Kasteel Kriek

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

Bottle 05/04 Cellared since purchasing at New Beer Distributors. Big pop but little head produced with the pour; just a thin ring of bubbles at the edge of the glass. Subtle fruit, some leathery notes. Sweet fruity flavor, smooth.

from Au Grain d’Orge, labelled Kasteel Rouge - fully cloudy reddish-brown colour with a firm beige foam; strong aroma of cherries and marzipan, very sweet and full-bodied, juicy with some acidic tartness; long sweetish cherries aftertaste - strong and very sweet yet quite enjoyable

Interesting beer. Looks cool in the glass > Dark red. Sweet at first then sour. Tons of different flavors as it warms up. Yeasty but not to much so. Would drink again.

Bottle, Rehills, Newcastle. Delicious deep ruby kriek. All the attributes of a great Belgian fruit beer, loads of flavour, fine aroma and sweet, yet balanced.

pours rich red with no head. aroma is instantly bursting with cherries. drinks with sweet cherries and more cherries. less a beer then an alcoholic soda. very dangerous as its very drinkable @ 8%.

On tap at Track 84 - Warwick, RI. Fresh wet black cherries in the nose with some strong citric acid and light honeyed sweetness. Pours a murky bright red-brown, with a creamy off-white head. Flavor is dominated by a lightly sweet straight sour cherry juice. The sweetness of the malt in the beer plays off the cherry sourness and gives decent balance, despite a somewhat thin body. Yeast character or much beer flavor are missing. Somewhat shallow.

Draft at Ebenezer’s. Dark reddish brown with ring. Cherry soda woody aroma. Cherry caramel spicy cherry soda. Spritzy. Pretty good.

A bold beer that will stand out in a crowd. Lively head, big aroma of cherries and malt. Nice interplay of fruit and malt, good balance of sour and sweet.