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Lindemans Kriek

Lindemans Kriek

Rated 3.814 by BeerPals

Brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans

Vlezenbeek, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium

Style:  Fruit Lambic

4% Alcohol by Volume

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In origin, this sweet-acid drink was obtained by adding fresh black cherries to a barrel Lambic of 6 months young. The addition of fruits provokes a new fermentation in the oak barrels. After another 8 to 12 months, only peels and stones left and the Kriek-Lambic is ready to be filtered and bottled. The residual sugar can be adjusted with straight-on fruit juice to give a refermentation in the bottle. This traditional type of fruit beer is more acid and less fruity. Because of the limited availability of the "Schaerbeekse Cherries", just as to brew a less sour and more fruity Lambic beer, Lindemans farm brewery developed an unique natural method using pure cherry juice from unfrozen cherries. This straight cherry juice is blended with selected Lambic of different ages. Kriek has a pink-red color and a delicious taste of sparkling cherry champagne.

ID: 12 Last updated 1 week ago Added to database 24 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank687
Overall Percentile99.4
Style Rank11 of 470
Style Percentile97.7
Lowest Score2.4
Highest Score5.0
Average Score3.846
Weighted Score3.814
Standard Deviation0.560

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76 Member Reviews

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RANGERCG96 74 reviews
rated 3.5 19 years ago

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

Poured a reddish color, with a light pink head, tasted more like a bubbly wine than a beer, i concur with doublebeerstout, good for people who dont like beer but want to say they are drinking beer. would take alot of these to get that good ole beer feeling.

  • TEDE 2770 reviews
    rated 3.1 3 weeks ago

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

    On tap. BIG cherry nose. Crimson colour with lasting pink head. Sparkling and acidic on the tongue. Finish is sour cherries. Good, refreshing.

  • SLEDUTAH 11638 reviews
    rated 3.4 3 weeks ago

    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.

  • SVD 6618 reviews
    rated 3.2 3 weeks ago

    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.

  • CULTHERO 8320 reviews
    rated 3.3 3 weeks ago

    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.

  • SHIGMEROTTEN 13601 reviews
    rated 3.2 4 weeks ago

    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.

  • ROSSA 13 reviews
    rated 3.7 10 years ago

    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.

  • QATFISH 430 reviews
    rated 3.7 10 years ago

    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.

  • HEYBEERMAN 1025 reviews
    rated 3.6 11 years ago

    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.

  • JNE5HUSG 1814 reviews
    rated 3.5 11 years ago

    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.

  • HANNAH 1021 reviews
    rated 3.4 11 years ago

    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.

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