Oude Schaarbeekse Kriek (2019)
(Batch of Oude Schaarbeekse Kriek)
Brouwerij F. Boon in Lembeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Kriek Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.18
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With these Belgian cherries we made this (very!) Limited edition. With 250g of fresh Schaerbeek cherries per liter, re-fermented in the bottle, this Oude Kriek has a very characteristic cherry flavor with a very soft aftertaste.
In collaboration with HORAL (the High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers) and the Province of Flemish Brabant, we are currently testing various subspecies of the kriek to make an automated harvest in Belgium possible for the first time. The total available quantity of this cherry today is only about 6% of the amount of cherries that our brewery now needs annually. (For all our fruit beers we work with fresh fruit that fermentes naturally with the beer. No juices or concentrates are added.) An automated harvest can ensure that the harvest can be continued in Belgium, the quality monitoring can be good. happen and, above all, that more of this beautiful cherry is available again. It is a large and difficult project, but if you taste the fine result of these cherries in the beer, it is immediately clear that this is more than worth it. And we are just at the start ... Santé!
In collaboration with HORAL (the High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers) and the Province of Flemish Brabant, we are currently testing various subspecies of the kriek to make an automated harvest in Belgium possible for the first time. The total available quantity of this cherry today is only about 6% of the amount of cherries that our brewery now needs annually. (For all our fruit beers we work with fresh fruit that fermentes naturally with the beer. No juices or concentrates are added.) An automated harvest can ensure that the harvest can be continued in Belgium, the quality monitoring can be good. happen and, above all, that more of this beautiful cherry is available again. It is a large and difficult project, but if you taste the fine result of these cherries in the beer, it is immediately clear that this is more than worth it. And we are just at the start ... Santé!
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
375ml bottle from Vanuxeem. Pours a generally clear reddish pink, frothy off-white head with specks of yeast gunk. Aroma brings a cherry sweetness, coarse hints. Not quite as sharp as expected to taste but still a decent thorny cherry character coming through. Just lacks the wow factor of others of its ilk.
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from Bottle
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Vanuxeem
on 11 Aug 2025
at 07:02
7/10
Malm� April tasting - sweet and lightly tart cherry fruity prominence, cherry stone, medium body, cherry tunes, light spiced and cherry infused finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2025
at 05:37
7/10
Tried
on 14 Sep 2024
at 15:57
8/10
Hapu, magus, vanilje, nisu, funky, kirsine, kuiv. Hea, väga mild hapukus lambicu kohta.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2022
at 20:20
7/10
Cherries, sour, fruity, juicy
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2022
at 20:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Thnx to Wim ! Pours hazed, dark and deep red. Small pinkwhite head. Scent is relatively mild on cherry, Boon fruityness still recognizable. Taste is sherry, bit 'sweet', candy cherry (not overly so, just traces of it) . Medium high carbo. Lighter acidity. Decent, still not overly intense.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2021
at 10:07
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2021
at 18:27
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2021
at 18:31
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2020
at 19:46
8/10
O, takie Pastry Sour co by nie mowic wole... ;) wisienki ryli fajne - kapke cierpkie, kapke skorkowe, kapinke pestkowe. Jest jeszcze nieco slodyczy w calosci. Chlalne. Ryli b cacy. Jeno dzikosci brakuje kapke, sa jej hinty...
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2020
at 14:12