Kasteel Kriek

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

This was just superb, it is one of the beers that make you happy when in Belgium and also force you to promise to go back one day.

On tap at Brick Store. Pretty beer, deep ruby red with a nice foamy head. Aroma sweet, largely of cherries. Strong cherry flavor, pretty sweet, although not cloying. Slight bitterness on finish. Wish there was more sour flavors to balance out the sweetness. Not bad, but not my favorite kriek.

red with a light pink head. nose is tart cherries. smooth on the palate with a flavor of black cherries and sugar.

(750ml bottle) Pours a deep red with nice head. Quite bubbly. Nose of black cherries, some tart in there as well. Taste is syrupy, cherry, but not tart like the smell seemed to indicate. If it was this could be a much better beer. The lingering on the palette is that of artificial sweetener so bitter, but not like a hop profile.

Pours reddish color with an pink head. Aroma is strong cherry and light malt. Flavour is light sour, and sticky cherry.

Dark red colour, creamy red coloured head, staying for a bit. Aromas: krieken, cherries and sugar. tastes like cherries, fruity, not sour, but smooth, bitter and fresh. The sweetiness is dominating towards the finish. That’s not what I expected alas.

Pours a very dark red, almost grape juice like. Red crown of head, decent lace saves this from just being average. Smells of cherries, cherries, cherry juice, and can’t really smell anything else. More of a sweet than sour scent. Taste is similar with a bit of a dry bite. This isn’t nearly as much of a sugar bomb as a Lindeman’s kriek, but it is on the low end of that ball park. Good, a little bready aftertaste. Mouth is a little syrupy which is kind of nice as I am used to these type of beers being very thin and bubbly. Good stuff, especially considering a Lindemans is approximately the same price for a small bottle as this was for a 750ml. I curve a bit downward on the overall score as it became a little too sweet after a short time.

Bottle: Ruby pour with a pinkish wispy head. Sweet aroma of black cherry juice, almond paste, marzipan. Slick mouthfeel. Very cherryish flavor- quite sweet. Black cherry candy, tons of marzipan sweetness, bit it’s natural and works wells as a one dimensional sweet digestive dessert.