Girardin Kriek van ‘t vat

Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009.

ABV: 5%
Origin: Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, Vlaams Brabant, Vlaanderen

Brouwerij Girardin

For the style this is easy drinking but top quality from one of the most respected lambic breweries, a cherry-red beer with a creamy, woody and tannic aroma rich and oily with natural cherry skin perfume. A spicily fruity natural cherry palate has thick and sappy lambic and mint notes, a poised sweet-tart balance , and a chewy finish with lingering cherrry notes that’s fresh and fruity but not oversour. Unfiltered and sampled on CO2 pressure at the Zythos Beer Festival.

Read more about this beer at ratebeer.com: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/girardin-kriekenlambik/23578/