Kasteel Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Fruit Beer
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Wow this is a beer.Love the aroma.A sweet nose of cherry koolaid.Pours a wonderful red color with a small head.Flavor was sweet like candy.Tasted like cherry kool aid.A nice sweet finish that left me wanting more.Thanx to ElMatador for sharing.

Dark red, nearly opaque with little head. Relatively sweet, not too tart, and not funky. Some alcohol, and a little astringent. Cough syrup-like, but in the best possible way.

Dark maroon body with a small pinkish head. Sweet cherry Sucret-like nose with some cotton candy. The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately tart with cherry cough syrup, caramel and a hint of metals. Medium body is sticky with moderate carbonation.

on tap. pours a ruby red with a nice 11/2 finger fluffy red pinkish head. aroma is dark cherries with skins and some Belgian yeast with some chocolate. has a medium body with good lacing and carbonation. flavor is the same as aroma but more of the Belgian yeast shows thru and is stronger than the aroma. i don’t know about mixing a brown ale with cherries and Belgian yeast but not to bad.

A tasting at Three Cellars Milwuakee. Deep Red. Very Cherry and very crisp. Not overly sweet. This is a great holiday beer. Maybe the best Fruit beer I have had.

Definitely darker than I expected. Still red, but dark, blood read with pink head. Head didn’t hang around very long. Was hoping for a more sour beer, but the beer tasted just like Ludeman’s cough drops, which is actually really not a bad thing. I think it’s achieved what it’s going for, but not loving it. Liking it quite a bit, though. Surprised to realize that it’s 8%; doesn’t taste like it.

Pours a super dark amber with a bright pink foamy head. Aroma is all cherries. Flavor is the same, but nicely tart and crisp. A great example of the variety.

750, corked, baled, and foiled. Pours opaque, nearly black, with the faintest of dark amber highlights in the very corners. Thick, foamy medium-pink head that falls quickly away, leaving virtually no head and just a little lace. Huge sweet cherry nose. Not much else in there, and it’s a very sharp, sugary, juice-concentrate-like fragrance. Not that it smells synthetic at all, just that it’s so intense. Medium body, some tiny carb to provide a bit of tingle but nothing to write home about. Mid-palate has a nice blend of the sweet and the sour from the cherry world. Tastes a bit like a cherry pop, the fruity sweetness is so dominant and pronounced. This is a really yummy beer but, I must confess, the first one I’ve thought would be best served for mixing with other, darker stuff.