Brussels Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Fruit Beer
Ertvelde, Belgium

(Bottle 25 cl) It’s quite an ususal creation af fruitbeers, that Pierre Celisi has prodced in the "Brussels"-series. Wheatbeer and fruits. And in this case, quite a lot of fruits. If the label is to be trusted, there is a stunning 30% cherries and cherryjuice in this. This makes for a very red beer with certain impurities and a limited, slightly rose head. Pronounced -but apparently authentic- flavor of cherries and good balance between a slight sweetness and a ditto sourness. 080105

Red color with a big pink head. Dry sweet cherry aroma and sweet cherry taste. Medium body and a sweet finish.

Bottled. Clear red. Sweet cherry lemonade with a dash of artificial juice. Fanta is more complex. There is beer in here?

Bottle from The Offie, Leicester. Sweet, very jammy aroma, some plums in there. Red/orange with no head. Some reasonable tartness to start things off, then an effervescent, but singular cherry taste. Lacks power in the flavour and at the finish. Plain. Not a killer Kriek.

Pink/red coloured. Aroma of cherry winegums. Very artificial and sweet. Thin.

Pale pink head, lively at first, but fast gone; fully clear, garnet red. Syrupy nose, going over in even less credible children's sweets. Heavy, cherrygums' taste, going over in some rather better tartness on the palate. Acidity is lemony - fake. Terrible gums' flavour goes on and on. Light to medium bodied; slickness - from the syrup... In Dutch we have an expression: "een afknapper" - the ultimate desillusion, the female that makes everything go limp. This is a textbook example: after the nice peach and raspberry, I really thought they had something nice going. So, it's no: this scores badly on all fronts: no haze, terrible aroma & flavour, fake acidity. Bweeeuhh.

Still purple brew with a steady head, tart cherry aroma and a dull cherry flavour. Overall a plain kriek.

Pinkish red in colour. Aromas are strong cherry. Flavours are initially sweet, then some cherry sourness comes through. Quite dry and then quite soapy. Like the others - a decent low alcohol fruit drink.