Lindemans Kriek

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

355ml bottle from the state store
Appearance: Pours cloudy ruby color with a small red/pink head and some lacing
Aroma: Cherries and sugar
Taste: Tart cherries, sweet malts with a dry slightly bitter finish
Decent. The sweet and tart blend together to make this easy drinking.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 8

Bottle at home, dark red beer, small head, aroma is cherries, taste is cherries and quite sweet, not bad.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

37,5cl bottle at Kolm Sibulat, Tallinn. Pours deep red with a nice, pink head. Fruity aroma dominated by cherries with hint of almonds and sour berries. Moderate to medium sweet with nice acidity and fairly decent cherry flavour. Almost impressive for the low alcohol content. A bit on the sweet side, but still fairly refreshing.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

Apperance is dark red with reddish white head. Thick cherry smell reminds me of cherry twizzlers. Cherry smooth flavor.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

I enjoyed this beer at a beer dinner last winter. It wss paired with a tapas course of duck confit in a pastry wrap with a winter squash puree and a couple strips of root vegtable. It was perfect! This could be the best with turkey as well. Crisp, fruity, not near as sweet as white zinfindel. I don't know the cost because it was part of a package price for the dinner.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This bottle has been carefully cellared for a few years. For some reason I thought it was framboise, which I've reviewed before and wanted to test after some maturing. Nope, kriek. I'll have to compare it to fresh in the future. The color is very ruddy brown with just a hint of fine white lace on top. It smells of sweet candied cherry over a light base of raisin and lemon. The flavor is both quite tart and extremely sweet, reminding me of Lance brand "Michigan Cherries" candy from my childhood. A bit of apple cider, raisin, and lemon can also be discerned, but this is all about Michigan Cherries nostalgia-- good if you like them, as I do, but seems too unnatural if you don't. Little carbonation is left, but it takes the form of lovely microscopic fizz. Wet and clean.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 6

Tastes like cherries for sure, smells like them too. Very sweet, almost too much, you need some flavor variety to get through these, try them all together and at the bar(n) if you have the chance.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

375 ml capped and corked bottle, as Kriek Foudroyante and a 3.5 % ABV. Poured in the original Lindemans Kriek Lambic stemmed glass a clear and oak-reddish-burgundy coloured Fruit Lambic with a one finger pink and creamy foamy head that had a very long retention and tons of micro bubbles. Sustained carbonation. Good lacing. The aroma is cherries stones, sourish cherries and sugary-sweety tones. The flavour is powerful sweety cherries, brown sugar and clearly noticeable sourish-tarty tones. The mouthfeel is crispy, prickly, sparkling, quite thin and sweety. This light to medium bodied Fruit Lambic has a long fruity and sweety finish. May be a one way Kriek, but the way is pretty nice.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 4

So in fairness, I reviewed this by style, so I have it some good numbers. Pours bright, hot pink with a tall pale pink head. Smells like sweet cherries. Tastes like a sonic cherry limeade with a hint of yellow beer beer, maybe kinder to say a cherry shandy (which I am not certain there is such a thing.). Tasty, but not very beer like and I am inexperienced in the lambic world so its hard to say how this one compares.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Capped and corked dark green bottle. Pulled the cap off and the cork was leaking through. Pours a cloudy ruby red with a pink one finger head. Lots of carbonation. Lots of black chunks in it. Aroma is Very much of fruit with a tad bit of cold medicine. Taste is tart with a big hit of cherries and some raspberry. Aftertaste is very tart. I had low hopes for this one after looking at the cork and the chunks in the bottle but this is a very nice Lambic.