Dekoninck Kriek

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

Bottle… Clear and extremely dark (deep ruby when held up to the sun) with a huge, pink cotton candy head. Good retention. The nose is of sweet black cherries with only a fraction of the cool funkiness found in their gueuze. Light to medium-bodied with spritzy carbonation. Cloyingly sweet and fruity with mild acidity and almost no bitterness. Cherries and candy sugar. Cherry Swee Tart® finish. Bottle provided by ygtbsm94!

37.5 cl bottle, via jbrus. Pours an attractive pinkish red body that’s absolutely glowing under a one finger foamy fizzy pink tinged head. A slow recession to a thin covering left some light lacing. The nose is sweet cherry pie filling with a light tartness. Some light notes of chocolate, nougat, and lots of cherry juice. This is no Cantillon, but it’s got a more authentic nose than say the Lindeman’s line. The flavor is moderately sweet cherry juice with a little bit of a funky tinge on the finish. It’s just straight up Mom’s cherry pie. The mouthfeel is where it overtakes the average sweetened Fruit Lambic, It’s not overly sticky or cloying at all. They did a nice job of sweetening with not leaving tons of stickiness. Overall, just rating this as what it is, and not putting it in the same league as the Cantillons of the world, this was actually pretty enjoyable.

Bottle in namesake goblet: Deep red colour with pink head. Aromas of cherry and marzipan. Tastes earthy with lots of cherries and syrup. Deliciously sweet. Medium-bodied, a little unbalanced.

Bottled. Semi clear and deep red coloured with almost no head. Very nice and a bit sweet with lots of marcipan notes. Hints of cherry, tooffee and berries.

Bottle. Clear medium red color with tiny size particles, a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light red / off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, malt sweet, cherry, tawny, sour, peat. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and acidic with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (141207)

Bottled. Loads of marzipan and cherry stones in the aroma. Also loads of toffee. A tad too sweet cherry flavour. Medium bodied.

Bottle. Sweet aroma with lots of marzipan and cherries. Guess what? Flavour delivers every little thing the aroma promises. Cherries, marzipan and berries of other sorts underneath. I really enjoyed this beer immensely. Thx Martin!!!

Bottle Deep, red body with a lightly pink, creamy head. Ok lace. Cherry aroma: quite sweet and dense (sirupy). Moderately sweet, lightly sweet flavour, quite sirupy. Not quite well balanced.