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Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium
Serve in Flute, Tumbler

bottled
common

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RATINGS: 955   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.73   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cantillon is the brewer of Belgium’s most authentic lambic. This kriek 100% lambic is blended lambic beer brewed with cherries.


3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
MikaJuhani (27) - FINLAND - SEP 2, 2011
Old cellar aroma. Nice red color with small white head. Hard sour/citrus taste with little cherry sweetnes. Quite light body. Overall high quality lambic

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Dermi (224) - Helsinki, FINLAND - SEP 2, 2011
375 ml, bottled. Pours hazy red, no head. Aroma: Cherry, coffee. Biscuits. Would be nice to have some of this at yule. Taste: Sourness of grapefruit and hints of mild coffee bitterness. Mild fruity sweetness. Palate: Medium body, very dry, generous carbonation. Sour aftertaste. More or less balanced. Pleasure to drink.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Aniela (445) - Skövde, SWEDEN - AUG 27, 2011
Sample from bottle at the Cantillon Museum Brussels, Belgium august 2011. Red hazy with small head. Dryish and sour aroma, Lovely cherrytaste, dry with some bitterness.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
TheCametron (471) - SCOTLAND - AUG 25, 2011
Raspberry red with a cherry tang. Very carbonated initially (so much so that it popped it’s own cork out). Head diminished quickly. Sour as you would hope. Very tidy Lambic.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
BenH (528) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 25, 2011
Pours ribena red with plenty of fizz. Aroma of funk and fruit. Taste is funky offset by the fruit. Very sour. Well balanced flavors. Delish

3.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
grapengrain (125) - Havelock North, NEW ZEALAND - AUG 25, 2011
Sweet, almost nutty cherry like aroma and flavour without being sugary and has an amazing rich, yeasty, sour kick.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Vignale (783) - Malmö, SWEDEN - AUG 24, 2011
Lätt grumlig blodgrapejuiceaktig färg. Stor körsbärsdoft, syra, röda krusbär. Stramt torr, mycket syra, mindre söt än andra vilket jag verkligen gillar. Lite brska a la körsbärskörna. Fantastiskt gott så här en varm vårdag. En perfekt kriek!

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
mile (1221) - Helsinki, FINLAND - AUG 22, 2011
Bottle. Reddish color, hazy, small and fully diminishing head. Moderate, dryish and sour aroma, cherry fruitiness with some berries. Body is medium, dry and very sour flavor, some fruitiness and some cherries. Finish is average, dry and very sour, faint fruitiness and only faint cherries. Really nice aroma, but flavor lacks the cherries – aroma and flavor not in balance.


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