2.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
One of my intro beers to the style. I enjoyed the fruity taste, but it did seem quite artificial and syrupy. Not really much beer character to it though. I could see how this style could be quite pleasant, and I look forward to trying more of the quality offerings available. Decent.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Beer 6 Belgium trip. Ordered the unidentified kriek off the hotel room service menu for kicks just to see what would be sent up. No surprise, this stuff is everywhere in Belgium. Deep rose color, light pink head, nose of sour cherries. Flavor matches, but a little too sweet for me. No real funk here. Fun, but not serious.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
37,5 cl bottle. Reddish colour with a pink head. Nice cherry aroma. Also nice cherry flavour thats ends up sweet and sour. Nice but not great
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Of the 3 Bellevue’s I’ve tried I liked this one the best, a bit to sweet, but decent, still can’t say Lambic’s would ever move into my top 25 beers overall, but do hit the spot on occasion. There is a essence or tone that I do like, but not enough to become a favorite.
2.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Yeah, it doesn’t look like a beer, but taking the style into consideration, I have rated it accordingly. The rich cherry body with a pink cream head is an appealing change of pace. The aroma smells deliciously full bodied of cherries with a sour vinegar note discernable at times. Unfortunately, the taste becomes more disagreeable as the experience continues. Cherry soda/cherry sparkling flavors give way to a twinge of saltiness to an unpleasant salty cherry that becomes sickening. Far too unbalanced.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from the LCBO. I’m writing an article on fruit beers for a local food & drink website, so I’m re-rating some stuff to update my notes, and I realized I’d never rated this. Pours a bright ruby colour with a medium pink head. Aroma of cherry cough drops. Flavour is fairly tart, with a lot of cherry flavour, but it turns medicinal in the finish, and not in a good way like the Drie Fonteinen Schaerbeekse Kriek I tried last week. Basically, this is a simple, dumbed down take on this style - it’s not awful, but it’s far from being a great beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle- Dark red in colour with not much of a head. Tart cherry aroma. The flavour is of artificial cherry with a mild tartness and acidity.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Dark red colour with a light red head. Sweet cherry flavour and aroma.
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