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 PEBKAC:
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Reviewed by PEBKAC from North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Liefmans Kriek

Is it beer? Is it really? Is it luck?

There's a foot at the end of each of my legs.

It is luck?

Laa...luu...luck!

-cough-

Sorry :o

Had this on tap at the Publick House after everything else on the draft list started tasting the same.

It looked like I had received someone else's double pour of red wine. Just a little wispy head sitting over a recent acquisition of the Red Cross. Drip, glug, glurp. They serve nearly everything they have in the same branded glasses, so that helps take my mind off memories of that rookie nurse bruising me up, trying to find the vein. Enough not to shudder in public anyways.

Nose was something like fruit punch, but with a Granny Smith tartness to it. A somewhat peppery vinegar aspect floats around, but it's very faint.

Taste was all about maraschino cherries. I can't count how many Thanksgivings I've sucked down a jar of those just because I could. This cherry flavor is super concentrated, but the corn syrup sweetness yields to a deeper earthiness throughout. Very light amount of noticeable malt mixed in here & there. You almost pucker at the end, but a woodsy dryness kills that idea. Alcohol is just barely there.

Decent heft to the body, with a strong carbonation keeping it in check. The dryness at the end makes it go down almost like a slightly more syrupy version of cranberry juice. Now I'm not saying it's necessarily sticky, but if that carbonation wasn't the way it is, it would be.

Just because it's a little expensive($8 for 12oz), I can't give it a five for drinkability. If I could though, if only I could... :)
Feb 25, 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