Kasteel Kriek

On tap at Max’s. Brown with a red tint and a white head. Very strong cherry aroma. Not a bad taste. Very sweet with cherries and a sour finish. Intense and not too complex. Not bad, but a bit too syrupy for me. Needs more of a balance.

2007 Vintage ~ Happy Valentine’s Day!

2/14/2008: Kasteel Rouge is the color of a cranberry’s skin and has a fluffy rouge-colored head. The aroma has sour cherry, some artificial cherry, and a hint of that lambic-like funk. The first sip is sweet like a cherry sucker with a bit of alcohol/cough syrup flavor in the finish. However, the next sip and those in sucsession start to reveal more of the nuances of this beer such as a real, sourish cherry flavor, some tartness, and hints of that funky lambic-like quality. This beer is generously carbontated, but not fizzy. It has a medium-light body and is quite tasty. I got this for my wife for Valentine’s Day and she did enjoy it. It isn’t as good or complex as the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/new-glarus-belgian-red/7688/39793/>New Glarus Belgian Red that she loves so much, but at least I can buy this one in the area and it isn’t too terribly expensive!

1 pt 9.5 fl.oz. bottle (Alc. 8% by Vol. ~ Bottled on: 070416) recommended by tish and purchased at The Party Source in Bellevue, Kentucky . Rating #199 for this beer...

Pours red with a fine, pink head. Aroma is sweet, with a strong aroma of cherry. Mouth feel is moderate with a lot of bubbly tingles. Flavor is very moderately sweet cherry.

Bottled. Rubyish brown colour with a small pinkish head. Aroma is rather sweet cherries, but at the same time some mild sour notes lurking in the background. Quite real cherries in both aroma and flavour. Except for cherries the flavour also has some sweet malts and only slight sour notes. More a sweet cherry beer than sour one, making it very refreshing.

Draft at Eulogy in Philly. Pours deep cherry brown with a pale pink head. Strong aroma of cherry kool aid powder. As far as flavor, it pretty much matches the aroma. Cherries and malt. There is a fair amount of sweetness, and very little tartness, making this the perfect beer for the girls (or Cheapdark). Not much complexity going on, and perhaps an "alcopop" from the beer snob standpoint. I enjoyed it, but I think it needs some sourness or bitterness to get it to the next level.

From a bottle (Rouge) poured amber/pink with pinkish head. Very sweet cherry flavor, with some tartness.

750 ml bottle dated 1/07 from West Lakeview Liquors in Chicago. Dark brown with red tint, tiny brown head. Lots of sweet/sour cherry aroma and slight earthiness. Sweet dirty Michigan red cherries, it’s like I can even taste the pits, slight earthiness, tart, very nice. Medium bodied and well carbonated. Very nice.

Bottle, Kulminator. Dark ruby, thin off-pink head. Nose is sweet cherry, glace, spicy and cinnamon. Mouth is sweet spicy herby and connamon, lightly burnt, lasting sweet end. Bit 1D, very sweet and good.