Kasteel Kriek

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

Deeeeelicious!! The flavor was so smooth, excellent scent of sweet cherries, not too sweet on the palate tho. Nice smooth finish, not bitter, no after-taste. High alcohol, but you cannot taste it at all. Dangerous :-)

nice cherry burgundy body thick pink head nose is sweet fruity cherries obviously and some spice, flavor is very similar full bodied and a nice dry finish

Wow...now this is a fruit beer. Those Belgians got this style locked. Aroma of heavy cherries. Pour was a mouthwatering deep dark red/almost brown with a 2 finger cherry colored head. Taste was sour cherries and not much else. You almost have to question the alcohol content. There is a little alcoholic burn in the aftertaste, but doesn’t seem 8% by any means. Great beer.

When I purchased this beer it didnt say Kriek on the label, just Kasteel Rouge. I didn’t read the fine print. Boy was I surprised. Normally I do not buy fruit beers. However it’s very good. It’s wounderful to look at, a reddish brown. Almound vanilla nose. Mild sour cherry taste very smooth. Dry clean finish. A Belgium Sour?

Bottle, 8%. Very sweet cherry aroma. Very deep, dark red colour. Almost no head. Fat cherry flavour, very sweet, with a little berry bitterness. Not exactly revolting, but it seems a bit like other commercial krieks. It does not taste its ABV.

I am admittedly not an expert on Belgium beers, but I know what I like, and this one has an intensity of flavor I have never experienced before. Although the alcohol content is high, it isn’t evident. The taste is intense and sweet, but not overpowering; and there is no aftertaste. I found it delightful! BTW, it was available on tap at the Downers Grove, Illinois Bavarian Inn

On tap at Sharp Edge. Nice sweet dark cherry aroma. Flavor is a little bit one dimensional, but pretty tasty cherry flavor that is sweet with a light tartness.

Ever-so-slightly pink head, on top of a dark maroon colored body. Decent, but somewhat artificially-flavored aroma - cherry, of course, and not a whole lot more. The sweet aroma leads me to expect a sweet flavor, which is true. The sweetness is coupled with a tartness that’s overall interesting and pleasant. My biggest complaint is the finish - it is quite bitter, almost as though it were sweetened with sweet-n-low.