Lindemans Kriek

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Bottle poured into a Lindeman’s flute. Clear ruby pour with a light pink head. Sweet cheery scent that has a tad bit flavor of cough syrup. Sweet flavor with a tart edge of the tongue feeling. Sweet lifesavers flavor. Finishes fruity and sweet. Very candy flavored. Not bad at all!

[375ml bottle, gift from my wife - thanks sweetie!] Surprised me by having a foil covered top, then a metal crown-cap and finally a cork - this is one of the most securely contained beers I’ve come across and not one to attempt to get into when you’re already drunk! Vivid, bright red with a moderate foamy pink head. Aroma rather overpoweringly of sweet and sickly Bakewell tart. Fortunately not too much of this carries into the fresh cherry flavour, where the undoubted sweetness is well-balanced with tartness and a mouthfeel that somehow manages to be both crisp and smooth and creamy. I’m not the hugest fan of cherry beers, but this one seemed to go down quite nicely (possibly because it wasn’t as strongly flavoured as some).

A dark pink to purple color beer with a nice pink head. Hmm a Valentines beer. The aroma was very cherryish. The taste was cherries, sweet, & slightly acidic. Simply put a cherry juice beer.

(Bottle into tulip) Like most of these fruit lambics, you really have to be in the mood to have one, and I was ready!! Pours a nice red/ruby color withe a half finger pink head that hung on longer that normal and left strong lacing on the glass. Aroma obviously strong with cherry, but I also detected another sweetness in there.. honey maybe(?) as well as some citrus. The cherries actually reminded me a little of the Luden’s cherry cough drops I had as a kid which is not necessarily a bad thing! The taste was very sweet from the cherries, but they were not overpowerling. A slight bite at the finish reminded you you weren’t drinking juice! Another strong offering from Lindemans.

Thanks to HogTownHarry for sharing with Blankboy and I. Appearance: Raspberry/cherry colour with a tiny red head. Aroma: Really nice cherry, almost like the children’s medicine called ’Calpol’. Creamy cherry, simple but delicious. Flavour: Wonderful cherry, really fresh as if just picked. Delicious. Beers like this are a joy to try.

Ruby pour with a thick, frothy pink ahead. Strong cherry aroma, sweet, cherry-flavored cough syrup. Flavor is one-dimensional, sweet cherries. Flavorful but too sweet, cloying. Full bodied mouthfeel, syrupy. With something to offset the sweetness this would great, but the something is not there.

750 mL bottle from Total Wine in Chesapeake, VA. Pours red with a bubbly pink head. Fruity, cherry, and sugary aroma. Good cherry flavor with some sweetness. The biggest downside is that the sugar tastes like an artifical sweetner (after writing this in my notes on the beer I noticed that the description even says they use a sugar substitute). Overall, this is a good kriek that is readily available for a decent price. It makes sense for those of us that do not live in Wisconsin to buy this.

Pours a clear, cranberry red body with an average, pink, frothy head. Aroma of tart cherry dominates. Not unpleasant, but big and one sided. Flavor is of sweet, candied cherry. Somewhat tangy. Medium-light body is very sweet with lively carbonation and a sweet, sticky finish. Overall pretty decent in moderation.