Lindemans Kriek

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

375 ml bottle. Pours out a bright red color with a thick creamy white head on it. Smell is mostly dominated by cherries, not really much of a musty earthy smell that I have come to really appreciate in lambic beers. Taste is mostly sweet, not sour at all, and cherry. Its good, but its not as good as other kriek beers that are sour. The sour thing is what gets me into the lambics. This is more like a fruit beer - but i was expecting a lambic. Oh well, still, not bad, and something I would never turn down if given another bottle.

A bad bottle? Great presentation and aroma but lacking completely in beerness. Cloying sweetness. Cheeseless cork. Little sediment. This is way young.

Clear red colour with small, pink sparkling head. Very strong sweet cherry aroma. Sweet and sugary cherry flavor. Medium-bodied, lots of sugar but bearable with balanced carbonation. A sweet, but quite pleasant kriek.

A 750 ml bottle costing $9.45 at the North Coast Coop in Eureka, CA. Poured a beautiful red color with a pink head that lasted a long time and left wonderful lacing. Big nose of cherry and a touch of yeast.. Mouthfeel is thick and rich, with remarkable smoothness. Flavor is of cherry of course, with a small bit of tartness underlying the sweetness that stays all the way to the finish. An outstanding example of its type.

This is a huge hit with people who’ve never had craft beer before and it’s easy to see why. It’s really close to a fruity soft drink beverage or a cocktail, than a beer. But it’s soooo easy to drink and yeah, it’s nowhere near what a traditional fruit lambic (see 3F Kriek) should be but that’s okay. I gave some to a couple of friend and they flipped at how tasty it was. The beer pours out a pinkish/red body, large champagne-like bubbles with a light pink foamy head. Aroma is roses, black cherries, a touch of sourness but even that was off-set by the simple-syrup like aroma of sugar. Flavors are sweet/tart-like cherries, with a soft-drink like cloyingness to it which I didn’t enjoy. Perhaps if it were less sweet I’d enjoy it more, but even then I found it to be somewhat refreshing.

Bottle. Pours an amazing red with a pinkish head that stays. The dominant taste is cherry and tartness. A real experience, while it shares a lot with wine coolers, the underlying taste and body is distinctly beer. Good.

"cherry" looking body with a nice red/white head that leaves nice webbing.smells alot like luden’s cough drops.tastes alot like them as well.only with a slight sour finish.this is good stuff.

Pink-redisch colour, small light pink head. Sweet-sour cherry aroma, nice balanced. Full body with sweet cherries. Finish is light sour with sweet touches, but not to much. Rather good one.