Kasteel Kriek

Stubby bottle pours a clear ruby body with a small and fleeting pink head. Aroma is sweet and tart cherries. Taste follows suit with more sweet and tart cherries. Just a hint of malt and hops underneath but no hint of the 8% abv. This one is all about the cherries, not much else.

Name: Kasteel Rouge
Date: November 24, 2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: clear dark ruby red, creamy pink head, lots of speckled lace
Aroma: strong dark cherry aroma with an initial sweetness balanced by a woody tartness
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich cherry flavor belnded with dark malts, plenty of fruity sweetness is balanced by a tart cherry skin character
Overall: the intense cherry just gets to be too much after a while
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Bottle sampled. Pours a deep red with a nice one finger pink head. Aroma of sweet and tart cherries. Flavor is moderatly sweet with cherries and has a light tartness that is interesting and pleasant. Alcohol well hidden. An excellent fruit beer

Draught. opaque, dark red purple colour. aroma dominated by ripe sour cherries. The taste continues the strong cherry present with just a touch of alcohol, full and rich body, long sweet and sour finish. The cherry presence makes this beer seem a bit one dimensional, but this probably a classic case of the final impression being more the sum of the parts, making this an excellent beer to linger on.

Bottle at Toms Ultimate Glasgow Tasting: Poured a red color with a light red head. The aroma is cherry with a hint of dirt. Taste is very cherry and syrup sweet. Its an above average fruit beer.

Bottle at ultimage glasgow tasting. Aroma is very cherry, noteably fake but still very nice, quite sweet and yeasty with spicey hints. Taste is similar, very drinkable for the %, lacking body somewhat but still a belter of a fruit beer.

Bottle at Toms Ultimate Glasgow Tasting ... Deep cherry red... sweet cheery nose ... realy quite juice like ... Quite sweet with a little tartness in linger. No real depth but wonderfull drinkable, while at the same time not a patch on the New Glarus Belgian Red

On tap at Luka’s Taproom (Oakland, CA). This red beer poured with a miniscule pink head. There is a very sweet cherry flavor with a slightly harsh finish. Makes a great dessert beer.