Belle-Vue Kriek

Brewed by Belle-Vue (InBev)
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium

Shared at the Carolina Crew tasting by OldStyleCubFan - thanks, Todd! Nice to have something aluminum aged for once. Barrels are for suckas. Pretty handsome pour, a nice, well carbonated kriek. But lozenge lozenge lozenge, and a thinnish body to boot.

No 660 Rated 29 12 2008 Bottle brown, 300 ml, alc 5,1 percent abv, min 8,5 percente of cherry juice, bought in Czech Republic, Trinec, Hypernova, Appearance pours intensive, dark red, cherry and strawberry like body colour with clear body texture, carbonation of the body is moderate, head is initially huge, quite thick, compact, frothy and regular in texture, slowly decreasing to moderate leaving nice lacing, head is reddish pink, cherry like in colour, Aroma strong aroma of natural refreshing cherry juice, slightly spiced up by leavy hoppyness and gentle notes of alcohol, no sourness and quite dominating mellow yeasty nose giving the impression of whipped cream, candid sugar, vanilla, very inviting and easy to assess, Flavour front is quite mild, soft, slightly accidic and slightly sweet, generally the most neutral Lambic Kriek I ve tasted so far, not too much accidic, not tart and not overly sweet, very moderate, so, so, of course yeasty with moderate cherry influence, finish duration is moderate, Palate body is light, texture is rather watter, carbonation on palate is soft, finish feel is slightly astringent

Kriek from a can! Shared by Todd at the Carolina gathering. Clear red pour. Smells like a Luden’s cough drop and tastes the same, only sweeter. Candy beer.

Can shared by Todd! Hazy red pour with a fizzy dark pink head. Ludens on the nose. Sweet cherry flavor. Light acidity

Bottle. Pours red with a pinkish white head. Sweet cherries all around. Sugar & syrup. Sticky. Almond & wood. Synthetic & too sweet.

Pours red with small diminishing head. Aroma is of sweet and acidic cherries. Flavour is cherry, sour though, with a little bitterness. Sweet, bitter finish, wouldn’t drink too many of these.

Tastes like cherry soda with less carbonation. Not sure about this one. Might make a good cough syrup.

Bottled. Bright red, pours with a big foam head. Sweet cherry aroma, carbonated, with a slightly silky mouthfeel. Malty. Mainly sweet with some bitterness at the back. I did not think the cherry was overpowering but this might depend on chilling. Mine was served at room temperature. Nice.