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Boon Kriek
Brouwerij Boon
- From:
- Brouwerij Boon
- Belgium
- Style:
- Fruit Lambic
Ranked #133 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #26,127 - Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 14.09%
- Reviews:
- 262
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 15, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 20, 2002
- Wants:
- 22
- Gots:
- 73
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Kriek Boon is a traditional Belgian Lambic fruit beer. It is brewed according to the traditional Lambic style of spontaneous fermentation. Only fresh cherries (25%) are used. Kriek Boon is slightly sweet with the surprising fragrance of sour cherries and almond.
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Reviewed by beerwithmeIRL from Ireland
3.86/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
375ml Bottle - Pours a deep red with 1.5 finger pinky head that dissipates after a few moments. Aroma is sour fruit and vinegar. Taste is sweet cherry with no major tartness. Overall, it's a decent beer but I found it surprisingly underwhelming.
Aug 15, 2023
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.92/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
375 mL cork & cage green bottle from the LCBO; "2020 Harvest" best before 04/08/2025. Served barely chilled.
Pours a deep ruby-red colour, its clear body initially capped with one finger of bubbly, pinkish-purple tinged suds. Within three or four minutes, it has faded down to a tight collar and a sudsy patch on the surface; no lace at first, but it does leave some behind as you sip. Its aroma is tart, fruity, and slightly funky - I'm getting sweet black cherries for the most part, with hints of vinegar, red wine and sour cherry.
It's palatable, but very tame for a lambic, vastly favouring sweet flavours over sour. Black cherries & sweet red wine at first, with hints of sour cherry; I'm not really getting the vinegar/funk I got on the nose. Finishes with black cherry, hints of grape juice, almond and weak tannins, leading into a sweet, juicy aftertaste that dissipates after a moment or two. Light in body, with fairly gentle carbonation that softly rolls across the tongue, adding the slightest of bites to this brew's smooth, slightly syrupy texture. This serving size is about right for this beer.
Final Grade: 3.92, a B+. Any kind of lambic is a rare treat for this BA, but I guess I had unrealistic expectations going into Boon Kriek. A slight disappointment compared to their Kriek Mariage Parfait, if I'm being honest - not that this is a bad cherry beer or anything, it's just not an amazing lambic. I guess it might work as an introductory example, and if you simply want a good cherry fruit beer then this is an excellent place to start. I just wish I'd picked something more interesting and/or memorable for my 3222nd review.
Jul 28, 2023Pours a deep ruby-red colour, its clear body initially capped with one finger of bubbly, pinkish-purple tinged suds. Within three or four minutes, it has faded down to a tight collar and a sudsy patch on the surface; no lace at first, but it does leave some behind as you sip. Its aroma is tart, fruity, and slightly funky - I'm getting sweet black cherries for the most part, with hints of vinegar, red wine and sour cherry.
It's palatable, but very tame for a lambic, vastly favouring sweet flavours over sour. Black cherries & sweet red wine at first, with hints of sour cherry; I'm not really getting the vinegar/funk I got on the nose. Finishes with black cherry, hints of grape juice, almond and weak tannins, leading into a sweet, juicy aftertaste that dissipates after a moment or two. Light in body, with fairly gentle carbonation that softly rolls across the tongue, adding the slightest of bites to this brew's smooth, slightly syrupy texture. This serving size is about right for this beer.
Final Grade: 3.92, a B+. Any kind of lambic is a rare treat for this BA, but I guess I had unrealistic expectations going into Boon Kriek. A slight disappointment compared to their Kriek Mariage Parfait, if I'm being honest - not that this is a bad cherry beer or anything, it's just not an amazing lambic. I guess it might work as an introductory example, and if you simply want a good cherry fruit beer then this is an excellent place to start. I just wish I'd picked something more interesting and/or memorable for my 3222nd review.
Rated by obninsk23 from Massachusetts
4.61/5 rDev +27.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.61/5 rDev +27.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Nice sour cherry taste as a strong first followed refreshing light beer aftertaste.
Oct 31, 2021
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.53/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
375 ml green "champagne" bottle, vintage 2009, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4%. Ingredients include 25% cherries, sugar and sweetener. Beautiful red colour, big pink head. Lovely aroma of preserved cherries and cherry candy. The flavour is of course also dominated by cherries, but is neither as sweet nor as sour as I expected. Pleasant to drink, but the finish may feel a bit "empty".
May 13, 2021
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
4.25/5 rDev +17.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +17.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottled in a little 250 ml bottle & purchased from nearby supermarket Tesco
Pours a cherry red bootpolish coloured body with nice pink frothy head
Aroma is cheery and vinegar
Flavour is sweet tart cherry
Mar 14, 2021Pours a cherry red bootpolish coloured body with nice pink frothy head
Aroma is cheery and vinegar
Flavour is sweet tart cherry
Boon Kriek from Brouwerij Boon
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
662 ratings
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