Mort Subite Xtreme Kriek

Brewed by Mort Subite (Alken-Maes / Scottish & Newcastle)
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Kobbegem, Belgium

From tap. Better than I expected. Nice red colour, cherry and bit sour aroma. Tastes very sweet, cherries, but because it’s a tad sour it’s quite refreshing.

Bottle. Sweet-sour cherry and musty aroma. Bright red color with small head. Sweet-sour cherry flavor with a light musty-metallic finish. Typical super-sweet fruit lambic but my wife likes it so a definite plus since she now will tolerate my beer searches in Belgium better.

Bottle. Red cherry color with a large pinkish head. Fresh cherry aroma. Thin to medium body. Creamy carbonation. Nice cherry flavor, but this one comes too sweet. Too near soda. It does have a nice lactic undertone; it does have cherry skin notes. I’d lie to recommend it. Can’t.

This is much better then the other lambic I had. This one tasted more like Hungarian wine and actually had flavors and aromas that don’t remind me of a bathroom.

[1130-20080228] Tap @ Grand Place (Brussels, B). Aroma is a deadringer for sour cherry Jolly Ranchers plus a little wild animal fur. Clear, deep red pink body with a medium-lasting light pink head and thick lacing. Flavour is of old mouldy cherries with a bit of zing left in them, but the Jolly Rancher theme still continues. Medium body is a little sour. Nice cherry characteristics.

At Aarschots Bierfestivn, Belgium, on March 23, 2008. (25 cl bottle) BB 11/12/09. Clear deep red color, big pink head. Sweet, almonds, cherry pips scent. Slight acidic, also sweet and almonds, cherry pips taste. A bit spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Sweet aftertaste.

2008-02-28. Ruby body with a modest pale pink head that leaves a coating on the glass like a salt stained car in winter. (3+) Sugary sweet candy cherry aroma. (5+) Flavour is the same, all sweet sugary cherries. (5+) Average plus palate. Not offensive but borders on cloyingly sweet throughout - dull.
On tap at De Brouwers Grand Place, Brussels

(Bottle, BB 31/08/09) Pours a lightly hazy ruby body with a small pinkish head. Aroma of cherry pie filling and marzipan. Sugary flavor of Maraschino cherries and corn syrup.