Boon Kriek Mariage Parfait

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Lembeek, Belgium

Bottle. Vintage 198? at RBESG 2005. Orange brown colour with no head. Acid light earthy cherry aroma and taste, sour. Medium to full body and a sour finish.

(on bottle at RBESG 2005, 1980something-vintage) half a cork in the bottle. Dark cherry colour, no head .Acid, wood and grape-ish sent and some rot too. Warm feel of more cherries and port, not much acidity left, like the 25 year old red balamico I´ve got back home; kind of fat and oily in the mouth. A very varied and full tasteexperience.

Bottled from 198? at RBESG 2005. Muddy red brown coloured with an off white head. Acidic aroma with notes of wood, sherry and balsamic vinegar. Sour flavour of wood with murky notes.

Bottle @ RBESG2005. Vintage 198something. Aroma of mold, eartgh and some cherries, slight acidity. Dark brown to reddish body, small white head. Sourish moldy flavor, cherries, tastes quite dusty and old.

Bottled @ RBESG2005, vintage 198?: Dusty red coloured. Is very unclear and sediment is in the glass. Had a go at both bottles donated by Jeppe, and one of them were better than the other. Not too sour acidic cherry aroma. Is quite earthy. The taste is very sour. Almost no fruitsweetness is left to hold out against the sour acidity. The beer isn’t that bad though, but it’s probably a bit over the top.

Bottled @RBESG’05, vintage 198?
Hazy reddish nut brown, no head. Earthy, extremely sweet liquerish kriek aroma. Sour, flat, very tart flavor of cherries. After sampling this as 3rd beer in RBESG05 grand tasting, you know we are talking about serious beer rating now :)

75 cl. bottle @ RBESG ’05 Botlle from sometime in the 1980’s. Pours a muddy red’ish brown. Aroma is of earth, sour cherries. Taste is VERY sour, quite a bit of the cherries are still present. This beer was a bit over the top, but still very enjoyable.

Lots of yeast surfs its way around the pinkish to brown murky body, no head. Initially candyish cherry hearts nose. Nice earthiness, but the dustiness doesn’t feel as cohesive as with a real tart and mature lambic. It concentrates mostly on the strong cherry flavors, acidity being a mere lurking shadow. Sweet and meringue tasting lactic component. It is a bit more typical on the tongue where the acidity comes through with more ease, though we’re dealing with mostly fruit acids. Typical heavy boon cherry presence. Slight musty earthiness, yeasty and almost corky. Light bodied is mostly flat. This was rather disappointing...