Bios Kriek

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

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.

cloudy rose pour with light pink head. smells of sour candy cherry. hight carbonation and medium body. tastes stongly of sour cherry and tart lemons. sourness is a little overpowering could stand to be a little dryer, but pretty good lambic

Bottled at Plain Kitchen. Hazy reddish with a pinkish head. Fresh aroma from cherries and bitter almnd. A bit too sweet but still fresh and sourish.

[Cherish bottle] Aroma of cherry, with a slight sour component. Color of ripe apricot with a white head that’s hardly present. Starts with a combination of cherry, sweet and sour. Very well balanced. Carbonation is low. Mouthfeel develops well with swishing.

First rating
(25 cl bottle at Rotary Pub, Göteborg)
Clear cherry red color, big pink head. Sweet cherry scent, mix of sour cherry and the bitter seed. Rather sour cherry taste, a bit sweet to begin with and ends a bit bitter seedy, but dominating sour. Medium mouthfeel, a bit puckering. Low bitterness, sweet aftertaste.
8/4/7/3/15=3.7

Rerate
(25 cl bottle at Haket, Göteborg)
On July 24, 2008
BB 28/01/10
Clear dark red color, nice creamy pink head. sweet, sugary and perfumy scent, also cherries and almond paste. Sweet, a bit tart, sugary, chemical tste. Slight spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Raspberries in there also. Turns shady with floties with the last sediment poured.
6/4/5/3/11=2.9

Combined rating = 7/4/6/3/13=3.3

Very sweet, with sugar but a sour-candy sourness as well. There is some sourness in the flavor. This is a simple, sweet kriek, and not bad at all for what it is. Red with short head.

Ruby body. Had a pink head which seemed very carbonated had good retention. flavor was slightly yeasty with sweet cherry notes, a somewhat acidic finish. slightly carbonated body. not the best lambic i have had.

I had this on tap at the Sharp Edge Creekhouse in Pittsburgh, thanks to mtoast. This has got to be one of the best places to get a beer tasting experience. This brew pours with a reddish orange fruity looking purple hue that is pleasing to the eye. Has a very nice and attractive pinkish head. Overall, this is a great looking brew. Has the aroma of cherries but I must say this is not like the overwhelming aroma of the Cherish Raspberry, it is more laid back. Fruity well behaved smell yes, but not excessive. Ooooooo, the taste of this stuff is simply divine. Like creamy almost sour cherries. I really like the flavor of this stuff. Has a cherry creamy carbonation that is enjoyed, like that of fine fruity champagne. You must taste this to really get an idea of the flavor that I cannot put into words. I imagine kings, queens and other royalty regularly requesting this kind of beer. Finish is sweet, but not overly sweet. Very enjoyable nothing like it, except perhaps their raspberry Cherish. Just plain simply very, very nice. There is not a hint of alky in this brew what so ever, just cannot detect it.