
- Appearance
- Reddish, cloudy
- Aromas
- Lambic, sour cherries and barley candy
- Taste
- Sharp, generously fruity
- Final
- Vinous, slightly oxidative
- Food pairings
- Cheese cake, chocolate, crème brûlée
- Operating temperature
- 4 to 6 celcius
- Gasification
- Natural
- Yeast
- Saison + Bretts
- Creation date
- 8 May 2014
2021 World Beer Awards (UK) World Best Kriek
2017 Prix du public Gold Medal
2014 Grande Brasse du Bières et Saveurs de Chambly (Canada) Gagnante de la 13e Édition
2014 European Beer Star (Germany) Médaille d’Argent, Belgian Style Fruit Sour Ale
2014 World Beer Awards (UK) The Americas Gold Kriek
Did you know
INSPIRED BY KRIEK LAMBICS. THESE BEERS OF BELGIAN ORIGIN ARE AMONG THE MOST SOUGHT AFTERS SO, IF YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAND ON LE COQ, BE CAREFUL NOT TO SING UNTIL EARLY MORNING.
It’s always the rooster you hear, never the ox.”
Félix Leclerc
