Echt Kriekenbier

Verhaeghe in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Flemish Red / Bruin Regular

Score

6.94

ABV: 6.8%

IBU: -

Ticks: 166

"Echt Kriekenbier (real cherry beer)" is, as the name suggests, a cherry beer that is manufactured with only the real fruit of cherries instead of with flavor enhancers or extracts of cherries. The fruit is sourced from the region around Sint-Truiden in Limburg (Belgium). Unlike the most famous fruit beers is the basic beer of the "real cherry beer" not a Lambic but a West-Flemish red-brown ale aged in oak wood. About mid-July at the picking, the Northern cherries are brought in at the brewery and laid in on the base beer. Because the taste of the cherry fruit varies from year to year and this according to the number of hours of sunshine or rain, the kriekenbier at its final composition is blended with cherry beer from the year before and two-year old cherry beer. This is intented to have a a more constant taste of the "real cherry beer" over the years.

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8.4

Biilz (2915) reviewed Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Аромат вина, но полу сладкого а не сухого, виноград, немного черешни и яблок. Цвет яркий, глубокий, прозрачный, оттенок спелой черешни. Пены практически нет. На тело вкус не тяжелый, но много этого пива не выпить. Вкус по началу кислый, как от вишни. Немного чувствуются квашенные яблоки. В послевкусие кислота резко заменяется концентрированным вкусом черешни и особенно косточкой черешни. В целом пиво мне очень понравилось.

Tried on 01 Feb 2025 at 11:34

7.4

Grumbo (24387) reviewed Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

250ml bottle. Bought in Belgium. 6.8% abv. Source not noted. Last of the backlog rates to bring my "new start" on Brewver bang up to date. Enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2025 at 20:24

Goozen (5556) reviewed Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,25ltr: Red colored brew with an good balanced sour taste and nice sharp cherry hints and some oak.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:32

eurosoba (18570) ticked Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 3 years ago

Tried on 01 Nov 2022 at 11:52

5.6

TomHendriksen (8176) reviewed Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

*Rating overgezet 2015* Het is een donker roodbruin bier met een dun schuim. Het heeft een licht zoete maar vooral zure geur en smaak.

Tried on 13 Apr 2021 at 11:44

bier4der (3351) ticked Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 5 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2020 at 20:34

7.5

Cunningham (15598) reviewed Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Nice ruby pour with a fine pink head Good intensity in the aroma Fine body and a not to high carbonation level Easy to drink Also a pleasant acidity level Fine kriek profile in this one. Also some almonds [Bottle from Mjorud]

Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2020 at 20:52

Bierridder (4318) reviewed Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

08/08/2019 - 33cl bottle @Chalet 't Zakske, Avelgem. Clear red, pink head; Nose is full cherry,, sweet and sour. Taste is cherry, bit red wine feel, nice sweet and sour balance (execpt if you expect a real sour beer.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2019 at 11:58

6.5

Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Aroma has cherry, almond and oak. Sweetish flavor with cherry juice, caramel and oak. Some sourness and a hint of rubber in the aftertaste. Cherries on oud bruin, just like Liefmans kriek, but lacks the quality of that beer. Still a nice beer, though.

Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07

anchr (2305) ticked Echt Kriekenbier (2016) from Verhaeghe 6 years ago

Nydelig fruktig preg, selv om det er godt og verdig oksydering.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2019 at 21:22