Cantillon Kriek

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Pours a hazy reddish brown color with a thin white head. Aroma is huge and rank. Smells acidic tart a bit like cherry juice and vinegar but in a wonderful way. Some barnyard and armpit. Flavor is big and tart with a nice cherry sweet undertone. It’s a great big flavorful beer and I like it.

Vintage 2008. Bottled January 21 2008. Best before end of 2015. 750 corked and capped bottle. Serving date: 2009-03-06. A very beautiful brew. Somewhat deep ruby color with plenty of red and pink hues. Small pink head, leaves some lacings around the edge of the glass. Rather hazy initially. Towards the end, when more of the yeast goes into the glass, it becomes very murky (and looks like a strawberry milkshake). Nice acidic smell, rather prominent vinegar, plenty of rich fruit aromas - cherries, some apples, cherry pits. Some straw, that develops into wet straw towards the end. A subtle funkiness every now and them. Very powerful acidic taste. The beer is just unbelievably sour. Some vinegar. After the massive sourness, the fruits kick in - cherries, cherry pits, apples, dry orange, lemon juice. Earth, some straw and again subtle funkiness (going towards stable). Beneath this explosion of flavors one can also note the malts and the wheat, but they are really restrained. The finish is rather dry, has some nuts and pits. Plenty of sour notes linger on in the mouth. Medium body. Gentle carbonation. Rather dry and sharp, not harsh though. This is fantastic. Full of character, very bold and very demanding. Fresh, yet rich and rustic. A masterpiece of brewing. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

12 oz bottle from Canal’s Hainesport. Poured a cloudy lavender with a small bubbly light pink head. The body is thinner with lots bubbly carbonation and a super harsh biting finish from all the sourness. Aroma is all sour and funkiness. Not really detecting any aroma of the cherries but just loads and loads of sourness. Flavor is similar to the aroma with no noticeable cherry flavor. The only way I knew this one was a kriek was the color but still a great beer none the less.

Bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours red with a big fluffy, thick pink head. Aroma is fresh cherries, light citrus and light acid. Quite sour cherries in flavour with notes of light oak, and vinegar. Ends up acidic and sweet cherry like. Good drink for hot summer nights.

Rating No.3100
Deep red coloured, pale pink head. Strong tart nose as I’ve expected. "Deadly" sour taste with notes of cherries and touch of wood. Dry and sour finish. Nice Cantillon.

(Bottle, 0.75 l, bottled 2008) Poured deep red and almost clear with medium sized, fizzy, pink and quickly disappearing head. Aroma contained sourness, cherries and cherry stones. Palate was medium bodied and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were sourness, berries, cherries, crispness and low bitterness. Aftertaste was mouth-watering, sour and lightly bitter.

Blood red beer with weak and pink head. Aroma is strongly sour, some sweet cherries and hint of fermented fruits. Sour cherries, lemon, drying and long aftertaste. Lot of carbonation and quity sticky to drink. Fresh, interesting, cherry and this taste better after each mouthfull.

37,5 cl bottle at home. Bottled 21. aug. 2009. Clear, deep reddish color, nice but dissapering pink head. Aroma is cherries, sourness, wood and barnyard. Flavor has a lovely and not too extreme sourness, cherries, wood. Dry, not much sweetness. Fine carbonation, light to medium body.