Kriek
(has 23 batches)
Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Kriek Regular|
Score
7.83
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Our sour cherries, which are certified organic, come from Turkey. The fruit is blended with lambic that is on average 20 months old, the proportion being 200 g of fruit per litre of beer. Since sour cherries have a very pronounced taste it is necessary to select a lambic that has enough character so that it will be a good match for the fruit. After soaking for two to three months, the lambic has extracted the full colours, fragrances and flavours of the sour cherries. At that point it is blended with one-year-old lambic, which contributes the sugars necessary for secondary fermentation in the bottle.
We only use fresh fruit and, as is the case for wine, Cantillon beers can be referred to in terms of vintages. Prevailing weather conditions have a major impact on the ripeness and quality of the fruit, and this is why the taste of the brewery’s fruit-based beers will differ slightly from one year to the next.
We only use fresh fruit and, as is the case for wine, Cantillon beers can be referred to in terms of vintages. Prevailing weather conditions have a major impact on the ripeness and quality of the fruit, and this is why the taste of the brewery’s fruit-based beers will differ slightly from one year to the next.
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8/10
Mocno w kwasna strone o dziwo, wisniowosci nie tak bardzo duzo, fajowa dziczyzna, eleganckie puwi mocno
Tried
at
Beerhub
on 13 Dec 2019
at 20:28
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle at 6.5, amazed it's unrated. Nose is cherry, vanilla, oak, funk, hints of leather,. Taste is bone dry, cherry, funk, leather, light tartness in the finish. Sourness emerges as it opens up, with a herbal and raspberry leaf note. Exceptionally welly balanced
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2019
at 20:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours hazy semi dark red with a thick pink head. Aromas of tart cherries, classic Cantillon funk, lots of hay and straw, vinegar, some sweeter vanilla notes, almonds. Taste is quite sour, funk, lots of ripe cherries, vanilla, marzipan, barnyard, light tannins, some vinous stuff going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 17:20
9/10
The grädde on the mos so to speak. All the cherry, cinnamon and almond you could ask for combined with balanced acidity. Yum! Definitely will sleep well on the train back home.
Tried
from Draft
at
Zum Franziskaner
on 20 Oct 2019
at 18:12