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Belle-Vue Kriek

Belle-Vue Kriek - Lambic - Fruit

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 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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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4923.02/5.03.02/5.05.2%29.1Flute, Tumbler
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Also known as La Becasse Kriek.
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 heemer77 (4294), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Feb 24, 2005  
Dark red color with a slightly pink head. The aroma is sour cherries and some lemons. The taste is sweeter than I expected with cherry cough drops and some notes of bread. Htins of hay. The taste is sweeter than a normal lambic, but still pretty good. There is hardly any funky lambic character detectable.


rbloodworth (15), Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/510/20
Feb 23, 2005    Updated: Mar 13, 2005
Interesting beer that could easily pass for something else. Smalles like a cough drop and tastes about the same...if it wasn’t for the alcohol in it, I’d try and use it to sooth my throat. That said, for special occassions this might not be half bad...it’s quite expensive in Canada (but what isn’t?) but I must say I was quite intrigued.


 pootzboy (1029), Hawgville, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
Feb 14, 2005  
Valentine’s day and something special for my 300th review from my better half. Poured into a thin tulip it shows a light brandy-sherry color. 3 finger pink tinted meringue head. Wonderful nose: fruity, medicinal, slightly musty with a wisp of treacle. Slick mouthfeel dominance of fruit but there is a subtle but constant undertone of horse blanket layered with spice, earth...finish is wet, sour, musty with fruit over tones. Wonderfully layered between sweet-sour-bitter-musty. Wonderful stuff. I like it so kill me.


 leaparsons (4658), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Feb 11, 2005  
As La Becasse Kriek. Dark red with an off-white head. Aromas are cherry drops sweets with hints of musty sourness. Flavours are sweet cherries followed by, er, not much. Its more factory than farmyard, which is a shame. Is this a real airbourne yeast fermented beer? It seems too sterile. As a sweet cherry beer it is OK, as a lambic, not.


 macguy (144), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/59/20
Feb 11, 2005  
Cherry cough syrup. This stuff is so sweet that besides the heavy cherry flavor, nothing else comes through. I rarely leave a beer unfisished, but this one when down the drain after a few tastes. This taught me that I need to seek more information from bartenders before ordering any old beer.


 dornoy (678), Lyngby, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 6, 2005  
middle pinkish head on a dakr red body. Very fine for a fruit lambic. Not too bitter, just the right amount of bitterness and fruitness that suits a sweet dessert. A pleasure to drink.


CameronII (5), London, England
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Feb 5, 2005  
For such a widely available lambic, this is quite good. It pours well with a good two-finger head and fine carbonation. It’s sweet, but not artificially so. The flavour is admittedly a little on the simple side, but is enjoyable none the less. Perhaps the perfect beer to serve with lamb if you don’t feel like having a wine. Not a beer for the fruit lambic connoisseur, but enjoyable for anyone looking for something different, or for people who don’t normally enjoy beer.


 JorisPPattyn (5155), Antwerpen, Belgium
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Feb 3, 2005  
37.5 cl bottle Dark red with brownish shine; huge, fine bubbled pink head with fine lilac lace. Wet dog, woody and faint fruity nose, getting more fruity and syrupy with time. Restrained fruity taste. Sweet, but not too overtly artificial. Woody notes, and again this "wet dog" - this time flavourwise. It IS a bit meaty-estery. Cherrydrops finish. Medium bodied, slight slickness, finishes a bit cloying and fizzy, giving it a metallic compound. A few of the "artisans" brew much worse. It has no Brett character, no sourness, no lively fresh fruit. It is sweet, but not exaggeratedly so, it is not synthetic. It’s just lame. And the kriekenlambics from the pipes at Henegouwenkaai were so good, once...



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