Bios Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Ertvelde, Belgium

8oz bottle fizzy, quickly dissipating head with a raspberry tint; the ale itself has a rather deep ruby to glowing mahogany hue. score would be higher if head had any staying power to it. to its credit, when swirled in the glass, it does reappear. best out of trappist or a burgundy glass imo. aroma? 1 thing; black cherry jolly rancher. aside from that? chocolate covered cherry filling, and candy. it’s very one-dimensional, but seems as though it would make a great dessert companion to a cheesecake. appetizing, but lacking in depth. taste? very very sweet with a hint of tart on the finish. screaming cherry and raspberry. and while it isn’t thick, it has enough sugar to be close to a flavoring syrup. palate? hints of cranberry on the finish. fizzy carbonation, and the sugar hits everywhere. scored as is, and not compared to other styles. overall? good price point, though it is a smaller, what, 8oz bottle? i could go for a bomber of this, but only to be shared over dessert. compared to other belgians, this lambic stacks up fairly well and in my opinion, can hold its own when called upon. not my favorite style though, as the sweetness i’m afraid, especially enjoying a few of these, would catch up to me in the morning. that and the lower gravity isn’t really going to do it for me.

Cherish Lambic - Bottle. The thing I liked about it, was that it had a lot more beer flavor than your average lambic. That said it wasn’t enough fruit flavor in my opinion.

Bottle, 25 cl. Clear cherry red color, big pink head. Aroma = cherries, yeast, sweet. Thin to medium body. Taste is very sweet, juice of cherries, little sourness.

Thanks to Skyview for sharing. Hazy brown color with a red tinge to it. Overly sweet cherry nose with a faint earthiness to it. Sweet brown sugar body with an intense cherry candy flavor. Faint sour finihs.

Picked up small 8.4 oz bottle of "Cherish Kriek" at Murray’s in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. Pours a hazy/burnt reddish amber brew with a very thin fizzy off-white head that quickly disappears to a few bubbles. Aroma of sour cherries and a touch of yeast. Taste is lightly carbonated, and not so sour cherries as its aroma. Flavor is more like a sweet sugared cherry Tootsie-roll without the dark chocolate caramel in the center. Finish is slightly metalic, thin bodied and slightly watered down. An in-between sweet and tart cherry aftertaste.

This would be the version available to the US and outside Europe. Everything about this reminds me of going to some touristy Christmas Store in Door County and being battered by the overpowering smell of holiday potpourri. Acrid and syrup-like cherry character with a little cocoa powder tossed in for good measure. The lambic nature of this is simply beaten up and cast aside by that damn cherry flavouring. No thought to balance in here, just a heady amount of cherry.

"Cherish" bottle. Poured a clear peachy-red with a short cap of loose white head. Aroma was of extra-sweet, lightly-tart cherries with more cherries (some tartness) and more of that sweetness.. never offensive, but came across as something that would certainly appeal to minors (Marlboro take note). Flavor was of cherry Sweettarts with some grainy notes surrounding and tangy, artificially-flavored cherries at the edges. Sweet, tangy, and light-medium-bodied on the palate.. dry, grainy finish with the cherries carrying through. Way too sweetened overall, but non-offensive and somewhat engaging.

bottle sampled. Pours red with a small off-white head. Aroma of fermented cherries and candy sugar. The flavor is fermented tart cherries, overly sweet, and finishes sour.