Liefmans Cuvée Brut (was: Kriekbier)

Brewed by Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Oudenaarde, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Lovely! Only sour note is, well, its a little bit too sour! This is the same price as alco-pops, yet tastes a thousand times better.

750 ml. Nice bottle, no etiquette, just wrapped in paper. Litlle treble colour. Aroma: sour, fruity. Very sour flavour, better than al those sweet kriek-beers.

750mL: Very sour all the way through. Good cherry profile and quite enjoyable. Sweeter than the Boon but very enjoyable.

Pink on red with a cherry nose with slight traces of barnyard. Two dimentional with overly sweet cherries, a little oak, and hardly enough tartness to cut through it all. Not too impressed, but will rate agian....on some one elses buck.

sugary mellow cherry, citric. oh man, so sour, wow, just gets more and more sour, incredibly refreshing, awsome

Garnet/brown color with a pinkish head. Definate cherry aroma. Brandy flavors with a touch of cherry pit dryness.

This a very good example of a flander’s brown ale (lambics are only found in the lambic region). As far as the flavour is concerned, a bready, chocolaty flavour comes through. The cherry character of the beer is sweeter then Boon or Lindeman or Bellevue. It is closer to New Glarus’ example. Quite complex and unique.

opaque red with pink head.Smells like wine. Tart cherry taste. Sour puckery finish.

Deep red with a small head. Cherry aroma with a hint of sweetness. The taste is slightly sweet cherry and only a bit sour. Nice easy drinking kriek with a real cherry taste.

The cherry syrup flavor comes through a bit too much and tastes a bit artificial. Also, a little too sweet. Not terrible, just not great.