Kriek is a Belgian beer fermented with cherries. Kriek is the Flemish word for a small, dark, bitter type of cherry found in Schaarbeek. As the Schaarbeek cherries have become more difficult to find, some brewers have replaced krieks with other types of cherries, either partly or completely. Species Several, including: Prunus apetala Prunus avium Prunus campanulata Prunus canescens Prunus cerasus Prunus concinna Prunus conradinae Prunus dielsiana Prunus emarginata Prunus fruticosa Prunus incisa Prunus litigiosa Prunus mahaleb Prunus maximowiczii Prunus nipponica Prunus pensylvanica Prunus pilosiuscula Prunus rufa Prunus sargentii Prunus serrula Prunus serrulata Prunus speciosa Prunus subhirtella Prunus...

Traditionally, krieks have been made with either a base of lambic or Flemish brown ale to which cherries (with the pits) are added. A lambic is a sour Belgian beer, fermented spontaneously with airborne yeast native to Brussels. When a traditional kriek is made from a lambic base, it is very sour and very dry. The cherries are left in for a period of several months, causing a refermentation of the additional sugar. Typically no sugar will be left so there will be a fruit flavour without sweetness. There will be a further maturation process after the cherries are removed. Traditional wooden Lambic barrels, the L on the barrel indicates the brewery. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the...

More recently, some lambic brewers have added sugar to the final product of their fruit beers, in order to make them less intense and more approachable to a wider audience. They also use cherry juice rather than whole cherries and are matured for much shorter periods.

Kriek is particularly popular in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Framboise/Frambozen is a similar Belgian beer, fermented with raspberries. Framboise (from the French word for raspberry) is a lambic beer fermented using raspberries which is native to Belgium. ... Binomial name Rubus idaeus L. The Raspberry or Red Raspberry, (Rubus idaeus) is a plant that produces a tart, sweet, red composite fruit (not a true berry) in late summer or early autumn. ...

Liefmans makes a dry and sour non-lambic Kriek using Flemish brown ale, but using whole cherries and matured for two years it is made in a traditional style. In the 1990's, Liefman's introduced the Glühkriek style of beer, which is a spiced Flemish brown ale kriek beer, which has sugar added. Like the German Glühweins from which it takes its name, Glühkrieks are intended to be served hot. North American brown ales trace their heritage to American home brewing adaptations of certain northern English beers. ... Mulled wine Mulled wine is wine, usually red wine, combined with spices and usually served hot. ...

Examples

Traditional Kriek Lambics

• Boon Kriek
• Cantillon Kriek Lambic
• Drie Fonteinen Kriek
• Girardin Kriek 1882
• Hanssens Kriek Lambic
• Oud Beersel Oude Kriek Vieille
• Timmerman Traditional Kriek Lambic
• Uitzet Kriekenbier (lambic)

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Sweetened Kriek Lambics

• Belle-Vue Kriek Lambic
• Chapeau Kriek Lambic
• Lindemans Kriek Lambic
• Mort Subite Kriek Lambic
• Timmermans Kriek Lambic
• St. Louis Kriek Lambic

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Traditional Flemish Brown Ale Krieks

• De Ryck Kriek Fantastiek
• Liefmans Kriek
• Kasteel Kriek
• Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier

Glühkrieks

• Liefmans Glühkriek
• Unibroue Quelque Chose