Floris Kriek - Brouwerij Huyghe

laurastradford

New Jersey

2.5/5  rDev -21.6%

12-16-2012 20:00:26 | More by laurastradford

Ciocanelu

Romania

3.5/5  rDev +9.7%

02-06-2013 19:59:59 | More by Ciocanelu

schnarr84

Alberta (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev +1.9%

12-29-2012 22:58:02 | More by schnarr84

spoony

Colorado

2.75/5  rDev -13.8%

08-29-2012 03:26:25 | More by spoony

falconxman

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -13.8%

07-25-2012 14:08:26 | More by falconxman

mac1381

Alberta (Canada)

3/5  rDev -6%

07-23-2012 19:24:01 | More by mac1381

selator

4/5  rDev +25.4%

04-30-2012 20:02:00 | More by selator

dansmcd

Australia

2.88/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - A small pink foamy head caps a dark red body. No lace.

S - Dark cherries caked in sugar. Extremely sweet.

T - Sweet cherry. A bit lacking in sourness and tartness. Quite artificial tasting.

M - High carbonation. Thin body.

O - One dimensional and soft drink like. Too sweet. Im off to brush my teeth now.

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2011 12:44:38 | More by dansmcd

Converge

Alberta (Canada)

4.13/5  rDev +29.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

330ml bottle poured into a 16oz wine glass.

A - About a finger of bright, pink-white head. Deep pinkish burgundy hue, almost totally opaque. Head dissipates, but leaves tons of lacing.

S - Really really really sweet. Tons of cherries. A slight bit of sourness, but this is really good.

T - Gobs of sweet cherries. A little tart, and fairly unbalanced. However, what else would one expect out of a beer like this? A slight bit of sourness pops up, but this is almost completely cherry sweetness. A little cloying and artificial, but I still like this.

M - Crisp carbonation, with a light but enjoyable weight in the body.

D - Delicious and easy to drink. Really enjoyed this one.

Serving type: bottle

09-24-2011 03:53:41 | More by Converge

TheBrewo

Michigan

3.4/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

We pour a brew the deep color of dark cherries. The head produced stands one and a half fingers high, and is a shade darker than cotton candy. It retains moderately well, leaving patchy lacing around the glass. There is decent clarity to the beer, but a definite haze exists. Otherwise the view is obstructed by the army of bubbles that stick to the inside of the glass, and the highly active carbonation. The aroma is bright with the tartest whiffs of cherry. They seem less synthetic than many other beers of this style, but they soon give way to the palest of malts and a thick coiny metallic twinge. To cut this there is a fruity, cherry sweetness that, again, speaks rather authentically. The taste begins with overt sweetness, of white sugar and candied cherries. As with most of these “cheaper” lambics/fruit beers this sweetness can mimic a tart candy, but here they do a relatively good job of keeping it smooth. The middle becomes a bit more serious, with the first hints of malt flavoring, with a deeper black cherry and cranberry flavoring seeping forth. The finish is even smoother, with a reassertion of the big sweetness and berry flavors, with a final tab of metals to wash everything down. The aftertaste breathes with pale malt and stale cherry pits. The body is light to medium, and the carbonation is medium. The feel is thin, and slightly watery, but the residual sugars give a thickness to it, weighing it down a bit. It puckers the mouth, and makes you want to suck the liquid around, as if it were a tart lollipop or ice pop. The mouth is otherwise happy, and left cooled. The abv is appropriate and the beer drinks as easily as any sweeter juice would.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this brew was how authentic some of the flavoring was. It is quite easy to make one of these into a tart sugar bomb reminiscent of a sour, chalky candy, but here the cherry aroma and flavoring seemed to stem from somewhere at least partially genuine. This made for a more enjoyable beer, but by the end the sweetness becomes a bit much, making it hard to want to drink more than one glass of this.

Serving type: bottle

07-28-2011 01:56:00 | More by TheBrewo

kojevergas

California

3.33/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

330ml bottle into Brainblasta goblet in the Porterhouse Dublin. Reviewed from notes.

A: Three finger pink head of nice thickness. Hazy dark red colour, sort of an off-amber if you fancy.

Sm: Cherry, cherry, cherry.

T: Cherry body - almost too syrupy. More concentrated at the climax. Clean finish. Well built for the style, but simple.

Mf: Smooth and wet, suiting the style and flavour, which is meant to be light and refreshing. At this, it succeeds.

Dr: Moderately low ABV, but very drinkable. Too pricey in Ireland at five quid per 330, but certainly worth a go if you can find it at a reasonable price.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2011 18:29:00 | More by kojevergas

scott451

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

330 ml bottle. Best before March 2012.

A slightly hazy bright ruby with a one finger pink head which soon diminished to a ring.

Sweet. Ripe dark cherry smells. Dark cherry taste. Very little beer taste. The merest fraction of a tart finish.

Very light body. More of a fruit drink than a beer. Drinkability is good. Light refreshing and fruity.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2010 19:35:02 | More by scott451

mmahut

Czech Republic

2.85/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Appearance (3): Dark red with very light head.

Smell (2.5): Very very very sweet cherry smell, might be disturbing.

Taste (3): Cherry taste, sweeeet.

Mouthfee (2.5): The after-taste isn't so great, the taste of cherry vanishes after few second and the sweetness is all that rest.

Drinkability (3): I had a feeling that if I get a second one I will get a diabetic attack.

Serving type: on-tap

04-27-2010 11:42:25 | More by mmahut

ThaCreep

Belgium

2.2/5  rDev -31%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

The famous Floris Kriek not in any way approximates the sizes in the field of beer with cherries. Nose very sweet syrup artificial cherry, mouth of the same ilk and finish virtually nonexistent, except for sugar feeling strolling aggressively in our mouths. Extremely disappointed with this range of beer Floris which only offers products tailored marketing to youngsters.

Not a fruity Lambic but a fruity Witbier.

Serving type: on-tap

03-23-2010 09:38:50 | More by ThaCreep

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.95/5  rDev +23.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

My gf and I couldn't agree on another beer and/or dessert at the local beer-serving concern, so we agreed on this compromise.

This beer pours a medium red fruit juice colour, with a minimum amount of white head, and even less lace. It smells like cherry chewing gum, or Lifesavers, and a bit of sweet malt. The taste is sweet cherry candy, sour cherry juice, and some innocuous white grain. The carbonation is a bit on the high side, the body fleshy in that fruity way, and it finishes dry and with more cherry.

As far as fruit beers go, this one has it going on - a decent balance of the sweetness and bitter acidity of this one's namesake fruit. You would have to enjoy cherry in its various natural/processed/sweetened states, but it worked nicely as a low-alcohol dessert alternative.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2010 00:42:28 | More by biboergosum

Macca

Australia

3.03/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

This pours a dark pink colour with a pink tinged head.

Very sweet cherry aroma. There is something artificial about the smell though. There is something about it that reminds me of an old woman's smell.

The taste is again a touch artificial. Sweet soda like.

High carbonation gives it a big mouthfeel.

This was much more like a soft drink than a beer. Not really impressed.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2008 10:07:46 | More by Macca

IronDjinn

Alberta (Canada)

3.08/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

From a 330ml brown bottle, red foil around the cap and neck, best before date marked on the back of the label, deciphered to July of 2007. A yellow field of wheat on the label, with hop vines growing a bit closer up to the viewers front, with wooden barrels and ripe fresh cherries in the forefront.

Pours out a hazy garnet hue, a quick fizzy splash of pink head that recedes quickly. Webs of sticky pink lacing. The aroma at first is a delightful splash of fresh cherry juice, but then turns to cherry pop, and unfortunately to cherry cough syrup, a sharp medicinal quality to it. There was a time when I would have really enjoyed this stuff, but now I find the flavour far too sweet and candy-like, the flavour starts out akin to cherry cough drops, and then finishes with a sweet cherry pop taste, carbonation and all. The flavour and texture is also sticky sweet, and the aftertaste becomes almost cloying. I'm going to have to sip this whole thing down in increments. Not that it's a bad beer, simply just far too much of a good thing in a small package and my sweet tooth is in hibernation. Would make a good dessert beer though in small doses.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2006 16:14:29 | More by IronDjinn

Cwrw

Alberta (Canada)

3.28/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Found this Floris Kriek at CSN Liquor Store in Calgary. A lambic rip-off I think. Red-wrapped cap and neck like Fruli. 330ml bottle. 3.6% listed on the label. This poured a very dark ruby-red colour, with a red-tinged head that went away mighty quickly. Very hazy and left rings of lacing around the glass. Smells like cherry pop with some odd wood notes. Sweet and a little syrupy smelling. Absolutely no complexity. The taste is actually better than the aroma. We get some extremely sweet syrupy cherry on the middle, as well as some of that wood-like taste. Not complex, but I love a sweet beer. This is a bit too sweet and uncomplex for my tastes though. Highly carbonated, and medium bodied. The finish is all candy-sweetness. Drinkable, but not overmuch. About what I expected. My expectations were low.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2006 09:54:54 | More by Cwrw