Cantillon Kriek

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Bottle at Carlsens Kvarter. Hazy pink body, with a medium head. Aroma is cherries and sour. Flavor is also cherries, very sour, dry, but also kind of sweet.

750ml corked bottle. Hazy purpleish pink body with a small white head. Aroma is particularly vinegary, almost balsamic-like, cherry come in the form of a woody, almondy note, more like sour cherry than anything else. Notes of sweat and barnyard dwell in the background. Hugely acidic, reminds me of the Rosé De Gambrinus, lively carbonation fills the mouth, and palate lingers for an eternity. Cherry flavour makes its presense known on the body, dancing around vinegar, grapefruit pith, and oak character. There’s alot going on, but i’m once again reminded of the Gambrinus with the amount of brutal acidity getting in the way. Finish is sour, bit of lingering cherry pip and after thought of horsy funk. Gee this is full on. Cherry flavour is almost lost in the overall sharpness of this beer, but it certainly makes for interesting drinking!

750ml bottle from Hamilton’s. Pours a beautiful pinkish color with a small ring of a head. Big nose of very tart cherries (my mouth is watering now just thinking about it). Flavor was VERY tart cherries and funk, this was almost too much for me.

Crushed with CarytheDude and Jakebra. Red pour, nice sour funk aroma. Flavor is mouthwatering, funky, delicious sour cherries. I liked this one a lot.

Crushed with Jakebra and Honkeybra. This one is very nice. Sour, fruity, funky, nice mouthfeel, great flavor and nose. Personally thought this one was excellent. Makes the saliva glands gush very nicely.

Pink foam! Quickly dies down, but PINK! Red colour, after the head is gone it looks a bit dull. Sweet aroma, but not much probably due to the missing bubbles. Extremely citric, vinegar evident but not overpowering. Dry. I have to agree with the reviewer who said "A little mouth-wateringly tight but it never goes all the way to sour.". Spot on. The kriek is not very evident, but integral. Maybe in the summer, with icecubes. Purchased in Ølbutikken for 85 dkr (75cl)

Bottle: ’Wow, that is such a pretty colour.’ A girl said that so y’know. It does look pretty, like jelly before it has set, I’m drinking it in a martini glass too which gives it an extra foofy edge. Obviously lots of cherry in the aroma but it’s delicate with a strawberry/raspberry effect. It has a cranberry juice dryness on the nose also. A little mouth-wateringly tight but it never goes all the way to sour. Very light on its feet. Hints of honey in there beneath the bitterness of the fruit. Smooth and thick in the mouth with one or two bubbles moving the flavour around well. I don’t know what has happened but recently I have been so pleased to get stuck into a lambic. This is no exception. Delightful.

At Cantillon, Brussels, Beligum. Taster from bottle, 050309. Crystal red with small head. Aroma of cherries and sourness. Flavor is dry with lots of cherry.