Bios Kriek
Brouwerij Van Steenberge in Ertvelde, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Fruit Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.27
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Cherry version of Bios Vlaamse Bourgogne.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Clear red colour, small creamy. Very sweet cherry aroma. Sweet cherry flavour with some bitterish notes in finish. Cherry aftertaste. Carbonation tickles tongue a bit much, otherwise very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2005
at 03:20
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
2003 bottle. Pours a light red/pink body, clear, but there is dark sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Small fizzy white head. This one missed the boat and then some. First thing that comes to mind is artificially sweet cherry medicine. But then there is a trace of cherry pits in the aroma. Flavor is moderately sweet, with a hint of tartness on the end, I wouldnt go as far as to say sour even, just lightly tart. No interesting yeast notes, no funk, just cherries with a lightly tart background. Not syrupy, but then, it’s also a bit too thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2004
at 09:29
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
8Oz Bottle Pours a cloudy orange brown, with not much of a head, but maintained some good lacing. Not what I was expecting for a cherry Lambic. Aroma is a very nice sweet cherry/apple. Just like a cherry lifesaver in apple cider. The flavor is very different. Sharp harsh, bitter. I’m not sure it’s supposed to taste lke this. Sour, vinigary lively carbonation, dissapointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2004
at 00:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Red color. Quite simple but enjoyable, with some sweetness deriving from the cherry syrup.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2004
at 04:25
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
The aroma is powerful cherries, and slightly sweet - but contains no sourness - a little weird for a kriek. The color is an unclear dark red and it has a beutiful pink head. The flavor is dominated by cherry, and it is pretty sweet. It has no sourness nor metallic notes as krieks often have. Though it ends on a very slight metallic note instead of bitterness. This is not a kriek, but a cherry sodapop - is that because I had it from keg?
Tried
on 03 Jul 2003
at 08:18
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Thick, fast disappearing white-pinkish foam. cardinal-red, clear beer. Breath-taking smell of cherry sweets/gums, overtly sweet. Hard cherry gums again in the taste, not really fruity. Slight acidity at the tonguesides. Light to medium-bodied, impression of fruit juice. Aftertaste carries most of the acidity. This is better and the only sign of a real fruit beer. It may not be complete disaster - it comes near enough. All the more a shame as the regular Bios is quite a nice old brown.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2003
at 08:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Beautiful red colour. Pinkish white head. Big cherry aroma. Nice cherry-stone bitter flavour. Very drinkable and not too sweet.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2003
at 10:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
A mix of two thirds two year old lambic and one third oud bruin, cherries added. Red-brown. Balsamic with balanced sweetness, with fresh, tart cherry flavour. Tasy and interesting, but perhaps a bit sweet in the long run.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2002
at 04:03