Liefmans Glühkriek

Brewed by Liefmans (Moortgat)
Style: Fruit Beer
Oudenaarde, Belgium

Serve in Flute

warm: [6-2-7-3-16] clear dark red, no head (went away when i warmed it up) aroma of cherries. flavor is very nice, sort of reminds me of glogg, but with a much more refined fruity sour tinge to it, and of course the cherries. Surprisingly nice and "clear" taste. great winter warmer. There’s also some spices in there which is especially apparent towards the end. cold:[3-6-6-2-13] cloudy red, smooth pink head.3, aroma of cherries, almonds, fruity bitterness. 6. flavor is pretty sweet at first, cherries, however some sour balance is present, towards the end it goes a bit fruity bitter.6, palate a bit bubbly and foamy2, overall 13.. My rate is the warm one, as that is what the bottle suggested for a serving temperature. One of the best warm beers i’ve tasted.

Bottle. I tried this both warm and cold. To read the details visit www.beerdrivel.se. Appearance: Warm wins! The left one is warm and the right one cold. When I heated it up it got this thick and creamy head that made me think of coagulated eggs or something. Smell: Cold wins! I started by smelling the cold one and it had a sour and fruity smell with cherries, berries and allot of mint. The warm had a more musty smell but besides that it felt lighter, less berries and mint then the cold one. Taste: Cold wins! Same thing here, I started with the cold one. Lots of cherries, marzipan and spices, mint was the strongest but there where an array of subtle spices in the background, like cinnamon. The warm one had more of a sour fresh cherry flavour but less of the rest. It overall lacked flavour and it got more flavour the more it cooled off. It also felt more alcoholic. I noticed something weird and that was that the warm one got a bitter touch to it when it cooled off, something that wasn’t noticeable in the cold one. Overall I think the cold version was allot better and I give it a score from that.

25th April 2006
Warning! Early amateur rating! Aromatic warm cherry beer. More a morello cherry falvour. Not sweet and vaguely spicy. Nearly missed the fact you are suppossed to warm this up and actually preferred it very cold!

This has been lying under the stairs now for a over year mainly down to the fact I couldn’t be arsed to heat it up! Today I got that arse in gear and heated it up on the stove. Deep red pour with a light pink head. Steamy aromas of cherries, sultanas, figs and dates. Sweet cherry taste. Lots of dark fruits, sultanas, raisins, plum pudding. Soothing, sweet fruity finish. Gets me in the mood to get in a few bottles of mulled wine for Christmas.

Chilled Bottle at YNWA in Kolding. Beautiful dark red beer, with a whafer thin white head. The aroma is somewhat sourish, whith notes of cherries, cinnamon, vinegar and oranges. The taste starts warm and sweet, but in time gets more and more sourish. Realy delicious notes of cherries, vinegar, cinamon and oak. I really like this one.

Overall, this beer was terrible, it was about as vile a beer as they come. I’ll avoid it like the plague form now on. too sweet, too one note. blech

In short: A surprisingly pleasant beer that tastes like a spicy maraschino cherry juice.
How: Bottle 750ml. Exact age unknown, I suspect a few year old. Sent to me by ygtbsm94, thanks Brad
The look: Murky burgundy body with almost no head
In long: Nose of maraschino cherries, smells a bit like a New Glarus Belgian Red but a lot less intense. Taste is simple, which is not a problem, New Glarius Belgian Red and Unibroue Quelque Chose are very simple but they are great, it’s just the nature of cherry beer. In the mouth the maraschino cherries are joined by dark cherries and cinnamon notes. Sweetness level is moderate, feels a bit sweeter than Quelque Chose but a lot less sweet than Belgian Red (the two main references for the style). Carbonation is too soft and it makes the beer feel like cherry juice more than a beer. Something about the spiciness dries out the beer in the finish and makes it very drinkable. A girly juicy fruit beer that I like! This straight forward juicy fruity beer should be girly but does not feel girly at all. A dike beer?

Had this warm from a street vendor during Kaiserslautern’s Weinachts Festival. Pours a ruby red color. Aromas of cherries, chocolate, and a hint of vanilla. Flavor is a subdued cherry taste, not a big as I expected. Finishes like a cherry tootsie roll pop. Surreal taste, quite remarkable. Medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel. This is a great beer