Brouwerij Kestemont Groene Kruisbes

Groene Kruisbes

 

Brouwerij Kestemont in Dilbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lambic Style - Fruit Regular
Score
7.16
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 9
Steikbear, klapbes, kroensel, kroesel, knoezel, knoeper. Beter gekend als kruisbessen of stekelbessen. Dit ietwat vergeten fruit kweken we zelf, volledig biologisch, en wordt gedurende vier maanden vergist op vat samen met lambik van minstens 1 jaar oud. Voor deze versie gebruiken we uitsluitend groene kruisbessen om tot een fruitbier te komen met 300 gram stekelbessen per liter bier.

Het zoetzure karakter van dit fruit gaat ideaal samen met lambik. De nagisting op fles zorgt voor het nodige koolzuur en een sprankelend resultaat.
 

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7

A clear golden, no head. Aroma of tart red berries, grapes, brett. Taste of sour red berries, grapes, brett.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2025 at 22:47


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Mild säuerlicher Beginn. Weiche, eher milde Fruchtigkeit trotz der 300g Frucht/Liter, schwach. Die Säure nimmt schnell ab, das Bier ist insgesamt mild. OK. 9/8/8/8/10/8

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2025 at 20:48


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

21/X/23 - 37.5cl bottle from Geers, shared @ Maria’s paella cookout (home), BB: 25/XI/41, lot 20211125 (2023-854)

Clear orange beer, small creamy white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: funky, sourish, brett, horse blanket (yeah, yeah, really though), lemony, spicy touch. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, dry, tannins, fruity, funky. Aftertaste: sourish, acidic, very fruity, berries, nice, juicy, funky, little bitter in the finish.

Tried from Bottle from Dranken Geers on 21 Oct 2023 at 19:30


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Bouteille 37.5cl de et partagée avec Tderoeck, merci. Lot# 20221125, BB 25/11/2041.
Couleur pâle, col blanc crémeux peu tenace.
Arôme est frais bien fruité avec un nez acidulé plaisant et un côté lambic funk, pointe de boisé, l'apport des groseilles à maquereau n'est pas en reste avec encore 300g/litre pour un nez de baies vertes/haies avec ici un lambic d'un an de production propre et d'un an venant de DeTroch.
Palais est plaisant sur le caractère du lambic, un peu mousseux en bouche, apport des groseilles à maquereau rajoute une couche d'acidité en plus. Sur la fin, je note un léger côté plus caramélisé du malt tout en conjuguant cela avec l'acidité.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2023 at 07:54


8

Funky, houterig, kaastoets qua aroma, fruitig, kruisbessen frisheid doet het goed op deze lambiek, ingetogen zuurgraad, ik ben er wel content mee. Afdronk behoeft nog wat finetuning

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2023 at 16:21


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

Bottle from Etre. Pale golden with no head. Citrus, oak, funk and some sulphur. Slightly farty. Not much gooseberries.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2023 at 23:31


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Grapefruit bretta and some gooseberries. Golden pour with a few bubbles. Tart finish. Pretty good blending. Big thanks to Beastiefan for this bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2023 at 05:23


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle Malmö Crew Christmas tasting at Palace Hall (17/12/2022) - tart sour fruity with notes of gooseberry, beeey skin, medium body and acidity, tart fruity finish.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 22:39


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

Bottle directly from Kestemont webshop. Color: Hazy reddish orange, very thin white head. Aroma: Funky, fruiy berries, some hay. Taste: Very smooth. Fruity Gooseberries, clearly present farmyard funk, oak wood and some hay and old hop. Light to moderate tart and sweet, very light bitterness. Medium body, below average carbonation. Long lasting finish. Second beer from this new Lambic brewery and Geuze blendery, like the fist one, surely doesn't disappoint. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2022 at 14:56