Belle-Vue Kriek

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

Dark blood red in color with an off-white head. Not as cherry-ish or extreme as other examples. Tart; virtually no acidity. Least favorite Kriekbier.

Nose of glazed cherries - not nice. Nose also detects yeast and a sourness. Taste is overly sweet, with some cloying. Tartness also but the cherry taste dominates and distracts, not my cup of tea at all.

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.

Very sweet, but a lovely brew with its own characteristics...the ladies love it

Bottled. What beer!! Totally different! :) Wine color, amazing huge and fluffy pink foamy. Aroma is like some cherry candy and no chances to say that is a beer by his aroma! Flavor is like a cherry cider. Mouthfeel is like a cherry candy with a little bit note of hop!

Português: Cerveja totalmente diferente do que eu já tinha experimentado :). Cor de vinho com uma espuma rosada, enorme e maravilhosa além de persistente. Aroma é como uma bala de cereja, sem chances de dizer que é uma cerveja através do aroma. Sabor de cidra de cerja, retrogosto de bala de cereja com uma nota bem pouquinha de lúpulo nop final.

Decent. Tastes like sparkling juice. Alcohol is barely noticeable. Light bitterness to the finish. Very refreshing drink. No complexity, only cherry flavor.

Bottled. Dark red with minor white head, minor lacings as well. The aroma is light but has a sweet scent of mainly sugar. The cherry is very present in flavour, barely, it’ doesn’t really taste all that much.

Bottle - Dark read with a thick foamy pink head. Aroma is sweet cherry. The taste is sweet and sour cherry, but not much around this. This one is not for me but it is OK for the style.