Bacchus Kriekenbier

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Dark ruby colour, cherry nose wih hints of floral. wonderfully sweet yet strong & dark. fantastic beer.

light kriek aroma,red/brown, hazy, off white foam, medium sweetness, lightly sour, medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long nice soft,sweet and kriek finish.

0,375l Bottle. Puors dark browen reddish with rosa creamy head. Some lacing. Aromas are earthy, yeasty, leather, cherries. Palate is medium bodied, tart, with slick smooth carbonation and soft mouthfeel. Medium taste is lactic, fruity, cherries, and some dry nuances. Finish is sweet and lactic with refreshing ending. Overall very good Kriekbeer, the sweetness is balanced not overdone and the earthy flavours complete the taste.

375ml bottle. Pours dark red with a large pink head. Aroma is sweet cherries. Starts off with sweet cherries. Then turns tart. Slightly sour, dry finish.

Pours a clear dark red color with light pink to beige head, that stays a long time for a kriek. I love that color. Aroma of cherries, sugars and spices. Flavors of strong cherries, some apples, light caramel, spices, some hints of oak. Low carbonation, sweet and light sour creamy finish. Nice refreshing flavors and enjoyable.

37.5 cL bottle. Pours dark reddish with huge pink head. Mild almondish dry cherry aroma. Sweet cherry flavoured with a mild malty note and slight metallic. Smooth and sweet cherry flavoured into the finish. Nice and easy kriek.

Bottle wrapped in paper (novel). I thought I was buying a strawberry sour beer but it’s cherry. That teaches me for not bothering to read the label and just assuming that because the paper wrapping was red it was a strawberry beer. Anyway, smells of alcoholic cherries and sherbet and a bit of cow manure. Tastes of sherbet-cherries with a hint of sourness. The finish is of sharp cherries with a sherbet edge. Very moreish and not cloying or sickly. In fact it’s extremely neckable, but... it’s not a beer is it. Let’s be honest, it’s an alcopop.

Dark red almost purple beer with a bubbly weak head. Extreem supersweet smell. Cherries of course but it also reminds me of handmade candy apples. Hints of wood and cinnamon. Rough bittersweet taste with a ciitrc heaviness and orange cest.

Bottle@Home. Cherry, vanilla and marzipan aroma. Deep red colour, pinkish fine head, good lace. Very sweet, cherry, marzipan, light woody. Full and soft. Flavourful, easy going and balanced.

Bottled 375ml (Stockmann Tallinn, BB 10/2011)
Deep ruby color, steady creamy off-white head. Strong cherry juice aroma. Medium-bodied. Very fruity cherry flavor, light acidic tartness, probably from cherries, not from yeast. Nicely balanced, tasty natural fruit beer.