Moriau Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Lembeek, Belgium

75 cl bottle, no label, just a pinkish red stripe. This beer is not allowed to be sold by EU-rules. F*** the rules! Pinkish red color, no head. Bought in Café Moriau in St Pieters Leeuw. The landlady said it was the very last kriek her brother made himself. Must be 5 years old or so. Amazing aroma. Cherry, cherry pits, almonds, ash. No carbon whatsoever. Quietly sweet cherry flavor. Wood, ash, bitter almonds, fresh cheese. Short aftertaste with sherry, bitter almonds and cherry wine. Absolutely amazing beer. has aged well and has developed like an old sherry. Thin, but complex and full of character. I will return to St Pieters Leeuw for more if i ever get the chance. 2 points extra for breaking EU-rules. 38 cl bottle, about 7 years old. Strawberry and raspberry in the aroma mixed with the obvious cherries, just a bit perfumed. Perfumed somewhat faded kriek flavor with notes of rosewater and vanilla. Limited sourness, marmalade-like cherry fruit. Cherry pits. Aspartame sweetness, marzipan. Just a bit thin. Loved it.

Dusty old bottle at Moriau. This was Pretty neat stuff. Some subtle sweetnes from the cherry, quickly taken over by tart and dry cherry flavours. Some funk and farmhouse aromas/flavours. Really good, ii’m glad we stopped at this place.

Bottle (75 cl) at a Göteborg RB tasting, thanks Hildigöltur for giving this gem to us!!. Deep hazy ruby with a medium pink head. Fresh cherries with wooden notes, and dusty hops. Medium bodied and smooth. Perfectly balanced.

(Just as Diabel’s - this one’s still the original from Moriau blendings. Apart from the place Tim mentions, it might be still available at Moriau’s pub, right in front of the Sint Pieters Leeuw church) Slightly drab red-brown beer, orange shine and UFO’s; slim pinkish ring, fast gone. Spiking acid nose: fruit and lactic, acetic. No doubt there is a fully fruit adjunct, even the stones can be traced in the nose. Some Brett, but not very outspoken. Very sharp sour taste, once the shock over, it mellows, becoming wonderfully fruity. Not as some - this is not clear fruit juice, it is a wonderfully complex total, a myriad display of differnt esters, acids and organic compounds I have no name for. Incidentally, the full power of this beer culminates in the palate. There’s obiviously some acidburn. superb fruit lambic - it has always been amongst the finest.

Bottled.Thx Hildigöltur. Slightly hazy red with a beautiful pink head. Sourish aroma with some sweet fruity cherries. Cherries, bitter-almond in the flavour. Sourish with a pleasant sweetness aswell.

Pours unclear deep red with a small greyish head. Sweet cherry aroma with a sour subtone and some grapefruit. Very full and very complex - yummi! Nice cherry flavor, mostly sweet with woody tones. Like a mild Schaarbeekse Kriek. Complex and very nice!

Bottle courtesy KimJohansen, thanks. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Red colour. Powerfull cheerie aroma. Great sweet cherrie flavor. Long fantastic finish. Super creamy palate. Great stuff.

Original bottle. There is no more available at De Bierschuur, Dilbeek. I bought the last bottles. Brownish red coloured. Very nice natural cherry aroma. Soft and sweet cherry flavour with little sourness and acidity. Very fruity and pleasant.