Lindemans Kriek

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

Pours pinkish-red with a tall pink foamy head; quite attractive. Sour cherry dominates the aroma. Flavor is tart cherry fading to sweet cherry. Not much else that I can detect, just lots of cherry. All in all it has an amazing taste, just hard to call this a beer. Fantastic after dinner dessert drink. My first Kriek Lambic, very enjoyable.

Bottle. Pours a clear, dark red color with a decent, foamy, red head. Taste is floral, of cherries and fruit. Rather sweet, a little sour, kind of tart and easy to drink. Similar aroma. Reminds me of wine. A nice, drinkable brew.

Pours a deep ruby with a large pinkish-lavender head. The head retains well and leaves thick, connected rings of lacing. The aroma is fresh cherries, dusty earthiness, old people, earthy yeast. The flavor is sweet and all about the cherries, with a slightly tart, dry finish. Light to medium bodied at best, with a syrupy mouthfeel and fizzy carbonation.

Bottle poured into wine glass. Deep clear candy-apple red with a light-pink head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is black cherry yogurt, mostly sweet and no trace of sourness. Flavor is sweet ripe cherries up front which fade into a tart finish that digs at the corners of the jaw. Again, no sourness, but a very strong tartness that provides a mild semblance of balance. Still overly sugary and not all that easy to drink. Mouthfeel is similar to wine cooler.

12oz bottle poured into a Lindeman’s flute glass produced a thick, foamy, lavender head with purple body. Aroma and taste of black cherries. Have difficult time calling this a beer, but it is my favorite lambic to date. Most delicious!

2009 Bottle - Pours deep purple red with a lerge pink head...aroma is candy cherry, cherry syrup, sugar and the cherries from fruit cocktail...flavour is the same, cherry syrup, sour cherry, lemon, little bitterness, even less barrel...tastes decent enough, but far from lambic...

( 375ml cork and caged bottle cork dated 2.007). Pours clear red with head that fades like soda. Nose of light wood, tart cherries, and light vinegar. Taste of sweet cherries, some tartness, and some wet woody flavors. Finishes creamy and tart. For a very available fruit lambic this is good.

Pours a dark red with an appealing cloudiness. Small head which leaves good retention and very good lacing. Smells like dark cherries just at the perfect peak of ripeness in a wicker basket. Perhaps a touch of dark red globe grapes. Clean somewhat earthy taste. Big, bold sweet cherry flavor followed by the tartness of real cherries. Light alcohol presence feeling on the back end. While it is remeniscent of winery fruit juice (or a similar high-quality juice), you can tell that this is definitely something which has been brewed. Mouthfeel is very nice. Carbonation is almost perfect. Could stand to be a touch thicker. Easily drinkable, even though the sweetness factor would prevent it from being a session beer for most people. Excellent dessert beer. If you’ve been holding off on this (these) bottle(s), take the plunge, spend a couple extra bucks and taste the goodness.