Kriek Boon

Lambic - Kriek

For this speciality, we use old and young lambic beer that has aged in our oak casks. When the lambic is 6 months old, we add 25% black cherries. This provokes the second fermentation. We then clarify, filter and bottle it. The cherries and young lambic create a red beer that is both natural and fresh, with an absolutely unforgettable sweet and sour taste. This is kriek as it should be, with nothing but real cherries and lambic. There is no place for artificial colourings or flavourings.

ABV

4.0

Rating

3.529

Rating count

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Matt H

Sweet, definitely a flavour I dig.

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Hop Hunter

A favorite of the female contingent on the tasting tour at the “Red Hat” in Antwerp, many Lambics have no hoppy beer taste at all. This one was a real crowd pleaser.

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Tobias Thorsen

Not blown away by this… The aroma is more reminiscing of synthetic cherries and the taste is overbearingly sweet. The taste is lacking complexity and I also detect a hint of butteriness in the taste. Maybe a bad batch?

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Andre

On tap!!

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Robin E.

Nice but a bit overprized

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David Gallucci

I am all about these aged sour ales. I personally would prefer something other than cherry but this is still amazeballs.

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James

Lacking some punch

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Peter Zwambach

Good balanced kriek. Sweet and sour are in good harmony.

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Matt B.

This makes me so happy

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Iman N.

Lekkere kriek! Fruitige smaak met een wat zurige nasmaak

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Robert L.

2020.

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jasmine K.

2020 crop... Not as good as I had hoped, a bit medicinal tasting.

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Hoptimist

Boon thinks this is “kriek as it should be.” Nope. Too sweet. It’s nondescript, one-dimensional, overpriced, low abv cherry something (soda?) you could drink on a hot day. It wouldn’t appeal to bums because the ABV isn’t high enough. Disappointing ripoff.

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Maria

Ни разу не чекинила. Удивительно.

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