Lindemans Kriek

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

Sample, lambic and gueuze event by Philippe Wouters, at L’autre œil, savoured on March 21 2007; eye: cherry, no effervescence, clear, beige head; nose: cherry, cherry’s acidity, fruity, sweet, light malt; mouth: acidic, sour, cherry, creamy texture, cherry’s sweetness, finale in sugar then covered by cherry, medium body, not much carbonation, rather sweet, lightly acidic FRANÇAIS Échantillon, soirée lambic et gueuze animé par Philippe Wouters à L’autre oeil, savourée le 21 mars 2007; oeil : cerise, pas d’effervescence, claire, petite mousse beige; nez : cerise, acide de la cerise, fruitée, sucrée, léger malt; bouche : acide, aigre, cerise, texture mousseuse, sucrée de la cerise, finale en sucre puis recouvert de cerise, corps moyen, peu carbonatée, plutôt sucrée, légèrement acide

A very strong aroma of cherries and other fruits. Poured ruby red with a nice head that disapeared almost immediately. VERY strong taste of cherries and alcohol undertones. This being the only lambic I have tried, I don’t know how fair a review I can give it. Good only in small serings - ie. don’t drink the whole bottle in one sitting!

Very thick beer with little to no head. Tastes of strong fruit and light alcohol. Basic generic rating (insert fruit flavor here).

Smelled like cherries, almost to the point of "Starburst" or other candy. Red color suits it well. Very sweet cherry that leaves a thick syrupy taste on your tongue. I could see having it after dinner but it’s nothing too notable.

Cherry cough drop nose that - a little too medicinal. Deep red color that’s not as nice as their other fruit lambics. Decent cherry taste that very sweet.

Bottle. This is soda. I’m reading the ingredients and seeing "sugar substitute" and "sucrose". That made me laugh out loud. That pretty much sums up this stuff. This is way too sweet, way too much like soda, and way too little like a Lambic. So, if alchopop is your drink of choice, this is recommended. Personally, I wasn’t too crazy about it. This is soda. I cannot believe the amount of cash I just paid for soda. I’d like to add that the last half of the bottle is very difficult to finish due to the heavy fructose flavor.

Decent Kriek. Nice fluffy head. Good cherry nose. Fully cherry flavor with good carbonation.

Bottle purchased @ Bevmo. Don’t know what to say about this beer, other than the fact that it tastes like Cherry Juice and is a safe way to get girls liquored up. I guess that’s my review, right there. You’re welcome.