Girardin Kriekenlambik

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

From a 10L bag courtesy of puzzl. Very deep rich red colour. There is a rich bright cherry nose with a fairly sweet fruitiness. A touch of earthiness and a very light funkiness. A little bit of almond and a some cherry skin tannic character. A light sweet fruitiness with just a kiss of funky tartness on the back. It’s not all that complex, but it’s pretty tasty.

Hand bottle, thanks Puzzl! Pours a ruby cranberry body with a wispy bubbly head. Funky cherries, tart with cherry pit, earth y tones light tanic cherry skin and low acidity. Good lambik!

@Pauls-provided by puzzl-Girardin unblendeds chugging-10L box–pours a retaining white/pink bubbly head and red/orange color. Aroma is tart fruit-cherry, earthy. Taste is tart fruit-cherry, earthy, vinuous. Soft carbonation.

Hand bottle. Pours red with a thin white spritzy head. Smells of berries and tarte. Tastes sweet and tarte with a nice sour perfumy finish.

This red Lambic ale poured with a thin set of pink bubbles and a wondrous cherry aroma. The flavor is very delicate - soft cherry with a sweet and more intense finish. Very nice indeed.

Drank a couple pints from a 10L "cubicontainer," in a bag in a box unlike the picture. Reddish pour, no real head to speak of, just some big bubbles if you pour it hard enough. Nutty, sweaty, farmhouse aroma, with notes of cherry and pits. Big, round, stank bandaid farmhouse flavor. Nice kriek, but, no surprise to me, with carbonation (and a touch of bright young lambic) this would be much nicer.

Sampled from a 10 liter bag in the box shipped in by puzzl: Thanks Andy. Glowing hazy deep red with a bubbly ring of head. Tartish and musty aroma- some soft oak character, mild leathery brett notes with a sweet and tart cherry presence reminiscent of almond paste. Slick mouthfeel but well textured. Crisp flavor with a solid cherry presence that’s softly sweet giving off an almondy note. Not much funk happening in the flavor with only a touch of leather. Fairly clean and less rustic than I expected, but it’s a damn tasty fruit lambic.

10 liter box o kriek generously obtained and shared by Puzzl. Pours a still deep ruby red- but mostly clear- very slight haze. Aroma is very nice fresh tart big red cherries, pitty, leather, big fresh fruit, reminiscent of a de cam or mort subite, just toned down slightly from those two. Flavor is tons of cherry with a good tannic astringency, still very balanced and drinkable- great tartness but not overly sour that you can detect, but the acidity comes back to hurt your stomach later for sure. Great clean finish- no butter, no off acids, nothing too wild- just a great lambic with tons of great sour cherries. Awesome stuff! I much preferred this to the oude lambic, but I still drank a lot of each.