Very strong top-fermented cherry beer (a style gaining increasing popularity in especially Wallonia and northern France), with off-pinkish, thinnish head and misty, pinkish brown colour. Aroma of indeed cherries but rather in a cherry jam kind of way, yoghurt, caramel, red apple peel, walnuts, vague sulphuric hint. Sweet but quite genuinely fruity onset, not too sugary, sourish touch, some caramelly malts, light bitterness in the finish along with some warming alcohol, which nevertheless stays relatively well hidden seen its ABV. Not my preferred style, but interesting nonetheless.

Sampled from bottle @ Tim needs to get rid of his ticks tasting. Nice medium to dark red color, average sized off-white to beige head. Smell and taste malts, red fruit, light to moderately sour, quite dry mouthfeel. Decent body, firm carbonation.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Smiske Kriek (by Brouwerij Smisje):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5

23/I/15 - 33cl bottle from a trade @ "I need to get rid of my Belgian ticks" tasting - BB: n/a (2015-94) Thanks to Bierridder_S for the trade!

Clear deep purple red beer, small irregular pink head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: bit grassy, green, sourish. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of tannins, citrus, bit sourish, earthy, cherry touch. Aftertaste: cherries, earthy, bitter, quite some tannins, vinous.

330 ml. bottle @ home. Procured from Willems & Zoon. 12 % ABV. Lol, what? Label tells me to check cap for BBF date, cap is blank aka the usual. Pours very dark cherry red. Barely any off-white / pink head. Nose is thick kriek juice, light pits, faint yoghurt & light iron, very nice. Taste disappoints strongly after the smell, odd bitter moldy kriek, bitter leaves, plaster, bitter chemicals, washing powder, lots of rotting kriek,…. Very lingering plaster, bitter mouldy kriek after-waste,… Bitter plant-like. Body is a touch fizzy & feels hollow. Something didn’t work as intended here.