Belle-Vue Kriek

Brewed by Belle-Vue (InBev)
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

1994 bottle at the kulminator. pours ruby with small white head. nose of a cherry syrup quality (wonder why?) and some toffee. flavor is light chocolate covered syrupy cherry flavor. not sour, not acidic, not a lambic. but with age it’s actually pleasent and not too sweet. mouth feel is watery, palate is way too short. better than i thought it would be but at only 2euro i had to try it.

Bottle 0,25ltr: Reddish coloured commercial kriek, with good thirstquenching capabilities.

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2005 Interesting beer that could easily pass for something else. Smalles like a cough drop and tastes about the same...if it wasn’t for the alcohol in it, I’d try and use it to sooth my throat. That said, for special occassions this might not be half bad...it’s quite expensive in Canada (but what isn’t?) but I must say I was quite intrigued.

Bottle sampled. Pours red with a light red head. Aroma of fermented cherries, tart, and sweet. The flavor is sweet, fermented tart cherries, slight oak flavor. Not bad.

Can! shared by oldstylecubsfan. Thanks Todd! This beer smells and tastes like a ludens cherry cough drop. Delish! Not tart or sour at all, but not terribly cloyingly sweet either. Pretty darn good if you ask me.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2006 Dark maroon, with a pillowy, lasting head. Obvious cherries in the aroma, although slightly artificial. Tart and sour, the flavour is nicely balanced, but a little bland. Medium-bodied and nicely dry, this slides down very easily.

Full marks for an amazing cherry appearance and thick pink head! That was the only real distinction in this fruity brew as the overall taste paralleled a carbonated cranberry-cherry-soda drink. I was hoping for a more full bodied taste...

Rather dark pink-reddish colour, large pink head. Fuity-cherry aroma, somewhat sweet and sour. Full and creamy palate, little sweet. Finish is sour-sweet, enjoyable.