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Bios Kriek

Percentile
57
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Lambic - Fruit

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1873.12/5.03.11/5.05%34.2Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
The Bios Kriek Lambic is sold under the CHERISH label in the USA and outside Europe. Everybody likes the right balance between the sourness of the Lambic and the sweetness of the fruit, in this case cherries. The aroma of the cherries is not too dominant, as it should be. The beer gives a very pleasant and refreshing feeling in the mouth, with a smooth cherry aftertaste. The Bios Kriek Lambic is an excellent thirst quencher, low in alcohol (5 % by volume) and great to drink at parties. True Lambic lovers prefer the Bios Kriek Lambic so much because you taste slightly more of the Lambic sourness, than in some more commercial Belgian Lambics, wherein the artificial sweetness is too strong.
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 zebracakes (1215), Washington DC, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/102/57/20
Feb 13, 2007  
On tap at the Sharp Edge. Dark ruby, pink head. Aroma is cherry cough drops. Flavor is malt, metal, cherries, feet. Not very good, but not a drain pour.


 LinusStick (1844), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 30, 2007  
I don’t really care for lambics but this was from Belgium and on tap so I had to try it. As far as lambics go it was outstanding. Not my style, but outstanding. The aroma and taste were like Cherry Halls in seltzer water. The pour was a brown/red with decent head. All in all very tasty, just not my style.


 MesandSim (5851), London, Greater London, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 4, 2007  
A Sim rate (bottled from the Belgian Belly): Glorious sweet kriek aroma with sour hints. Similar in the flavour. Tangy and slightly acidic in a balsamic vinegar Rodenbach Grand Cru kind of way. Almost spirit like rather than beer like.


 Bart (1648), Brussels, Belgium
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Jan 3, 2007  
Hazy reddish pink coloured with an average pink head. Cherry aroma, little sour with even some little yeasty touches. Full body. Finish is cherry-sour, little bitter, ending a little woody-peppery. Different than commercial cherry beers. Good one.


 shrubber85 (2911), Wallhalben, Germany
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/102/57/20
Dec 19, 2006  
Bottle. Smells like cherry syrup mixed with sour milk. Cloudy brownish-red color with very slight head. Light cherry Kool-Aid flavor initally that is stopped by a quick bitter metallic flavor and ends with a watered down sour/musty flavor like a watered down gueuze. Too sweet for a traditional lambic and too poorly blended to be enjoyed by those who like sweet fruit lambics.


 Naven (873), Poway, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Dec 17, 2006  
Bottle, labeled "Cherish", purchased from Whole Foods Market, San Diego. I dont really know how to rate this. I know that this is Technically beer, but it tastes like a wine cooler. My wife said it tasted like Cherry juice. So, this is a little hard to rate -- but, i’ll just go on record and say that this is something that is easy enough to drink, kinda fruity, refreshing, and probably the perfect elixir to get your lady friend all liquored up and in the mood. So, for that, I say good work.


 BückDich (4848), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/512/20
Nov 28, 2006  
Bottle: Dark crimson red color, pinkish head, light lacing. The nose is fairly sweet and tart with light cherry notes and a bit of malt. Lots of sugary sweet syrupy cherry notes and a bit of vitamin C and a dextrous body. A bit funky, but still 2 dimentional.


 MullMan (1081), Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 12, 2006  
labelled as "Cherish". suuper tall frothy pink-white head, and a slightly cloudy ruby pink body, like cheerwine. aroma is just barely finky, and sweet/artificial cherries. a bit of sweat aroma, but more "ladylike". flavor is very astringent, sweet cherry, ans some tart astringency as is goes down. pretty high carbonation ans sharp balsalmic vinegar finish. lacing sticks to the glass like clumps of soap suds.



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