Kasteel Kriek

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

Serve in Flute

Pours reddish brown with a slightly pink head. Aroma is of tart cherries and some slight hoppiness. Taste is very heavy on the cherries and much sweeter than the aroma would hint towards. Very good example of a cherry fruit beer, quite drinkable.

On tap @ The Cheeky Monk, Denver. Pours out a dark, dark ruby with a fluffy tannish head. Aromas of red rose pedals, cherry cordial, and maybe some cough drop medicine. When a bit warmer, aromas of molasses shine through. Assertive flavors of cherry, toffee, and a dark malty finish. Very lively mediumish carbonation keeps the sweet cherry party fun. The finish is abrupt but sweet, teasing you and tempting you to take another sip to put that flavor right back in your mouth. Its a bit uncomplicated, but it’s too dang delicious for me to care.

33 cl bottle as Kasteel Rouge. Pretty dark red body with a small pink head. The aroma and taste are very much cherry-centered. I was hoping that there would be something more besides the cherry taste. I love cherries, but I think it would be more interesting with less cherries and more malt.

Aroma is soft cherry and wood notes, looks perfectly like a mix of dark red and a slightly pink head. Great flavour, dry cherries, some wood and cider hints. A very, very good kriek.

75cl bottle at home vintage 2007. This is a fantastic winter desert beer. Its full of cherry flavor and aroma, with a decent amount of complexity. This beer has the least detectable 8% abv ever. There is just no way you could possibly tell the strength. Would like to see how this one would hold up with some more age.

Bottle at Block Party. Pours a hazy, dark red with minimal head. Strong cherry aroma with some acid. Very sweet flavor with prominent cherry notes, along with some mild tartness and acidity. Very much like a Jolly Rancher. Light to medium in body with fine, fizzy carbonation. Finishes sweet with lingering cherry impressions. Nice beer if you like.

Bordó/sötétvörös színű nedű, melynek (kis)ujjnyi vastag, rózsaszínű habja filmesen megmarad. Illata meggyes, gyümölcsös. Csípősen/savasan, és egy édes-savanyú, (nekem picit mesterkéltnek ható) meggyes ízzel indul. Nem túl karakteres aromájából némi gabona és fűszeresség érződik ki. Befejezésében valamelyest előtérbe kerül a komlós fűszeresség és nem utolsósorban a viszonylag magasabb alkoholtartalom, mely egy melengetős végkifejlettel zárja a főzet fanyar utóízét. Az előbb említett alkohol ellenére könnyen iható/kortyolgatható. Összességében nekem még így sem eléggé komplex v. "sörös", de ez nyilván nem is várható el egy gyümölcs ízesítésű sörtől, mely még így is kb. a legjobb volt azok közül, melyeket eddig úgy általában volt szerencsém megkóstolni.

Bottle at tasting organized by drowland (7/23/10). Dark pink-red pour with little head. Big cherry aroma. Bread and lightly tart cherries. Lively carbonation. Fruit beers aren’t usually my thing - but liked this one a bit.