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Kriek 100% Lambic
Brasserie Cantillon
- From:
- Brasserie Cantillon
- Belgium
- Style:
- Fruit Lambic
Ranked #22 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 97
Ranked #653 - Avg:
- 4.37 | pDev: 9.61%
- Reviews:
- 770
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 04, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 06, 2001
- Wants:
- 674
- Gots:
- 627
Also known as Kriek 100% Lambic Bio in some markets.
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Ratings by blitz134:
Reviewed by blitz134 from California
4.35/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Well...it took me two days to open this beer...literally. I didn't realize there was a cork underneath the cap. Had to buy a corkscrew today just to get at this. The smell coming through the cork was tantalizing.
Pours a unique strawberry/garnet red with a good bit of haze. No head formation at all. Aroma is overloaded with tart smells which penetrate the nose with sour cherries and apples causing the backs of my jaw to hurt just thinking about it. Could be a little stronger. Just as suspected there is an overload of sourness which I absolutely love. Taste is sweet and dry at the same time. Comes across like a cherry sweettart candy with a bit of peppery spiciness. Mouthfeel is sweet and dry at the same time. The sourness causes my mouth to salivate like crazy but this beer finishes dry making you want to come back for more. Drinkability is great too. Even though this beer is extremely sour its nicely drinkable. Not overwhelming because of the dry finish which dimenishes the sourness quickly.
Overall, a great beer. Definately worth the money to pick this one up, especially if you are just experimenting with lambics.
Sep 15, 2005Pours a unique strawberry/garnet red with a good bit of haze. No head formation at all. Aroma is overloaded with tart smells which penetrate the nose with sour cherries and apples causing the backs of my jaw to hurt just thinking about it. Could be a little stronger. Just as suspected there is an overload of sourness which I absolutely love. Taste is sweet and dry at the same time. Comes across like a cherry sweettart candy with a bit of peppery spiciness. Mouthfeel is sweet and dry at the same time. The sourness causes my mouth to salivate like crazy but this beer finishes dry making you want to come back for more. Drinkability is great too. Even though this beer is extremely sour its nicely drinkable. Not overwhelming because of the dry finish which dimenishes the sourness quickly.
Overall, a great beer. Definately worth the money to pick this one up, especially if you are just experimenting with lambics.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by BGDrock from Canada (ON)
4.4/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A shining jolly rancher ruby red body, mostly clear on the first pour, rapidly forming a pink salt head, frothy and vigorous, wearing itself out rapidly to nothing.
Smells of midsummer farm fields, hay, sunshine, dry brush, along with musty funk, whispers of sour fruit.
Vibrant acidity, mild funky tang, aged red berry juice - raspberry, currant, sour cherry; feel is sharp and bracing while sticky, the acidity gets to the back of your throat, and an active frothy carbonation; a dry finish begs for more, some sticky sugars lingering.
It's all balanced beautifully, candy sweet and puckering tart, dashes of must, bright and sticky, and the fruit aged to an intriguing sophistication. Wonderful.
Mar 04, 2024Smells of midsummer farm fields, hay, sunshine, dry brush, along with musty funk, whispers of sour fruit.
Vibrant acidity, mild funky tang, aged red berry juice - raspberry, currant, sour cherry; feel is sharp and bracing while sticky, the acidity gets to the back of your throat, and an active frothy carbonation; a dry finish begs for more, some sticky sugars lingering.
It's all balanced beautifully, candy sweet and puckering tart, dashes of must, bright and sticky, and the fruit aged to an intriguing sophistication. Wonderful.
Reviewed by SHODriver from North Carolina
5/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Cork says 2013 on it
A: Poured into a tulip glass to a beautiful deep red which is topped by a dense and slightly rocky two fingers of pinkish head which fades slowly to a small mat with minimal lacing
S: Smells of funky oak with some sourness along with a touch of cherry
T: Taste is bright and acidic cherry up front followed by some funky oak, more acidity, a little furniture polish, hints of yeast, along with some more nice cherry flavor. On the finish there's more sourness, funky oak, hints of barnyard, cherry, and lingering hints of oak.
M: This beer has a body which is on the lighter side of medium. Carbonation is light but effervescent while the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: This is incredible. I definitely should have popped this one sooner, but it still drinks incredibly well. Great flavors and a really nice amount of complexity on top of aging beautifully.
Feb 04, 2024A: Poured into a tulip glass to a beautiful deep red which is topped by a dense and slightly rocky two fingers of pinkish head which fades slowly to a small mat with minimal lacing
S: Smells of funky oak with some sourness along with a touch of cherry
T: Taste is bright and acidic cherry up front followed by some funky oak, more acidity, a little furniture polish, hints of yeast, along with some more nice cherry flavor. On the finish there's more sourness, funky oak, hints of barnyard, cherry, and lingering hints of oak.
M: This beer has a body which is on the lighter side of medium. Carbonation is light but effervescent while the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: This is incredible. I definitely should have popped this one sooner, but it still drinks incredibly well. Great flavors and a really nice amount of complexity on top of aging beautifully.
Reviewed by wedge from North Carolina
4.31/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottled: 27 June 2016
Slightly hazed garnet with a fat sticky pinkish head that retains nicely. Aromas of wet hay and wood, leather, mellow warm cherry spice. Damp wood, lemon, tobacco leaf, with most of the cherry flavor coming after swallow. Medium light and tart, but not overly puckering. Delicious!
Dec 20, 2023Slightly hazed garnet with a fat sticky pinkish head that retains nicely. Aromas of wet hay and wood, leather, mellow warm cherry spice. Damp wood, lemon, tobacco leaf, with most of the cherry flavor coming after swallow. Medium light and tart, but not overly puckering. Delicious!
Reviewed by beerwithmeIRL from Ireland
4.78/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.78/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
375ml Bottle - Pours ruby red with a 1.5 finger off-white foam head that dissipates rapidly. On the nose, notes of sour cherry are prominent, followed by weaker floral notes and oak. On tasting, cherry tartness comes to the fore with a gentle sourness that lingers. Earthy notes, oak and citrus are also evident in an outrageously complex and beautiful beer. Great mouthfeel with excellent carbonation and a dry finish.
Aug 24, 2023Reviewed by cambabeer from New York
4.64/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.64/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Bottled: February 2016, drank August 2023.
Ruby red and brown cloudy body. Rose white head that leaves a thin cap of tight bubbles. Nose is cherries, hibiscus, rose, barn, wet earth, oak and funk. Taste is tart cherries, lemon, oak, earthy, wet cloth. Feel is smooth and effervescent champagne bubbles with soft and semi dry finish.
Delicious, fruity, sour and earthy with some funk.
Aug 20, 2023Ruby red and brown cloudy body. Rose white head that leaves a thin cap of tight bubbles. Nose is cherries, hibiscus, rose, barn, wet earth, oak and funk. Taste is tart cherries, lemon, oak, earthy, wet cloth. Feel is smooth and effervescent champagne bubbles with soft and semi dry finish.
Delicious, fruity, sour and earthy with some funk.
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
3.55/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2013) - drank in 2023
Look - red auburn with fantastic rimming
Smell and taste - slight tart cherry
Feel - dry and crisp
Overall - a little to dry but you still get the tart cherry
May 12, 2023Look - red auburn with fantastic rimming
Smell and taste - slight tart cherry
Feel - dry and crisp
Overall - a little to dry but you still get the tart cherry
Reviewed by sokol_1993 from California
4.5/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Got one from Ma Che in Rome. Overall a beautiful representation of the style! Very fruity, and puckery at first, but then the malt back started to appear and balance the sourness.
Apr 28, 2023Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire
4.27/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottle from Etre
Bright brick red color with a light opaqueness and a good sized white head with a hint of pink in it. Solid earthy funk and lemony lactic tartness with huge cherry aroma flavor and tartness to round it out. This beer is beautiful I wish it were more available.
Apr 24, 2023Bright brick red color with a light opaqueness and a good sized white head with a hint of pink in it. Solid earthy funk and lemony lactic tartness with huge cherry aroma flavor and tartness to round it out. This beer is beautiful I wish it were more available.
Kriek 100% Lambic from Brasserie Cantillon
Beer rating:
97 out of
100 with
2623 ratings
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