Lindemans Kriek

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

Pours reddish with a pinkish, big, fizzy head. Nose is cherries and cough syrup. Taste is sweet cherries up front, with a tartness in the finish. Memorable and enjoyable.

I drank this from the bottle into a chalice. The bottle is capped but has a cork. When I poured it poured a bright red, almost like hawaiin punch, but as it settled it was a dark blood red color. There was about a finger high pink head that disappated quickly. There is little lacing. It smells very sweet, cherries are dominant, almost like cherry cough drops. It tastes as sweet as it smells with again cherries dominating. WHat made this kriek great was the great sour note at the end. Overall, a very good lambic.

Dark ruby red, pinkish long lasting foam. Aroma is cherry cough syrup. Taste is sweet cherry, artificial cherry, lightly tart finish.

Bottle from the back of the fridge that’s a year or two old. Dark red pour with a big pink head. Tart and sweet cherry aroma. Similar flavor with a lasting tart cherry finish. Sampled this at the Columbus Alefest a couple weeks ago and could swear it tasted like kool-aid. Maybe time has been kind to this bottle.

UPDATED: JAN 24, 2010 Pours deep red with a pretty pink head. Smells of vinegar, sugar, and defintely cherry. The taste is a bit vinegar with a decent cherry flavor. A touch too cloying however.

355ml - Pours a darkish red in color with little carbonation and a pinkish head that barely covers the top of the beer. Aroma is clearly black cherry, which I love and slightly sweet. Flavor is all about the cherries (really good). Starts sweet, but then the sourness of the cherries and the Brettanomyces. Finishes strong on the cherries and, again, slightly sweet to start and sour to finish. I am a real black cherry fan and this one did not disappoint... I really like this one...

Poured out a dark pink beer with a nice bright head; on a good pour I can get some ropy lacing. The aroma is of black cherries, some oak, medium sweet, a slight dusty earthiness (very little). It’s big on the black cherry. The taste is also dark cherry, slight wood, a spritzy sourness, nice sweetness, a bit dry and mild overall. Has a great carbonation to it, good solid sourness that goes dry then goes sweet. Finishes with a slight heat. Mild an smooth overall.

Unfiltered version at WSF. Opaque ruby with bright pink candy head. Aroma is cherry candy and is one-dimensional and sweet. Sticky sweet palate. Dessert sweetness, with lots of sugars. Nice seed bitterness at the end, though.