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Lindemans Kriek

Percentile
85
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans
Style: Lambic - Fruit

St Pieters Leeuw-Vlezenbeek, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8173.44/5.03.44/5.04%54.4Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
A sparking cherry flavoured brew which is smooth and refreshing.
Also sold as Foudroyante Kriek.
Ingredients: Malt, wheat, 25% cherry juice, fructose, hops, cherry flavouring, sugar substitute, ascorbic acid, yeast.
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 gearbike (413), West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 12, 2006  
Great dark cherry color. Bold cherry taste could use a bit more carbination. 12 oz is just to much. It gets to sweet after 1/2 a glass.


 LyndaNova (493), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Sep 2, 2006  
Cold 12oz bottle: Pours a dark cherry color with a pink head that mostly dissolves. Aroma is sublimely cherry and sweet. Lightly fizzy on the tongue. Taste is of cherry and quite sweet, with some sour notes. Lovely!


 chicagobears (336), Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/511/20
Sep 1, 2006    Updated: Sep 30, 2006
Loaded with cherries. Cherry red with a nice pinkish head. I will say this beer is slightly synthetic. Not what I would call a true Lambic. Very sweet and dominant of cherries. Underneath lies a slight oak tartness. had this been unsweetened it would have been much better. From what I gather this beer used to be this way. Mt first rating was 2.5. The second tasting is a 3.5


spodude (10), Belgium
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/103/517/20
Aug 25, 2006  
This is fruit beer at it’s very best, real taste, no bitterness, the only down side for me is the sweetness it is a little to much.


 spporras (260), Finland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 22, 2006    Updated: Sep 26, 2006
(Bottle BB 07/12/07; AVB 3.5%) Aroma of sweet cherries. Ruby red colour, bright and small, reddish, fully diminishing head with a hint of lacing. Cherry, sweet (initial), slightly sour (finish) and slightly wooden (cherry stones?) flavour. Medium-bodied, soft carbonated, slightly dry and slightly sticky palate. Very good lambic! 22/09/06 (original rating was 6/3/7/3/13)


feedmec00kies (49), New York, New York, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/103/58/20
Aug 20, 2006  
color was a deep red, with a frothy pink head. smelled like cherries and not much else. mouthfeel.. a little bit syrupy. tasted mostly like "robitussen", my friend said; he wasn’t too far off-course. although it has "real cherries" , the cherry flavor was a lot more artificial and oversweetened than i was expecting - while new glarus belgian red is heavy on the cherry flavor, it is a lot more like drinking real cherry juice than this was; this was like sucking on cherry candy while tasting a small bit of lambic. behind all the sugar and cherry flavor was a bit of a woody, funky taste, with a tiny bit of tartness, but not enough to balance things out. i guess it’s a good way to get people trying lambics, especially because it doesn’t scare off people as easily (my first lambic was a lindeman’s framboise before i knew what lambic was), but i won’t be drinking this one again.


 Quixote18 (230), Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/58/20
Aug 13, 2006  
Bottled. It had the color of dark cranberry juice, and a small, frothy, pinky/ purple head. The aroma was straight- up Luden’s Cherry Cough Drops. Very sweet and one- dimensional. The flavor was similiar, but with a little added acidic tartness. More like an alcho-pop than any beer I’ve had.


 JohnnyJ (1307), Carlsbad, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
Aug 8, 2006    Updated: Apr 18, 2007
I actually enjoyed this. Pours a bright cherry red. Smell of strong sweet cherries. Tastes like cherries... Imagine that!!! Very sweet dark cherry flavor, which was good until it reminded me of cough syrup. Good beer except for that medicine flavor.



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