Girardin Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Girardin
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Sint Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium

Bottle @ Quinns. Clear red with a pinkish head. Nose of sweet cherries and yeast. Cherry and sour strawberry in the taste, like sour ribbon candy. Slightly thin with an artificial sweetener finish. Nah...

Rosy-red in the tumbler. Big sour cherries and berries in the nose, promising heavy fruit. Flavors are cherries, raspberries, lemon, grapefruit, with some subdued mustiness in the background. Medium acidity and controlled sourness--not extreme in any direction. An accessible kriek.

Bottle, Thanks Jbrus!! march 07. Velvet, red-rose color wjtb a nice rosé head and a swift carbonatation. Earthy, stable like aroma with a touch of citrus and hay. Lemony, citric, acid flavors. Balanced, complex and addictive. Refreshing. Light MF but firm, refreshing. Excellent, not overly sour, kriek.

Cherry red body with topped by a short-lived pink head. The Kriek essentials are there: cherries, funkiness, sourness, etc. What’s different about this one though is a relative softness. Less sharp/aggressive than some other krieks. I’d even say it felt a little sweet. Not faro-sweet but certainly not as dry and funky as some other Krieks. Flavour of fresh cherries, smooth sourness, lactic/cheesy yeast and a nice round mouthfeel. As a beer it is very good but as a Kriek it is average. Relatively speaking it is softer than an adult movie on public tv. I like my Krieks sharper and my adult movies on pay tv.

Thank’s to DeDolleWaiter.... Deep reddish with a brown tan and a fine, slight pink head. Really cherry like nose and very earthy! Taste a very sour and bitter. Not a sweet kriek, THANK’S!

Bottle at NB - Symposium #5. Red/brown - light pink head. Cherry, berries, fruity, light sour, high carbonated, light armonds, sweetness light horsey, wood, light vinegar, mild - very drinkable...

25 cl bottle, ’bbe’ June 07. Hazy dark pink to light red with a fragile light pinkish head. Sweetish cherry aroma with ’horseblanket’ coming later, along with a hint of spices (cinnamon) and wood. The taste begins sweetish, pronouncing cherries, yet finishes in an almost biting acidity. Medium bodied with some carbonation and a bit soapy, sweetener-like finish. A good compromise between oude kriek and commercial syrups, leaning more towards the former than i. e. Kriek Boon.

Draught at Akkurat. Clear light red. Nail varnish nose and cherry-pit taste. This was great!!