Kasteel Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Fruit Beer
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Really nice aroma and color, let down by the head formation. The initial flavor is amazing; real cherries, not in any way artificial. Earthy and bitter. The second wave is very, very sweet, almost cloying. Definitely a small-quantity (by which I mean taster sized) sort of beer.

33cl bottle, different from the one pictured (brown, stumpier). Pours a dark, deep ruby red with a small pink head that disappears very quickly. Minimal lacing. Aroma of red cherries, toasted malt and even a hint of cinnamon. Medium-bodied "dark" ale with active carbonation - thick, full mouth feel. A formidable example of Belgian fruit beers, this one has a deep, sweet-and-sour dark cherry flavour - but also tastes like real beer! Nothing artificial about the fruit flavour at all. Impressively malty bitterness counters the initial fruity sweetness very quickly, and leads to a sweet-and-sour finish. Lingering, slightly sour after taste. Very refreshing, complex, gratifying fruit beer that is so much better than the previous "extreme kriek" Belgian ales I had before. Positive proof that is can be done! Sessionable, too!

Bottle. Poured a deep red with with a reddish brown head that laces nicely. Aroma was full of cherries both sweet and tart. The flavor carries the same qualities as the cherries are well balanced between sweetness and tartness.

At an albert heijn XL in Zaandam, bottle 330ml my bottle says "kasteel rouge" dark red, pink fizzy no lasting head, fizzy taste with lots of cherryfruits and soure citrus, almost no bitter and grain, a bit like a hi-alcohol fruitbeer, not my kind. With bad acid sweetners.

average frothy reddish brown head. good lacing. fully diminishing. sparkling flat thin dark red body. aroma: lots of cherry. if and ff: moderate bitter; very light bitter in the end; average duration. palate: light body, watery texture, fizzy carbonation and light alcoholic finish.sabor maravilhoso de cereja, dulçor no ponto, me senti tomando um belo espumante; disfarça muito bem o álcool; amargor quase nulo no final do gole Nota: 90 Skol

(draught 0,25l) Pink-brown creamy head. Dark red color. Strong cherry aroma. Very sweet, maybe too much. Cherry flavor. Sticky texture. Sweet and light alcohol finish.

Pours dark red with a small pink-beige head. Aroma is dominated by sweet cherries and cough medicine with some earth, leaves, and a slightly mustardy yeast note (which I was cut through the fruit more). Flavor begins very sweet as well with a fruitiness that just seems like Cherry flavored Dimetapp to me, along with a little bit of yeast character and earth attempting to balance things. Fairly light bodied and spritzy, but the flavor is potent. Eh, I’m not a fan and am uninspired to type more.

Tap at FFF. Pours clear dark ruby with bubbly pink head (how cute, now someone pass me an I.S.). Sweet, clean refreshing cheer jollyrancher taste with very slight sour backing. Interesting, seems like a dessert. Light and drinkable.