5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Boelens' sweet cherry beer, probably based on Waaslander; light gusher but manageable. Coarse, irregular, off-white, moussy head over a misty deep ruby red beer with quite fierce carbonation throughout. Aroma dominated by a lot of actual sweet cherry juice, but some red candy and bubblegum as well, albeit very limited; other impressions include stewed rhubarb, white bread crumbs, sweet plum tomato, nectarine, straw, rosé wine, fresh figs, ginger and something rubbery. Lots of sweet cherry juice in the mouth, but edged by a fruity sourishness which is further accentuated by the sharp (over)carbonation; underlying estery hints of peach and banana too. Some bubblegum and red candy 'artificialness' hidden in the background, but it is the real cherry juice that keeps dominating, over a light bready malt body; slight earthy hop bitter note in the tail, along with less flattering rubbery and sweaty accents. Overly sweet and artificial cherry beers seem to be in decline in recent years - at last - but as a reaction, many traditionalist breweries are releasing a new type, in which sweetness is still dominant, but sourness gets to shine as well, even if they usually remain a bit artificial and one-dimensional. This is a very typical example of that - more digestible to me than the syrupy red candy krieks I had to endure in my rating carreer, but this type of one-sided, light, crowd-pleasing fruit ales will never be my personal favorites in terms of style even if they are made with actual fruit juice and less sugar.

5.5

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Fruity nose. Clear dark red colour, small fizzy pink head, recedes quickly, minimal lacing. Aroma candy sugar, cherries, bit wood. Taste light heavy sweet, light sourish touch, syrupy, cherries, bit woody. Light body, sticky texture, average carbonation, quite artificial.

6

Voor 't werk #2

6.8

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

From bottle. Pours deep amber to pink with a small pink head. Aroma is fruity and slight sulphorish. Sweet and slight citric. Dry and smooth fruity fruity finish.

6.5

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

savoured at Bab 2016, thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours dark red, small white head. Smell is dry, sweet cherry, taste is dry, cherry, bit bitter. Mild sweetness, not natural, yet no real syrup or sugary taste.

5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

06/02/2016 – sample @ BAB shared with tderoeck, 77ships and kradel. Red with pinkish head. Typical artifiical sweet Kriek.

5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Sampled at Brugge beer festival 2016. Slight hazy red with a pink head. Aroma of lightly tart cherry with metallic and doughy notes. Flavour is moderate sweet with a light touch of sourness. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.

6.3

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

Dunkel orange braunes Bier mit einer mittelgroßen weißen Schaumkrone. Geruch nach milden roten Früchten. Geschmack nach dunklen reifen Früchten, kaum süß.

2.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

Sampled bottled @ Bierfestival Brugge 2016. Thank you for sharing! Deep bright artificial red, very small pink head. Nose is pretty much iron, thin, hugely metallic with very low chemicals. Taste is awful overly thin empty chemical metallic note with ditch water, this is not even artificial sweeteners or rubbish this is just an awful empty metallic blast. Body is thin, ditch water, fizzy artificial. Pretty rubbish even when compared to alcopop sweetened “Kriek” beers.

4.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Imported from my RateBeer account as Boelens Waase Kriek (by Boelens):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 3/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 8/20, MyTotalScore: 2.3/5

6/II/16 - 33cl bottle @ Brugs Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2016-109) Thanks to the Belgian ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!

Clear deep red beer, small creamy pink head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet, sugary, dairy, yeast, some candy. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: yuck, sweet, candy, syrupy, bit metallic, some dairy, not overly sugary, but still... Nope.