Cantillon Lou Pepe Pure Kriek

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Bottled sample, 2001 vintage via Rudge75. Deep ruby in colour with moderate carbonation. Very funky on the nose, with notes of barnyard, earth, faint sweet cherry, and latex paint. Mellow and light bodied in the mouth with more cherry (pits and all), lemon rind, and wood. It strikes a nice balance between lactic and citric sourness. Perhaps my least favorite of the Cantillon Lou Pepe series, but still fine stuff.

$24 750ml bottle neck reads 2005 and the cork and back label are marked 2007. Wonderful pink color with a head that looks amazing for all the three seconds it lasts upon being poured. Smells only slightly farm-like. Tastes like tart cherry lambic, delicious. Not nearly as acidic as the regular Cantillon kriek and is much easier to drink. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 02-15-2009 02:54:11

2004 bottle. Dark ruby hue with spritzy pink head that gradually dissipates. Aroma of cherry pie, berries, pie crust, acetic sourness, and funk. Flavor is sour cherries and berries, some wood and vanilla tones, finishes with slight mouth-puckering sweet tart sensation. Medium-bodied, watery smooth texture, and lively carbonation. A nice fruity sour ale with lively mouthfeel, the sourness dissipates leaving a pleasant cherry syrup aftertaste.

2003 bottle. Pours a hazy red with a pink head. Acidic flavour of berries and wood. Finish is lightly sweet, heavily acidic. Will probably not buy another bottle.

22oz 2004 bottle at the SATRG. Pours a reddish cherry color, very cool poor with a small pinkish red head. The nose is just crazy with hints of cherry, alot of vineagar but not as much as I expected. Also some vanilla, alot actually and some funky brett. WOW this thing is motherpuckering in a good way. Very complex, cherry skins, acidic with some strong funky cheese notes and a vanilla end with a pure cherry jam finish. This is a heck of an amazing beer.

Crushed with Jakeba and co. Not the best nose. But the flavor is just about as much as you want. Sour strawberries and awesomeness. Not quite worth the price, but definitely sexy.

Bottled at Horsens Beerfestival. Deep red body with a small pink head. Nice aroma of cherry, acid and barnyard. Flavor is refreshing sour, cherry, a hint of almond and wood. Very nice indeed and less sour than many other beers from Cantillon.

Tasted 2008-12-30. Bottle from 2005. Pours dark purple/red - almost black. Quickly dissappearing head. Smells sour, rough. Barnyardish. Some hidden sweet cherries in there. Very acidic and yet somewhat bitter taste. Very wild. Quite tasty.