3.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 2

Sweet, light 'kriek' based on wheat beer, something Huyghe has been doing since the nineties (Floris Griotte), branded exclusively for the Marks & Spencer supermarkets - I bought my sample at the one in Aberdeen (Union Square). Medium thick, frothy, pale lilac-pink, slowly opening head on a deep and bright ruby red beer with vermillion tinge. Aroma of candied cherries and Haribo 'Dubbele Kersen', grenadine or red lemonade, industrial cherry jam, bubblegum, perhaps a vague background note of white bread crumbs. Utterly sweet, sugary onset as expected, full of stick red cherry candy instead of real cherries, the infamous 'poepegatjes' flavour but still a tad less sticky than some others in this genre, with an underlying sourish touch feeling lemonade-like (but of course not natural at all). Lively carb, slick and thinnish body mostly 'filled' with sugar cloying to the teeth; a very flimsy wheaty soapiness is noticeable under all that red candy, but otherwise I cannot find anything even remotely beery in it. Sticky sweet red candy finish - nothing different from the flavour 'parcours' that preceded it. This is the old Floris Griotte (which I effectively once had more than two decades ago - never though I would ever need it again as a reference so much time later), but even further simplified, further sweetened to compete with that godawful 'rouge' hype and further removed from actual cherry flavours towards industrial red candy flavours. I suspect this has happened to the actual Griotte as well, now called Floris Kriek, in which the Florisgaarden witbier that served as a base was intentionally kept light and restrained in flavour so that this fruit beer range could be built on it. Given how Huyghe is close by from Ghent where I live, I may even go out to find a present-day Floris Kriek just for science... In any case finding a Belgian "zoete kriek" on the shelves of Marks & Spencer drew my attention so I could not resist buying it - my curiosity has been amply satisfied now, sadly not in a good way. Curiosity killed the cat, as the saying goes.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Аромат конечно с ноткой химозы, но все же стоит самому себе признаться что она весьма приятная, сладкие нотки спелой черешни, намеки на косточки даже, немного пирожные нотки, легкая прелость а также соки. Цвет тоже крутой и глубокий, пенка есть, она темно розовая. Вкус тоже радует несмотря на не совсем классическую постановку вкуса от ягод, я имею в виду не натуральность. При глотке есть вишня сладкая, даже немного слишком сладкая, но уже без косточки. Нету глубокой нотки или чего то невероятного, но в целом как питкое и приятное пиво очень даже ничего, честно выше моих ожиданий.

6

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

330ml bottle, pours ruby with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of cherries, sugar & yeast. Moderate body. Sweet finish

4.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

6.8

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

Cloudy crimson with a frothy pink head and a lovely cherry aroma. Fresh and fizzy with a big cherry flavour, just slightly tart

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Hazy red beer. White head. Basically just a sharp cherry wheat-krieky sort of thing. Not a lot to report but it has a nice balance to it so it's not sickly and is refreshing and very drinkable. Decent.

7

Maybe a lil too sweet 🍒

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle. Poured a hazy reddish brown colour with a bubbly round off white head. The aroma is yeasty, big rich cherries. The flavour is moderate to strong sweet with a crisp, sticky, sugary, tart cherry palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Fine in small volumes but drinking a whole bottle wasn’t easy.

5.6

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

Bottle from Marks and Spencer. Pinky purple with a tight pink head. The scent is of cherry soda, grape juice, sangria. Mild sweet taste with a little bit of a fruity twang. Touch of soap. Inoffensive palate. Not very carbonated. It’s ok but doesn’t really do it for me I am afraid. I want more... something.

7

It's no Boon, but it's still decent.