Lindemans Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans
Style: Lambic - Fruit
St Pieters Leeuw-Vlezenbeek, Belgium

355ml green bottle, corked and capped. Red coloured liquid with a small creamy pink head. Leaves some interesting webby lacing on the glass. Sweet cherries aroma, very subtle leathery aroma behind the sweetness. Cherry flavour with a trace of sourness in the finish. Minimal tartness. Light, effervescent.

Deep, wine red color with a pink head. I would agree that this smells and tastes a little like black cherry soda with a tart aftertaste. I didn’t think that I would like this but was somewhat surpised. I split the bottle with a friend because I could only handle about half of it before I got sick of the taste and had to drink a budweiser.

Pours a hazy reddish purple with a light reddish pink head. Mostly smells like sour cherries. Flavor is similar to black cherry soda, very sweet and tart. Medium body with lively carbonation and a crisp, tart and dry finish. Not bad, but tastes more like a wine cooler than a beer to me.

750ml capped and corked green bottle from The Lighthouse in Manchester. Pours a somewhat hazy ruby-red/burgundy with a good inch of pink head that leaves fairly impressive lacing on the side of the glass as it slowly dissipates. Smells strongly of cherries with hints of a funkiness which is no doubt due to the spontaneous fermentation. Tastes strongly of cherries too with a sweet-and-sour quality from the funky twang. Hints of malt toward the finish. Slightly on the dry side. Plenty of carbonation helps make this a pretty refreshing beer despite its flavor complexity and fairly full mouthfeel. A solid beer for sure and my favorite lambic I’ve had thus far. Really hitting the spot tonight.

Pours a light purple color with little head. The aroma and flavor are strong with cherries. Palatable and smooth, there is a slight acidity on the finish.

From the look of it it looks like a cherry champane with thin laceing along the sides of the glass with some spotted laceing along the sides. The nose is of strong cherry and some hints of hops. But the flavor is extreamly fruity with cherry and some bitter funk and has a sour patch tart sour finish. You can really taste the sour fruit along the sides of your tounge.

Pours purple with a large soapy pink head. The aroma has sweet cherries ~ Luden’s cough drops? candied maricino cherries? There is also light spiciness. Medium / thin crisp refreshing body with some light sharp carbonation. The taste is similar to the aroma with a bit more spice and a hint of tartness. The finish is definitely on the sweet side like the aroma. Good for a fruit beer.

Pours dark red with a thin pink head. Aroma of cherry cough syrup, cherry pie, sweet and sour cherries, and a mild touch of funk. It is not as bad as it sounds. Sweet cherry juice initially is followed by a tart finish. I like the dry mouth feel that is left over. A touch of wild yeast can be picked up as well.