Kriekbier
Brouwerij Liefmans

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From:
Brouwerij Liefmans
 
Belgium
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
6%
Score:
89
Avg:
4 | pDev: 11%
Reviews:
194
Ratings:
265
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 25, 2021
Added:
May 13, 2002
Wants:
  23
Gots:
  17
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Ratings by BeerZack:
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Reviewed by BeerZack from North Carolina

4.19/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Nice garnet-ruby color with a one-finger head that fades to a spotty covering of bubbles.

Smell is great, sweet and sour cherries really come out with a slight musty funk, almost horseblanket.

Very similar in taste to the aroma. Tart, yet sweet, cherry, some plum with some interesting sour funk underneath. Sweet is well-balanced by tartness.

Fine bubbles make the high carbonation rather pleasant. Nice, moderate body feels substantial. Very drinkable if you don't mind some sweetness.
Mar 10, 2008
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.59 by mltobin from Connecticut

Sep 25, 2021
 
Rated: 4.1 by smi69 from New York

May 25, 2020
 
Rated: 4.5 by WadeBridgman from Illinois

Jun 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.18 by siebevl from Belgium

May 02, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by delgotit99 from Indiana

Feb 05, 2017
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Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia

3.12/5  rDev -22%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
Deep red. Moderate head.
Smell of cough syrup, cherries, malts.
Taste is plain strange. Loads of syrup, cherry menthol, sweet, with a slight sour note. Still quite cloying.
Almost heavy bodied - like an English Strong Ale, BUT with light-ish carbonation.
A real mis-match, disjointed, and not for sour fans at all :-(
Dec 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by hotsudge from Canada (ON)

Sep 30, 2016
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Reviewed by PorterPro125 from Canada (NB)

4.24/5  rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Serving Type: 750 mL Cork and Cage bottle

A- Pours a hazy Red-Brown (no wonder) that gets much lighter around the edges. Topped by a quickly dissipating 1 finger white head. Patchy lacing.

S- Maraschino cherries, slight hit of balsamic vinegar on the finish.

T- sour red cherries, red liquorice (twizzlers). Again, slight hit of balsamic vinegar on the finish.

M- Silky medium body and vibrant, but moderate carbonation.

O- As my first Kriek and Lambic, I must say that I was impressed. Sweet yet with a sour quality. Definitely not something that could be drunk in any excessive quantity but a great sipper for sure.
Aug 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by emincems from Turkey

May 25, 2016
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Rated by Beginner2 from Illinois

4/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Reviewed in "Michael Jackson's Great Beers of Belgium", this awaits my review with another tasting.
May 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by mdaschaf from Indiana

Apr 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by YvesB from Belgium

Mar 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.28 by Euroglot from Belgium

Jan 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.81 by iRun2Beer from Minnesota

Sep 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.96 by RMentair from Panama

May 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by wethorseblanket from California

Apr 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by nathanmiller from New York

Mar 19, 2015
 
 
Rated: 4.31 by Satchboogie from Belgium

Feb 04, 2015
Kriekbier from Brouwerij Liefmans
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 265 ratings