Boon Oude Kriek

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

2003 crop. Subtle, pretty, light red color. Big cherry and brett aroma, with basement dust, grass, sweet cherries and nutty stones. Flavor is cherry, minerals (a bit too much), cheesy hops, lemon, lactic acid. Amazing balance, crisp, clean palate. Great.

Bottle. Pours a deep almost clear pink with full pinkish head. Aromas are very complex with sour cherry, almond from the pips, oak and plenty of lactic sourness. Just a little funk. Taste is very sour and earthy. Both the cherries and pips do however show through. Very dry finnish. Great beer.

From bottle shared by awiseman. Very pungent aroma with the subtlest hint of cherry. I’m almost in tears after just smelling it. Pours a cloudy ruby with lots of fluffy white head. Very sour on first sip. On second sip, the cherries become more apparent. I’m sure there’s more going on, but its hard to make out through the overpowering sourness. Very sharp on the tongue with lots of carbonation, and not too much of a lingering after taste. A very intense and enjoyable lambic.

Bottle from Keg Liquors in Clarksville. Pours murky strawberry/tomato with thin bubbly pink head. Nose is sour, smarties, tart cherry. Flavor is moderate to strong sour pucker cherry with medium carbonation and sharp relatively quick, smooth finish. Wonderful treat for the occasion.

Pours a dark purple color with a pink head. Aroma is sharp and slightly leathery, with hints of hay and grass next to some distant cherries. Flavor is overwhelmingly sour and quite dry, in a good way. The cherries are well present in the flavor but not overpowering. Good balance. Quite lively carbonation. Decent long sour finish.

2006 vintage: Pours murky dark red with a pinkish head, looks lovely. Limes and overripe cherries in the aroma, oak barrels, pretty strong notes of chlorine and bandaid. Surprisingly watery taste, not too different from their Geuze - pithy and completely dry with a medium to high tartness, flavours of plant leaves and citrus. It seems as if the cherry flavour decreased over time, since they really add an incredible amount of fruits to this. Light alcoholic burn in the throat. Underwhelming.

375 ml bottle a hazy dark red colored beer with a dark pink head aroma of cherries sour and oak taste very fruity cherries and sourness

Bottle from Theatre of Wine, Greenwich. Pours a cloudy red with a pink head. Aromas of redcurrants, a little vinous, sour cherries, acetic. Flavours of sour cherries, bit of funk, lemon, quite tart. Finishes sour with a tinge of sweetness. Good stuff.