Liefmans de Boomgaard Kriek

Formerly brewed at Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Fruit Beer
Oudenaarde, Belgium

I expected more from this "lambic", though I guess it isn’t a lambic. Too sweet, not enough complexity or barnyard. Pleasing, but not exceptional.

4/20/2008: Bottle.
Black cherry Kool-Aid® body with a light pink head. Syrupy nose. Artificial, cherry syrup flavor.

Nice pour from the bottle into a Liefman tulip, a deep ruby body with a tall pink head. The aroma is a blend of Maraschino and dark red cherries. The firm carbonation keeps the sweetness in check, the flavor being fresh cherries with a light, delayed tartness. I like cherries, so this ale appealed to me.

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Light red pour with small pink head. Big cherry candy nose. Flavor is much the same, all cherries all the same. Has a cherry soda pop flavor, hard to tell this is an alcohol drink. Nice carbination, with a dry finish.

pink head, cloudy crimson body, subdued bubbles, fruity, slightly alcoholic stickiness, largely sweet (a little tart) aftertaste, yeasty, cherry aroma. definitely better than your average kriek.

From bottle : Pours a dark red color with a half finger of light red head, that last for a couple minutes, then goes down to a foamy ring. Nose of serious cherries, almost candy like. Taste isnt to bad, very cherry, maybe to much so, kinda candy flavored. Thin bodied, and it seems to disappear in your mouth toward the end. The finish is cherry, which i guess that sums up the whole experience of drinking this.....cherry. Little to much though.

12.7oz bottle: pours a dark red with a decent white head. aroma is pretty strong of cherrys. flavor is cherry juice if they made such a thing but a little less sweet. girls and girly men would love this so called beer but more then one and i know my stomach isnt going to feel so good.

Generally mild and buttery beer. I was expecting something more akin to a lambic, but it was smoother and less harsh on the mouth. Pours a deep red (cheery coke?) with a 2-3cm thin frothy white head. Fruity sweet cherry overtones on the nose, and very buttery mouthfeel. (Bottle Pour 12/31/2007)