Kasteel Kriek

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

Serve in Flute

0.75l bottle (Kasteel Roge 8°) from the Croatian Beershop shared with heavy. Poured a hazy, very dark red body with a lasting off white head. Fine fruity cherry nose, fine fruity cherry taste, dry, slightly acidic. Feels natural. Some herbal notes. Simpler than expected but still quite tasty and good for a fruit beer.

On tap at Max’s. Too much like Smith Bros. at the start, but then it grew on me. Syrupy sweet, fresh cherry nose. 8%? Hard to believe. Let it sit and you will be rewarded.

Candy-cherry mixed with wild yeast strain aroma. Tastes much sweeter than I had prepared my self to. Very nice color with a pretty little foamy dress.

Sigh sob non avevo capito che fosse alla ciliegia... credevo fosse una simpatica dubbel o qualcosa del genere; non mi ha affatto convinto, anche se qui vedo che a molti è piaciuta. Caramellosa, scipita, dolcissima; ha il pregio di nascondere bene il contenuto alcolico un po’ alto per il ’genere’, ma lo nasconde sotto note veramente pessime.

33cl bottle. Beautiful dark red-brown with a creamy and lacy red tinged tan head. Big cherry aroma. Sweet cherry flavor and a light tartness. Not much else to say. It’s a cherry bomb that isn’t cloying but isn’t quite tart enough to be really refreshing. Medium bodied with high carbonation.

First cherry beer I have actually enjoyed. Pours dark ruby red, small foam does not last, tight little pink head remains. Nose is distinct sweet cherry, good carbonation like soda. After taste leaves little bitterness on the toungue.

Everything about this beer is distinct. It looks like Roddy Grand Cru in the goblet, but with a nice frothy head. Smells like a cherry soda, and tastes like a soft microbrewed cherry soft drink. Mouthfeel is thick and delicious like a homebrewed soda pop. Finish is dry with a strange bitterness. This is the only beer I’ve had at 8% that is actually quite easy to chug.

Bottle. Pours ruby red with thick, crimson head. Aroma of cherries, wonderful nose. Taste is sweet cherries but not overpowering. Thcik mouthfeel. Best fruit beer I’ve had. Very good!!