In addition to the four natural basic ingredients: water, malts, hops and yeast, used for the standard Bacchus, the brew is enhanced with kriek cherries (15%), sugar and other sweeteners. Colour & Transparency

However, with St. Louis fruit beers, the fruit is maturing on gueuze-lambiek instead of Oud Vlaams Bruin. Bacchus Kriekenbier does contain real krieken cherries. The beer has a deap red colour, and is topped off with a beige-pink collar of froth.Similar to its underlying basic beer Bacchus Oud Bruin, this kriekenbier can be stored for a while and will improve. However, Bacchus Kriekenbier is a good table companion and makes a good recipe ingredient, particularly in the preparation of, for example, a banana sorbet containing Bacchus kriekenbier and/or a dark chocolate. Bacchus Frambozenbier (Framboise) is similar to Bacchus Kriekenbier as the base for both fruit beers is Bacchus Oud Vlaams Bruin. Fresh raspberries are added to the beer which will continue to mature before leaving the brewery ...

Traditionally, kriek is made by breweries in and around Brussels using lambic beer to which sour cherries (with the pits) are added. [3] A lambic is a sour and dry Belgian beer, fermented spontaneously with airborne yeast said to be native to Brussels; the presence of cherries (or raspberries) predates the almost universal use of hops as a flavoring in beer. [4] The finish is mainly sweet although the touches of wood are still discernible. Sweet and sour form a perfect harmony. Mild in taste, first sip gives a slightly sour aroma, which soon gives way to a pronounced sweetness in combination with modest touches of wood and nuts. Kriek lambic is a style of Belgian beer, made by fermenting lambic with sour Morello cherries. [1] [2] Traditionally " Schaarbeekse krieken" (a rare Belgian Morello variety) from the area around Brussels are used. As the Schaarbeek type cherries have become more difficult to find, some brewers have replaced these (partly or completely) with other varieties of sour cherries, sometimes imported. Fermentation identical to that of Bacchus Oud Vlaams Bruin; mixed fermentation and matured in oak barrels. IngredientsDe Cuvée du Chateau is the crown jewel within the Kasteel range and has been brewed since 2010. It found its inspiration in the subterranean cellars of Ingelmunster Castle. After ten years of maturation, bottles of Kasteel Donke ... This is similar to the "Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée" used in France. This accreditation will guarantee the origin and quality of food and beverages produced under a specific name and in a specific region. Framboise is a related, less traditional Belgian beer, fermented with raspberries instead of sour cherries. Kriek is also related to gueuze, which is not a fruit beer but is also based on refermented lambic beer. Some breweries, like Liefmans, make "kriek" beers based on oud bruin beer instead of lambic. Bacchus Kriekenbier is served in the same glass used for Bacchus Oud Vlaams Bruin and Bacchus Frambozenbier. A stylish, vintage-inspired glass that is reminiscent of a gueuze glass. A traditional kriek made from a lambic base beer is sour and dry as well. 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.

Similar to its underlying basic beer Bacchus, the Bacchus Kriekenbier was not designed to be a gastronomic or culinary beer.Find sources: "Kriek lambic"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) As this beer is an accredited regional product, it is a perfect combination with a number of characteristic Flemish regional dishes. Up to the beer lover to experiment and find out what suits. Like the Bacchus siblings Oud Bruin and Frambozenbier, this beer is in continuous production. It may be slightly more difficult to get hold of in supermarkets than the other well-known brews from the Kasteel range. Similar to the other beers in the Bacchus range, this beer comes in 37,5cl bottles and is enveloped in a paper wrap.