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Boon Kriek –
Beer Style - Cherry Lambic Ale (Kriek)
Alcohol by Volume - 4.0% a.b.v.
Brewed by - Boon Brewery
Country of Origin - Belgium
Boon Kriek is a lambic – this is a particular (mother) style of beer that is popular in Belgium. Lambics typically involve wild yeast (‘spontaneous’) fermentations, and result in flavours that are often sour, sharp and always distinctive. With cherry lambics, cherries are used in the brewing process both as a source of sugar and as a source of flavour. Cherry delivers a distinctive sweet flavour (and rich red / purple colour), and, in some ways, this can accentuate the sourness of the beer.
The aroma of cherries is absolutely clear on the nose of this beer – in fact, cherries on the nose overpowers any sense of hop aroma in the beer. On the palate, the two immediate flavours that come through are cherry sweetness combined with tart acidity. In fact, this beer is a beer that can be used to show how the tongue works to detect flavour as follows –
1. Firstly, dip the tip of your tongue into a glass of the kriek, without taking any of the beer into your mouth.
2. Hold your tongue there, and ask what flavour can you sense. The tip of your tongue will pick up the sweetness of the beer to the exclusion of other flavours.
3. Next take a mouthful of kriek into your mouth. Hold the liquid in the centre of your mouth (over the centre of your tongue), and allow the beer to spill over the sides of your tongue.
4. After thirty or so seconds, swallow the beer. The sides of your tongue will pick up the tart acidity of the beer, and this flavour will be particularly evident immediately after swallowing. The sensation when the beer is drunk this way over-emphasises the tartness of the beer, and can give you a tongue-curling experience in drinking the beer.
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