Strong Kriek
Waterloo Brewery Mont-St-Jean in Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: TimmermansFruit Beer Regular
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Score
4.81
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This unique beer is the result of the combination of a top-fermented blonde beer and an authentic kriek beer brewed by Timmermans, the oldest lambic brewery in the world (since 1702). It has a bright cherry colour and a nice delicate head. The first impression on the nose is vivid and sharp as you would expect from a genuine lambic. Subtle aromas of kirsch and cherry pits. The intensity and drinkability of this refined and quite robust beer are the result of a perfect balance between the two beers used for this blend.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Where: Del Haize, Waterloo. At home after watching the reenactment of the 1815 battle.
Fast disappearing foam.Red brown.
Cherry aroma. Ripe cherry flavour, weird ending. Some artificial flavours going on. Some acidic artificial lemon.
Body is average.
Observations: I was expecting a better beer. Too many non conventional and artificial flavours. More enjoyable as soda than a pure beer. Is quite drinkable though
Fast disappearing foam.Red brown.
Cherry aroma. Ripe cherry flavour, weird ending. Some artificial flavours going on. Some acidic artificial lemon.
Body is average.
Observations: I was expecting a better beer. Too many non conventional and artificial flavours. More enjoyable as soda than a pure beer. Is quite drinkable though
Tried
on 05 Jun 2025
at 13:14
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Deep red colour, pink foam. Nose of cherry candy, syrup, lots of sugar and sweeteners. Also metallic.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Nov 2021
at 21:40
3/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2020
at 23:04
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Extrem künstlicher Geruch. Süßer künstlicher Beginn, viel Kirsche, dumpfer Alkohol. Trocken, unrund, mittellanger Abgang. Abgelehnt. 9/5/4/5/7/6
Tried
on 22 Feb 2020
at 18:57
3/10
33cl bottle. A clear purple red beer with a white head. Aroma of artificial sweet cherries and sugar. Taste of artificial sweet cherries, sugar, no beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2020
at 19:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Roze rood bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is licht friszuur enfruitig met duidelijk iets van kersen. Gelukkig niet te zoet en niet te chemisch van smaak. Deze kan ik wel waarderen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2019
at 11:19
4/10
Met 8% een stevige kriek maar smaak is iets te onnatuurlijk. Geconfijte krieken en cuberdons. Zoetzurig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2017
at 21:25
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Pale pink head, dense, over ruby, clear, big-bubbled beer. Syrupy nose, childrens’ cherry sweets, cherrylaurel (as in medicinal preparations), bay leaf. Again this cherrylaurel flavour/retronasal aroma, if seriously diluted compared to cough syrups. Way too artificial by half for a kriek, the fruit is far away. Some caramel. Bit sticky, leaving a film on the mucosae. Feels better carbonated than it looks. Medium bodied. Again such a one. AND WHERE THE F*** IS IT BREWED? 5/4/3/2/8
Tried
on 26 Jun 2017
at 13:29
3.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 3
Imported from my RateBeer account as Waterloo Strong Kriek (by John Martin):
Aroma: 2/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 2/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 6/20, MyTotalScore: 1.6/5
20/III/17 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ home - BB: 8/IX/18 (2017-396)
Clear bright red beer, small creamy pink head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots and lots of cherry candy, sugary, sweet. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty sweet and sugary, candy, cherry flavours, little lemony. Aftertaste: artificial flavourings, candy, sugary, slightly bitter, bah.
Aroma: 2/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 2/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 6/20, MyTotalScore: 1.6/5
20/III/17 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ home - BB: 8/IX/18 (2017-396)
Clear bright red beer, small creamy pink head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots and lots of cherry candy, sugary, sweet. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty sweet and sugary, candy, cherry flavours, little lemony. Aftertaste: artificial flavourings, candy, sugary, slightly bitter, bah.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2017
at 17:06
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at home. It mentions lambic on the label so it must be good! Clear ruby red with fizzy light pink head. Lots of marzipan, sweet cherry lemonade, bitter herbs, alcohol, light spicy yeast. It’s a lot like a typical sweetened artificial kriek but with added alcohol and some spicy and herbal notes. Lots of alcohol no some plastic in the finish. Not much of an improvement on regular shit kriek. Body is on the fuller side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2016
at 16:46