Girardin Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Girardin
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Sint Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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White Label. Sweet cherries dominates the aroma together with a light sourness. Crimson red, slightly cloudy, low creamy redbrown head. Sugary cherry tastenotes, moderate acidity, somewhat artificial - the kids will love it. Light body. Easy drinkable and not really exiting.

Bottled sample. Rose in colour with medium carbonation. Aromas are of cherry cordial syrup, backed by some flaked wheat. Sweet cherry upfront in the mouth, along with pumpkin pie spices (mace, cinnamon, etc.). Fairly sweet on the palate, but the finish is mercifully tart. More like a semi-sweet dessert beer than a serious sour kriek. Not bad.

Bag-box. Muddy red with no head at all. Very sweet fruity aroma, lacking funkiness. Plain sweet flavour, medium bodied. Perhaps too young and under attenuated.

cherries aroma,red, clear, white foam, medium bitterness, lightly sour, medium body, medium body, oily feel, lively, bitter,

2012 - 04 - 22 375ml corcked bottle. clear red colour. small pink head. aerthey cherrie aroma. sour and sweet in taste

Balanced beer, not too sour, not too sweet. Also has some apple flavor to the overall cherry. Bottle from De Bierkoning in Amsterdam.

75cL bottle, courtesy of eclectic @ BCTC 2007. Thanks, Kevin! Pours a clear, ruby red color; light pink head with fine-bubbled lacing. Buttery raspberries and cherries in the aroma; creamy and strange. Relaxed buttery notes in the mouthfeel; still buttery, but with a nice cherry tartness and fresh red fruits; tart with pleasant acidity. Medium, chewy and buttery finish. Too much butter.

2010 bottle. Pour is ruby with an insanely large off-pink head. Aroma is funky, lightly tart cherry, mineral, sulphur, and pitted fruit. Taste is funky, lightly cherry, nutrasweet, plastic, butter, sulfur, more funk, and mineral sweat. Almost no real sourness. Just a strange change of pace. Tastes like plastic and smashed assholes. Finish is slightly sweet, bitter, and a bit watery. Interesting.

Red coloured and clear. Light red head, mostly lasting. Acidic aroma, fruit, cherries, lactic acid. Flavor is mostly acidic. Dry and astringent.

Clear red with a pink head. Cocktail cherries, pilsner malt, wood and just a weird and totally misplaced flavour that reminds me of tarragon. Thin and weird kriek.