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Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Ertvelde, Belgium
Serve in Flute, Tumbler

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 237   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.16   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
The Bios Kriek Lambic is sold under the CHERISH label in the USA and outside Europe. Everybody likes the right balance between the sourness of the Lambic and the sweetness of the fruit, in this case cherries. The aroma of the cherries is not too dominant, as it should be. The beer gives a very pleasant and refreshing feeling in the mouth, with a smooth cherry aftertaste. The Bios Kriek Lambic is an excellent thirst quencher, low in alcohol (5 % by volume) and great to drink at parties. True Lambic lovers prefer the Bios Kriek Lambic so much because you taste slightly more of the Lambic sourness, than in some more commercial Belgian Lambics, wherein the artificial sweetness is too strong.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BuckeyeBoy (2138) - Boise, Idaho, USA - JAN 23, 2009
8.4oz bottle Pours out a dirt dark brown with some red. Topped with a small pink head. Aroma of sweet fresh cherry. Along with a candy cherry pie filling. Tast more of the cherry and some sour. About all I can pick up is syrup.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fonefan (23588) - VestJylland, DENMARK - JAN 6, 2009
<b>Bottle 250ml.</b>
Clear medium to light dark amber red color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caraeml, fermented cherry, sour and sweet cherry, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate sweet, acidic and sweet vinegar with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [260908]

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Sparky (2128) - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - DEC 30, 2008
8.4 oz bottled under Cherish Kriek. Pours a dark red with a one finger pink head. Nose is mostly maraschino cherries. Taste is cherry cough drops and black cherry soda. Medium sticky mouth feel. Extremely sweet and candy like. Good in very small quantities. Their raspberry version is better.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
ghawener (1220) - San Salvador, EL SALVADOR - DEC 17, 2008
Bottle: Intense cherry flavor, bittersweet, refreshing and great occasional brew. Nice lambic.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
WeeHeavySD (3341) - San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA - OCT 16, 2008
nip from wetherel shared with him and my girlfriend. Pours pink with a big cherry white head. Sweet slight cherry nose. Sweet too candy like for me.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
fredandboboflo (1570) - East Setauket, New York, USA - OCT 4, 2008
Bottle, Cherish. Aroma of tart cherries and some acidic tartness. Flavor the same, tarter than I expected, in between the purely sugary lambic fruits and the classic lambic fruits. I quite enjoyed it.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
LilBeerDoctor (2568) - East Setauket, New York, USA - OCT 3, 2008
Bottle, labeled Cherish Kriek. Pours a dirty brown red with a huge, thick, foamy light pink head. Aroma of sour cherries and a little funk. Flavor of sweet cherry with a nice tartness. Body is a little weaker than I’d prefer, but this is a nice cherry lambic.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
guzzler67 (1373) - Hanover, Maryland, USA - SEP 11, 2008
Reddish amber appearance with a tiny white head and very little lacing, Sweet, cherry licorice aroma. Taste turns a little more tart, but the cherries (or the cherry syrup) overwhelm everything else. Medium bodied, well carbonated mouthfeel with a finish that’s almost cloying.


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