Lindemans Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans
Style: Lambic - Fruit
St Pieters Leeuw-Vlezenbeek, Belgium

3.5% 37.5cl bottle. Hazy light red with a dissipating two finger creamy pink head and a sparse lacing. Sweet cough sweet cherry aroma. Really quite sweet cherry flavours with only a touch of sourness. Some yeasty, hoppy bitterness on the back of the tongue, but not much variety. Short finish, but a lingering sweetness on a medium, syrupy body. Medium to heavy carbonation, refreshing on the swallow.

Bottle. Bright red in color with a small whitish head. Aroma is sour cherry, sugar and an earthy yeast scent. Flavor is sweet and fruity with a tart sourness and just a touch of bitterness. Medium body with active carbonation and a dry tart finish. Pretty sweet but I can drink about 12oz without it being too bad or blended with another beer to mellow out the sweetness.

Poured from a bottle into a tumbler. It had a deep cherry red hue. It smelled like sour cherries and was very sillky on the palate but was a little too oily feeling for my preference. It was enjoyable but not my kind of brew. The wife finished it and gave it a 5.

250 ml bottle. Deep, dark, cherry red color. Darkest of any kriek I have seen to date. Aroma of sour cherry candy drops, with a touch of funk and a bit of bread. Some lactic action as well. Nothing lambic about the taste. Sweet-and-sour cherry action. There is a bit of astringency at the finish, and some malty breadiness as well. Cherries taste mildly reasonable, but it certainly is not whole fruit. Ok cherry flavor, with a nice sour edge that makes it somewhat pleasant, but little is beer-like about it. Disappointing, though better than Belle-Vue.

This not my type of beer. It is a cherry flavored Lambic. The sweet beer lacks the bitterness that I enjoy. The Kriek poured a deep cherry red with a pinkish frothy head. This was a christmas gift that waited in the refrigerator until I was ready. The spontaneous fermentation is a fascinating method of making beer.

Bottle. Dark rose pour with thin, mauve head. Candied cherry and raspberry on the nose. Cherry pie and lemon curd with great carbonation. Fun beer.

Poured a deep, hazy ruby red with a frothy pink head. Strong sour candy aroma of cherries. Sweet cherry flavor with a little bit of yeast thrown in. Finished very tart and dry. A pretty good lambic, maybe a little too cloying.

Bottle. Pours an extremely deep hazy red with pink, off-white head. Nice sediment present. Aroma is strong cherry with slight funk. Taste is not as overpowering as expected, however the cherry is of course the dominant flavor present - coupled with very light yeast notes. Very subtle tartness present towards the finish.