Beer Tasting 36: Belle-Vue Kriek from Belgium

[sammaify]

Beatse! ;d

[mikosixio]

n importe quoi ce gars se permet de faire le connaisseur, alors qu'il boit sa kriek dans un verre a vin et qu' il la sert sans col ridicule

[magiesq]

the best beer i ever had while in LLN belgium wish i can find it here in US!!!!!!!!!! n i dont even drink beer lol

[mrsmabcdoremi123]

Yea this is the good stuff i had in Europe!!!!BELLEVUE

Then i came to Australia found the Lindemans kriek YAK.. it was soooo sour!!

And the Lindemans Framboise the same horrible!!!

That was a waste of money...

Have to find this Bellevue one fast......

Thanks :)

[Kalimbu]

im drinking this beer at this moment !! , YEAH DOREAMON ROCKS ( the blue cat)

[ophone77]

Woot?

Is he drinking a Kriek from a wine glass?!!!

It's outrageous!!!

By the way, another famous producer of Lambic beers is Mort Subite (Sudden Death, hehe).

[michaelyblam]

@ophone77 Oh no! Not another silly comment about drinking beer using a wine glass. I am just so fed up with these comments. Please do your own research on it before you criticise. I run out of gas trying to explain...

[erikku3000]

@michaelyblam Cheers to that! Beer from a wine glass, especially Belgian ales, is often the way to go. Let them breathe, I say. I actually tend to drink certain beers from my stem-less Riedels. Check out BeerSnob dot ca where my buddy and muddle our way through beer reviews...

[MaistrePathelin]

@michaelyblam While drinking kriek from a wine glass is okay (that's the perfect shape, actually :-p), Belle-Vue is not the best kriek Belgium has to offer. The cherries used in the brewing process are quite bitter and Belle-Vue tries to 'cover' that bitterness by adding sugar thereafter, all in order to appeal to 'sweeter' palates... You can read 'sweetener' written on it.

[michaelyblam]

@MaistrePathelin Sour cherries are used to spice this beer just like other breweries. Bitterness comes naturally from it so that's part of the taste spectrum. However, Belle-Vue is NOT the best kriek producer as they add much ale to the lambic base. Smaller breweries make tiny productions of lambic beer and do not take much short cuts. Sadly we just cannot get it here!

[MaistrePathelin]

@michaelyblam (part 2; sorry, I write too much ^^) I'd would recommend organic kriek from small breweries to get a taste of an authentic kriek! Problem is: they don't export that much :-s

[michaelyblam]

@MaistrePathelin I totally agree with you. Love to go to Brussels to sample tons of weird and wonderful (and not so wonderful) stuffs. Pity smaller Breweries just do not export their gems!

[michaelyblam]

@MaistrePathelin I totally agree with you. Love to go to Brussels to sample tons of weird and wonderful (and not so wonderful) stuffs. Pity smaller breweries just do not export their gems!

[wagsouza]

VERY NICE BEER !

[LALAcoka]

Pilsner Urquell is best beer

[pierreyveslaurent]

you forgot the "peach" taste, there are other taste but i don't remember them all.

in my opinion, the linderman's kriek is better :)

haven't seen all your reviews but don't forget the "kriek extra" which is the same beer but with even more cherry ! :)

[michaelyblam]

Lindeman's Kriek is definitely a better beer and has more lambic content in it. Yes, there are many other fruits occasionally available like apricot, peach, cassis, banana and even tea...

[rofrancoxo]

Belgium power!

[ririshow]

Lindemans is much better than the Belle vue. Best kriek ( but confidential ) is Janssens out of Lot near Brussels. Cheeeeers.

[michaelyblam]

You are right! I totally agree.

[maplebroa]

good analysis

[mgfurst]

you should try this belgain beer its really good comes in a cooler bottle to . ST. Sebastiaan - Golden

[KingDarkSandman]

i loved ur channel , I'd love it if u can taste a beer called , George Killian's Irish Red .

thank u ^__^

[ubangiestomp]

Killians is a good brew.

[wagsouza]

Excellent beer !!

[teflonmagnet]

you do an excellent job at describing the quaffs. thanks for your posts.

[panaistoumbiotis]

very good vids but they need sync...

[coilgunner2]

haha, I kinda noticed the two - three second lag.

Nice review though!

[cedricvd]

Yeah here in Belgium this beer is seen as the typical girls' drink :-) But of course that doesn't make it taste any less good.

After you reviewed all the Belgian beers (could take a while) try reviewing some of the Jenever, probably the only drink that's even more typically Belgian than beer.

[michaelyblam]

I had Jenever before but it was yonds ago! I honestly cannot remember the taste. I will see if I can get this in Seattle. No chance here in BC to get it!

[cedricvd]

Actually I don't like the "normal" wheat jenever, but I really like the fruit-jenevers, in supermarkets here you have the choice of dozens of different flavors (including kriek) but my favorite is the fairly standard apple-jenever.

[RuudJH]

Jenever originates in the Netherlands.

[reamaun2]

i stay in africa and want to start exporting our liqour here ,anyone know a website where i can sell?

[Yannick20]

Women's beer. Trappist is way better..

[voteforgoat]

Comparing a Trappist to a Kriek makes no sense. It's like comparing a Peterbilt 18-wheeler to a Maserati. Both excel in different ways. Personally, I enjoy both!

[Yannick20]

You are right; I must have been drunk when I said such a simplistic thing;

Geuze is a beer that has much in common with kriek but is less sweet; I don't like the sweetness of kriek. I do enjoy the first glass on a hot day; but then I have enough of it.

Kriek Bellevue is actually owned by Inbev the Brazilian-Belgian brewer corporation; so I tend to avoid the Bellevue, and drink Kriek Lindemans, mort subite,.. IF I drink it at all.

[voteforgoat]

i mean the beers. i don't own a big rig or a sports car!

[williramone]

im belgian, and that beer is good for drinking a lot coz its very light

[CH2CHCHO]

you don't drink beer out of 'common' glass (read wine glass), even trying it! Every beer has it's own type of glass. And it should be labelled with the brewery on it. Mind you the temperature is also important. The glass should be well cleaned and prepared before drinking. Try 'Kriek Boon' or '3 fonteinen' when you really want to tast good kriek beer.

[emokidsunited]

belle vue is shit ( and owned by beer giant ambev ) try hanssens , drie fonteinen or cantillon instead , the real deal

[michaelyblam]

I had Cantillon - It was excellent and also I like the label! Now, Belle Vue for sure is BIG - here in Canada it's under Labatt - another giant. However, Big doesn't mean bad or small doesn't mean good. To be fair I have tasted better Kriek Lambic than this for sure but this is drinkable and presentable. Another factor to consider is BV is readily available but others are not!

[jertoentje]

cool, i prefer a rodenbach which is sour, kriek is too sweet for me. You do a good job, getting me thirsty like that :-)

[michaelyblam]

I agree with you but every quality drink has own tiem and place!

[theBigTakeover]

Belle vue is about 15% lambic, the rest is regular ale. Try Cantillon or Drie Fonteinen if you want to try 100% lambic.

They are also unsweetened and use whole fruit so there is zero sweetness, they taste NOTHING like belle vue.

[michaelyblam]

Thank you for your support and encouragements - I will keep filming! I have been busy but I will be back soon!

[michaelyblam]

Kriek Extra! Wow! I haven't even heard of it. Wish I could try it in my country. The liquor distribution here is controlled by the provincial government and some products are hard to get by! I shall try to get it from Seattle!

[maranero]

Screw them. The reason I am a beer appreciater is because of you. Beer has such a variety of flavors it's amazing and makes being a beer connesuier very interesting. Drink on my friend!

[siobhanfinch]

screw 'em - vive les comments!

keep tasting buddy

[michaelyblam]

Thanks! Siobhan. I will! By the way, nice name you have. I used to know a couple of Siobhan when I lived in Glasgow!

[TullFanFTW]

Why badmouth his videos? If you don't like them, don't watch them, easy as that. I happen to enjoy watching them.

[michaelyblam]

Thanks for your support and encouragements. I appreciate your kindness...good beverages are meant to enhance happiness and friendships - cheers to that!

[sauljapancakes]

Nice turtleneck, fag.

[itsmesensurround]

no ones views your videos why do you keep making them

[itsmesensurround]

lol no one likes your videos :[