Boon Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Lembeek, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Very nice looking beer deep opaque red so dark almost starting to look black, just the tiniest amount head was produced leaving a ring of bubbles around the edge of me glass. A slightly perfumey, tart creamy cheery aroma is very prominent but not over powering, smell reminds of starburst candy. Very balanced taste good natural cherry flavor combined with the beer, it doesn’t just taste like juice. I can pick a lot of yeast in the flavor and some nice malts, very nicely balanced. Full bodied with stinging carbonation, feels thicker then most Lambic fruit beers. A very enjoyable fruit beer goes down smooth, doesn’t taste artificial, and isn’t overpoweringly sweet.

Clear red with a medium pink head. Sweet aroma with cherries and almonds. Flavour likewise. Finished sweet. Artificial. Bastard.

A great compliment to chocolates or cherries. Very strong sour cherry aroma, that overwhelms you a bit. Sourness is well balanced with sweetness, and cherries come through at every level of the tasting. Has a bit of a soda feel to it, but more sour and complex. A really nice lambic, but it definitely blurs the lines between beer, champagne and wine. A great compliment to dessert though.

Bottle. Red coloured with a small red/pink head. Pleasant aroma of sweet cherries and marzipan with a slightly bitterness to it. Flavour is sweet cherries with a dry touch. Unfortunately its a little to sweet.

Pours a gorgeous dark crimson hue that is mostly clear, but shows a very slight bit of haze. A head of pink foam settles slowly to a thin but lasting blanket, while pronounced diagonal flares of frosted lacing cling to the glass. The nose is big on sweet cherries, showing almost like a parfait, with a surprising cream component. Mildly funky, lactic yeast comes through, but there’s very little acidity in the aroma, which is a bit different for a lambic. Flavors mirror the nose, showing mostly sweet dark cherries and lactic cream, with very little lambic funkiness or acidity. Smooth, silky, and creamy on the tongue, the mouthfeel avoids seemingly certain cloyingness and in fact matches the brew perfectly. This is a beginner’s lambic, for sure, far too sweet to appease sourheads like myself, but it’s tastiness is undeniable and reminiscent of a cherry soda from the days of my youth. Similar to New Glarus Belgian Red. Think of it as a fruit beer and you’ll be more satisfied with it.

Bottle bonus by JAXSON. Thanks man! Aroma of cherry juice, sweetness, touch of oak notes, and a minute amount of old funky notes. Pours reddish pink, hazy with no head. Cherry sweetness up front, lightly tart in the finish with perhaps a little horse blanket in the finish. Mostly juicy and sweet but natural making it pleasant and drinkable.

Bottle. Dark red colour with a pink head. Aroma of cherries. The flavour is sweet and sour cherries. Balanced, medium-bodied lambic. Quite smooth and easy to drink.

Crop of 2006. Dark red with pink head. Very sweet but not too overwhelming. Would be able to drink a few of these without upsetting the stomach. Very nice.