St. Louis Premium Kriek

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

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours a bright and clear red with a small pink head and no lacing. Aroma is more of a sweet cherry sirup than a cherry lambic. Taste is like the nose, not much acidity or funk, pretty sweet but not cloting at all. I could give this to someone who doesnt know its a beer and he wouldnt notice. Low to medium body and good carbonation. A good cherry juice.

Canette 250ml. De couleur rouge et claire. Nez fruité très sucré et légèrement sûres (sirop de cerises et notes de cerises sûres) avec des petites notes épicées. Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-fort et une texture sirupeuse fruitée. Goût fruité sucré aux notes acides et sûres (cerises naturelles sucrées, notes de cerises sûres) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût plus sucré du genre de sirop de cerises puis en finale l’on retrouve de faibles notes herbeuses et épicées (cannelle). Post-goût moyen, composé d’un goût fruité (cerises) aux faibles notes épicées. (2006)

Tesco Finest bottling. Delicous cherry flavours, nice acidic bite giving a clean refreshing edge, lowish abv but has good body and a lingering finish, nice!

ruby colour, practically no head;aroma and taste is fully dominated by sour cherry with only minimal lambic notes; only slightly better than the simple st louis kriek

Bottle at a friend’s place. Poured a clear red body with a thick pink head. Cherry juice, dusty. Candy cherry vs. mild sourness, with the candy winning in the end. Simple, tasty girly beer, as expected.

Typical fruit beer with sweet cheery aromas and taste, BUT at least it has a bit sour finish that kinda reminds you the true kriek ones. Still not a good a beer.

1 PT 9.4 FL.OZ Bottle. Poured clear dark ruby red with a light pink head. Aroma is mostly cherries as you may expect. Taste is consistent with aroma although a bit too sweet for my liking is not bad some sour note along the way and a dry finish.

UPDATED: JUN 15, 2013 Pours clear red with a pinkish and weak head. Smell is like those cough drops but a bit sweeter. This screams artificial. Taste is sweet with a nice and much appreciated sourness. It ends abruptly with an unpleasant aftertaste I just cannot put into words right now. I can only associate that with lower quality lambics I think though. Mouthfeel is thin with a normal level of carbonation. Overall I can see people drinking this "Coors Light" cold and enjoying it but I’m far from impressed, really.

Bottle 25 cl, BBE 09/2014. Pours dark red in color with pinkish head. Cherries, notes of sour elements and barnyard in aroma, some sugarcake as well. Chewy mouthfeel. Wheat flavor and quite malty in taste at first. A bit of them sour cherries in aftertaste which tends to finish in a sweet way though. Nice, and good dessert kriek this one.

Bottle (250 ml). Beautiful clear and bright ruby red with a small pink head and some lacing. Aroma of sweet cherries. Taste is sweet with sweet cherries. Not really sour or tart. Light body. It’s not bad per se, but it’s hard to call this a beer. It’s more a sweet and tasty cherry juice. Extremely easily drinkable!