Boon Oude Kriek

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

Nice, light burgundy colour. No head. Aroma shows pedio, lots of wood, abundant cherry. Very dry, very puckering. The cherry is restrained. There’s still some pedio. Quite woody. The finish is actually a little thin, a bit alcoholic. The brett has really got this bone dry.

Bottle, thanks gottalottaibu! Aroma of tart cherry, oak and must. Flavor is a nice blend of the same. Light-medium body is acidic-dry, tingly and not too fizzy.

Bottle (12.7oz) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. SB 38 on the cork. Pours a cloudy ruby with a snowstorm of sediment and an average size pinkish-white head. Friggin’ lovely aroma with lots of tart cherries, horse-blanket funky yeast and wood. Flavour of tart cherries, funky yeast and some sweetness. Well carbonated. Fantastic stuff!

Bottle (375ml - green corked & caged). Shared with blankboy and garthicus. "SB 38" on the cork. Hazy amberish-ruby pour, decent white fizzy-foaming head. Smell - ah, that’s the shit! - sour funky lemon, sour cherry, yeasty funky goodness. Taste - again, funky sour goodness, nice bitterness, more cherry than lemon. Simple, lively acidic-sour mouthfeel, long sour cherry finish ... Not incredible, but damned good.

Thanks a million to HogTownHarry for sharing with Blankboy and I. SB 38 on cork. Appearance: Strawberry daiquiri with small fibrous flecks. Aroma: Sour, cherries, yeast, sourness again. Flavour: Ahh, cherries, sourness, some sweetness too. Lovely. A nice sour finish. Delicious.

Bottle. Deep red colour with a nice red head. Aroma and flavour of cherry with some sourness.

After a nail-biting battle with the cork, the beer poured a surprisingly clear dark red with a thick, pink head. It let us know right away that this was a real lambic - off the pour it gave a strong hit of brettanomyces leather and barnyard, with a tart, lactic backbone. Unlike most beers calling themselves kriek, this one didn’t hit us over the head with cherry candy flavouring. The flavour offered up some sour cherry notes, along with a woody (cherry-stone?) bitterness and a bracing lactic acidity. It felt a lot like biting a lemon; your mouth can’t help but pucker a bit. The wonderful lambic funk dissipated pretty quickly, but came back in full force whenever we refreshed our glasses. This isn’t the funkiest bottle out there, but it’s a boon to any lambic drinker stuck in North America.

Deep rubywith a decent sized pink head. Aroma is tart cherry pie and earth. Flavor is slightly sweet and sour with a slight hint of cherries and oak. Dry.