Lindemans Kriek

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

UPDATED: NOV 23, 2009 12oz bottle poured into a Lindeman’s flute glass produced a thick, foamy, lavender head with purple body. Aroma and taste of black cherries. Have difficult time calling this a beer, but it is my favorite lambic to date. Most delicious!

2009 Bottle - Pours deep purple red with a lerge pink head...aroma is candy cherry, cherry syrup, sugar and the cherries from fruit cocktail...flavour is the same, cherry syrup, sour cherry, lemon, little bitterness, even less barrel...tastes decent enough, but far from lambic...

( 375ml cork and caged bottle cork dated 2.007). Pours clear red with head that fades like soda. Nose of light wood, tart cherries, and light vinegar. Taste of sweet cherries, some tartness, and some wet woody flavors. Finishes creamy and tart. For a very available fruit lambic this is good.

Pours a dark red with an appealing cloudiness. Small head which leaves good retention and very good lacing. Smells like dark cherries just at the perfect peak of ripeness in a wicker basket. Perhaps a touch of dark red globe grapes. Clean somewhat earthy taste. Big, bold sweet cherry flavor followed by the tartness of real cherries. Light alcohol presence feeling on the back end. While it is remeniscent of winery fruit juice (or a similar high-quality juice), you can tell that this is definitely something which has been brewed. Mouthfeel is very nice. Carbonation is almost perfect. Could stand to be a touch thicker. Easily drinkable, even though the sweetness factor would prevent it from being a session beer for most people. Excellent dessert beer. If you’ve been holding off on this (these) bottle(s), take the plunge, spend a couple extra bucks and taste the goodness.

bottle - pours a deep ruby red with creamy head. The aroma was of strong yeasty cherry. The flavor was sweet with a lovely sour cherry undertone. Yum!!

3.5% 37.5cl bottle. Hazy light red with a dissipating two finger creamy pink head and a sparse lacing. Sweet cough sweet cherry aroma. Really quite sweet cherry flavours with only a touch of sourness. Some yeasty, hoppy bitterness on the back of the tongue, but not much variety. Short finish, but a lingering sweetness on a medium, syrupy body. Medium to heavy carbonation, refreshing on the swallow.

Bottle. Bright red in color with a small whitish head. Aroma is sour cherry, sugar and an earthy yeast scent. Flavor is sweet and fruity with a tart sourness and just a touch of bitterness. Medium body with active carbonation and a dry tart finish. Pretty sweet but I can drink about 12oz without it being too bad or blended with another beer to mellow out the sweetness.

Poured from a bottle into a tumbler. It had a deep cherry red hue. It smelled like sour cherries and was very sillky on the palate but was a little too oily feeling for my preference. It was enjoyable but not my kind of brew. The wife finished it and gave it a 5.