Boon Oude Kriek

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

Superb trough-and-trough red; pink "rosé" head, quite stable for the acidity. Nose of cherries,'horseblanket', wet wood, slightly smoked, various organic acids. Taste: extremely tart, very outspoken tannine-rich, and then sour fruit: sour cherries, green apples, and very clearly redcurrant. Mouthfeel gives expected dry-effect, but might have some more body from the fruit - as if there's been too much blending with young lambic. The finish is stil very acidic and red fruit. Drinkability is somewhat more restrained than overall impression. Not for the fainthearted. Pity about the body.

Almost as cheesy as the regular Boon Gueuze, which is over the top. Tart, a fair bit of wood/metallic nature. Unfiltered and quite good. Not as sharp as the Drie Fontainen Kriek, almost as complex, glad it has less woodiness....but overall just a shade 'less', somehow, in the Kriek-off. 1998 bottling.

Bottle at spontanous weekend. Aroma is straight up grassy fresh lambic funk noteable tart berry character, minimal cherry. Taste is pluckering, not too sour, more tart lambic funk, again slight hints at cherrys. A good drinkable kriek. Rerate: Whole bottle at home. has been settling for a good while now, gloreous dark rd, crystal clear colour, with pink head. Aroma is apple lambic funk, yea ha, amazing notable sweeter cherry hints. Taste is funky and the cherry sneaks up on you in the finish and is so intence id think it was slightly sweetened. But its not and its amazing and i want to sit with my french cheese and bacon and onion bread and go mmmmmmmmmm.

Pours a dark copper/ black cherry color with a very faint pinkish off-white head. This looks authentic and not like a syrupy mess like many other "lambics" seem to. The frothy head has goodretention that eventually fades into lasting cap that leaves minimal streaks of lacing. Earthy oak aroma with beautiful musky horseblanket earthy funk notes with only some slight vinegary tartness. Real dark cherries dominate the aroma instead of the expected syrupy artifical sweetness. I could swear that I could even detect the cherry pits. I held the glass up sniffing it for several minutes salivating before I even took a sip. Lots of earthy oak flavor with nice tannis, wet horseblanket funky tart notes. While it is very tart, it isn’t overly acidic making it very well balanced and easy to drink. Sour/tart dark cherries with a lot of oak and vanilla masking the sweetness. Again I’m very excited about the lack of any artificial syrupy sweetness and the fruit characteristics are quite subtle. Very puckering and extremely refreshing with a perfect dry finish. I want to buy multiple cases of this beer.

Colore rubino brillante,torbidoabbondante schiuma rosa.Aroma molto fruttato, ciliegie,legno,noccioli di ciliegia. Gusto asciutto e aggressivo, ottimamente fruttato. Ottimo equilibrio totale.Davvero interessante.

2000. Deep red color, pinkish lasting head. Aroma and flavor have cherry (off course) but certainly not a overwhelming sticky cherry sweetness, almonds and pepper. Only a hint of sweetness, problably from the fruit only. Somewhat dusty. Some oaky and almondy bitterness. Complex quality kriek, maybe a bit more refined as Cantillon.

After a few moments in the glass, the off-white/super-light pink head looks like fizzy marshmallow cream, lopsided and leaving creamy lacing. The body is a darker shade of orange/amber with ruby hues and evident vibrant carbonation supporting the rigidity of the head, really quite amazing. The aroma is more funked out young lambic than old, more muted fruit than discenible cherry, more interesting than not. Fresh cannabis growth sparks attention even though it’s deep underneath. Horseblanket, yeast and wood notes become more prevalent with each increasing degree of warmth. Some mild chlorine notes, not too offensive though and just another weird sensation in a glass rife with them. Vanilla cream and Pinot Meunier round out a world class aroma. The flavor is very funky without ever becoming overbearing or totally squashing cherry notes. The fruit is unmistakable in variety and unmistakably high quality. Nutty notes fold in. The taste is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately sour and very acidic without any off-putting astringency, only what is necessary to pare sweetness to a reasonable level. Yeast is not as noticeable in the flavor as it is in the aroma. The finish is balanced, citric, moderately acidic, mildly tart(though that’s the part that lingers longest) and of commendable duration. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, silky, with spritzy carbonation enveloped in syrupy containers, astringency drying out the mouth somewhat. This is an incredibly well made beer.

Bottle 37,5 cl RE-tasted on 28.7.’08 at home (bought Vanden Bussche). Hazy dark rd color, with medium pinkisch head. Aroma lambic, berry and cherry character. Full body. Taste sour but not too sour, lambic at cherrys. Good drinkable kriek.