Cantillon Lou Pepe Pure Kriek

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic Style - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Sticker on the bottle read 2001, but the cork said 2002. Deep magenta color with a fluffy tight pink head. Barnyard, brett, and black cherry aroma. Hints of mustiness in the aroma as well. Flavor is musty, hay, and acidic black cherries. Finishes ultra dry. Great level of sourness. Thanks to IPFreely for spliting the cost on this expensive, but delicious kreik.

The cork said 2002, the bottle said 2001. Big cherry red color, fluffy pink head. Big sour aroma, lots of cherry, leather, and oak. Flavor is shortly sweet with a big tart/sour. Plenty of cherries, lots of barnyard. Highly acidic, tingles a bit, finishes bone dry. An excellent beer shared with frielock.

Bottle of the 2001 vintage. Ruby red in color with a foamy pink head. A dusty dry cherry aroma, earthy, with hints of the sourness to come. A true step above the other Cantillon lambics, IMHO. Acidic, sour, cherry, earthy, dry, with a wood base. A true delight. What is surprising is the balance between the agressivness of the style and the ease with which it hit the palate and finished in the flavor.

Red,cloudy,no carbonation,no head.Musty,sour.fruity,cherry aroma.Flavors of cherries,fruit,sourness,tartnessacidic.Finishes dry and astringent.

A murky cherry red with a small pink head. Of the Cantillon products I have tried the kriek works the best in balancing the sweetness and tartness inherent of this type of beer. Maintaining the sourness with a hint of sweet to offset it makes this a very drinkable beer.

Dark purpley red with a fluffy pink head. True lambic aroma, sour, horses. Cherries of course. The flavor is SOUR. So sour the tongue mistranslates it as almost salty. Past that there's a lot going on underneath. Cherry is subtle here. Not the sweet soda beer of Lindeman's (which I do admit having a soft spot for) and instead a true lambic with the flavor of the fruit.

1999 Bottle 2001 Cork, those damn Belgians. Body is red and pink with a fine particled pink and white head. Massive sour fruity cherry aroma. The flavor is sour with lots of cherry and other dark fruit. Quite complex actually. Body is medium with a very dry and sour, bordering on puckering. Good stuff. This is what lambic is all about!

2001 edition. Stunningly good. The standard by which all fruit lambics are to be judged. The aroma keeps all of those qualities that make Cantillon so mouth-watering, in that body-odor/barnyard way that only the Chosen can appreciate. The color from my first pours was like the sunrise, then the last glass, with the yeast, was like a thick pressing of fruit juice. Kriek makes the best flavoring for a lambic, in my opinion, because it preseves or even enhances the saliva-stimulating sourness. The acidity is restrained but present with each swallow, as the sourness and carbonation combine to keep it interesting as the bottle warms. Exceedingly drinkable, keeping the fruit charm and yet aggressively tempting me as a good gueuze would. 2003 was a great year for my lambic education and what a way to end it, with this bottle, a Christmas gift from my mother-and-father-in-law: if only everyone could be as fortunate to get gifts like this.

Everything you could want in a traditional sour kriek beer and more. I am just blown away by the sophistication and balance of this beer. A perfect mix of cherry and tart lambic. Satisfies a craving for mouth-puckering sour beer for sure. Worth the money.

750 ml bottle. 2001 edition bottled in 2003 according to the cork. Pours a beautiful ruby red color with a fizzy pink dissipating head. Great aroma of cherries with the usual lambic musty notes and tartness. A great drink.