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Belle-Vue Kriek

Percentile
48
overall
Brewed by Belle-Vue (InBev)
Style: Lambic - Fruit

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4933.02/5.03.02/5.05.2%29.1Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Also known as La Becasse Kriek.
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wanderingman (54), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/58/20
Jul 4, 2006  
This was my first fruit beer. Appearance was quite interesting. Pours cheery red with a light pink head and lots of carbonation bubbles. Looks more like a cherry soda than a beer. Aroma is berries and lots of them. Some cherries and cranberries. Taste is somewhere between cranberry juice and a light lager, with a hint of grains and what could be apples. Not a horrible taste at all, but not what I would like is a beer. I doubt I will be having this one again, but it was worth the tasting.


 GregClow (2495), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jun 30, 2006  
Bottle from the LCBO. I’m writing an article on fruit beers for a local food & drink website, so I’m re-rating some stuff to update my notes, and I realized I’d never rated this. Pours a bright ruby colour with a medium pink head. Aroma of cherry cough drops. Flavour is fairly tart, with a lot of cherry flavour, but it turns medicinal in the finish, and not in a good way like the Drie Fonteinen Schaerbeekse Kriek I tried last week. Basically, this is a simple, dumbed down take on this style - it’s not awful, but it’s far from being a great beer.


 Thaichile (599), 10aFly, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 26, 2006  
Bottle. Pours a deep reddish brown colour with not much head. Scents of cherry permeate the nose. Those flavors continue upon sipping but are not overly sweet and make a very nice fruit beer. The cherry flavor is strong, almost like a concentrated dried cherries. A light, fun and refreshing concoction. Thanks to Blankboy for the bottle.


 TaktikMTL (2771), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 20, 2006  
Bouteille verte de 375 ml, avec bouchon de liège, achetée à la LCBO d’Ottawa (ONT). Arôme: Odeur de cerises et de sucré. Apparence: La couleur est rouge avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux rosâtre avec une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de cerises sûrettes. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Forte effervescence en bouche. Présence d’amertume en arrière goût. (Rating #522)


 eaglefan538 (2358), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/516/20
Jun 5, 2006  
Sampled straight from the bottle in Ieper to cap a night of lots of drinking (persistently pleaded with the the hotel late night cover boy to open the bar just for us and eventually got three bottles "to go"). A very drinkable fruit lambic, this one had enough fruit to it to be tasteful (and not a big mouthful of puckering), while not losing some of the sourness imparted by the lambic base (it was still a beer and didn’t taste like a soft drink). Aroma was cherries and apples. Flavor was mostly cherries (some tartness).


Riddler (1), Canada
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2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/103/510/20
Jun 2, 2006  
Disappointed with the overall "lack of beer" essence. Felt like a fruit cocktail or juice drink and very little like an "ale" as it claims. Palatable for a hot summer day, but be prepared to be let down if you were hoping for a darker, finished ale.


 gnoff (3568), Göteborg, Sweden
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/59/20
Jun 1, 2006  
Bottle at Staropramen Naverandach in Prague, May 2006. Bottle indicates 5.1% ABV. Clear dark red color, pink not lasting head. Sour and cherry scent. Ratehr big mouthfeel. Sweet and sour taste, sour aftertaste. Very low to no bitterness.


 FrankJohansen (3367), Århus-Randers Crew, Denmark
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/511/20
May 28, 2006  
Bottle. Reddish colour with a small mostly diminishing white head. Sweet aroma of cheeries. Not too sweet.



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