Boon Oude Kriek

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

After a nail-biting battle with the cork, the beer poured a surprisingly clear dark red with a thick, pink head. It let us know right away that this was a real lambic - off the pour it gave a strong hit of brettanomyces leather and barnyard, with a tart, lactic backbone. Unlike most beers calling themselves kriek, this one didn’t hit us over the head with cherry candy flavouring. The flavour offered up some sour cherry notes, along with a woody (cherry-stone?) bitterness and a bracing lactic acidity. It felt a lot like biting a lemon; your mouth can’t help but pucker a bit. The wonderful lambic funk dissipated pretty quickly, but came back in full force whenever we refreshed our glasses. This isn’t the funkiest bottle out there, but it’s a boon to any lambic drinker stuck in North America.

Deep rubywith a decent sized pink head. Aroma is tart cherry pie and earth. Flavor is slightly sweet and sour with a slight hint of cherries and oak. Dry.

Vintage 2000. Rubin red with no head. Sour vinegear aroma and flavour. Acid and dry with some woody notes.

A much better beer than the regular kriek. Sour and musty, more like a traditional gueuze. Not much sweetness here, just flavor.

Bottle, SB 46 on cork. The best by date has faded. Pours a clear ruby color with a nice pink head that quickly falls off to a thin pink foam ring around the top of the beer. Huge funky sour cherry aroma. Flavor is sour, dry, candied cherry with a subtle funky earthiness. Finish is tart cherry and some sour apple at the very end. Very nice and refreshing.

Bottle, pours a pinkish red, very lively carbonation and a bit of head left after the beer settled (1 min). Smells of vinegar and fruit. Both tangy and tart, flavors of cherry, rose petals, hints of metal, barnyard funk. With each sip, this lambic felt alive on the tongue. Great beer.

Bottle, pours a cherry color white/pink head. Aroma: wild yeast, dry wheat and sour notes that make a lovely aroma. Nice beer, mostly sour flavor with notes of apple, and cherries. Beer like these are so thirst quenching and sometimes hit the spot. Very complex beer.

A murky red pour with red stained white head. Massive barnyard funk on the aroma with a nice cherry flavor. The body wasn’t nearly as funkified as I’d hoped by the aroma - more a of a smooth tart cherry without the sourness and funk the nose promised. Delicately smooth.