Cantillon Kriek 2024 75Cl

Cantillon Kriek. In the early years, the brewers at Cantillon worked exclusively with local ingredients. To expand their offerings, they began developing recipes based on seasonal fruit. The most famous result is undoubtedly the Kriek, which has since become an icon among fruit beers.

Every summer, a truck arrives from Sint-Truiden with thousands of kilos of fresh Kellery cherries. For the Kriek, approximately 150 kg of fruit is placed in an oak or chestnut barrel, along with about 500 liters of lambic, an average of eighteen months old. These lambics are carefully selected, because at that age, many beers are still "sick" and unsuitable for further aging.

After filling, the barrel is sealed with only a sheet of paper, allowing the lambic to breathe while protecting it from impurities. Fermentation begins after just a few days: the sugars from the cherries and lambic feed the wild yeasts present in the wood and on the fruit skins. Beautiful foamy heads in shades of pink and red then appear in the cellars.

The kriek is bottled in October. Often, barrels from the first and second extraction are combined, with the second extraction created by refilling the barrels to utilize the remaining fruit aroma. Sometimes a portion of young lambic is also added, triggering a second fermentation in the bottle. After three to five months, the kriek is naturally saturated with carbon dioxide and ready to drink.

The fermentation changes the flavor profile: the fresh cherry flavors give way to a more complex blend dominated by the lambic. The color also evolves from bright red to deeper, oily tones. Some enthusiasts drink their kriek young for its fresh fruitiness, while others age it and appreciate its ripe, complex notes.

Kriek is the ultimate thirst-quenching summer beer. Delicious with traditional Flemish brown bread, white cheese, radishes, onion, and chives.

To best bring out the aroma of this beer, we recommend using a corresponding glass.

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