St. Louis Kriek

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Ingelmunster, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

750mL green glass cork-finished. Cork date 04-2007. Poured in Moinette chalace. Appearance: A white, very light but sudsy head, left no lacing. Color is mahogany to reddish brown. Fairly clear. Nose: The classic red cherry (Luden’s cough drops) of a sweeter-style kriek. Not a lot of woodiness or nuttiness here. Hard to get much other than the cherries. Palate: Light carbonation, moderately sweet, but the tartness creeps in on the finish. It is a sweet-tartness though, like a sour patch kid. Mouth-feel is nice, with a certain woody texture and some of the wheat comes across, mostly in texture, not as much in flavor. A lightly-toasted oak flavor is subtly present. When aggitated in the mouth, the finish is more classic kriek than "other" mass-produced examples. Notes: A half-step between the commercial and cloyingly sweet lambics (Lindeman’s) and the traditional, sour labics (Cantillon). A better introduction to what Lambics are than Lindeman’s and more user-friendly for those just starting into sour Belgian beers. Other Notes: We tried this beer, at the request of the regional rep, next to a bottle of Lindeman’s Kriek. On the nose, the differences were subtle. The palate revealed the woody texture of St. Louis and the notes associated with oak-ageing, whereas the Lindeman’s was cloying, round, and had a slick, soda like mouth-feel. The finish of the St. Louis was stronger and more complex than the Lindeman’s. All in all, they’re not hugely different (half-step), but the quality of the St. Louis is such that the money is better spent with it and the lesson of oak-ageing is more obvious. I still prefer the Cantillon style to both though.

25 can.Reddish colour with small head.Sweet cherry aroma with thin body and slight watery mild with short finish.

Back to Back with the peche, with some spicy lentils in between. Bottle. Pours dark red with a tan head. Nose is like cherry cough syrup. Taste is very sweet, and cloying with some tartness. Overall I like this less than the peche.

250 ml bottle. From Germany. 4%. Clear red colour with small head. Sweet cherry aroma. A bit too sweet flavour. Very cherry.

12.7 oz bottle, dated 11/2008. Clear red with a pink head. Sweet and strong maraschino cherry nose. Flavor is much the same, just a hint of tartness. Again, why is this rated so low? I liked it a lot.

Aroma does not bode too well; cherry cough syrup is the only thing that comes to mind. Flavor is OK, though. No funk at all, just sweet cherry syrup flavor. Mouthfeel is a bit, well, syrupy.

a cartoonish drink. pour pink colored with cream read head, it has fruity aroma of sourness with sweet flavor.

From a bottle poured a ruby color with a fair amount of head good cherry flavor alittle sweet with a lasting finish.