Style and Colour: Lambic Gueuze Kriek (Cherry).
Taste: The taste is full of sour cherries with hints of wildness and oak that blends well with the extreme acidity, and slight residual sweetness.
Alcohol: 6 % ABV
Drinking Temperature: 8° C
Fermentation: Unique blend of several black cherries lambics of different ages. Lambic is fermented through exposure to wild yeasts and bacteria. The second fermentation takes place inside the bottles stored for minimum one year in constant temperature kept cellars.
The Brewery: Hanssens is one of the oldest lambic blenders in Dworp South Brussels. Lambic was brewed and blended at the family farm since 1871.
Origin: Lambic is a type of beer brewed in the Pajottenland region of Belgium southwest of Brussels. It is fermented through exposure to wild yeasts and bacteria. Oude Kriek or Gueuze’ label was accorded legal protection by the European Union. Brewers are now only allowed to call their product Oude Gueuze if the older lambic used in the process has been aged for three years, has matured in oak barrels and is free of any artificial sweeteners.
Food: Pairs wonderfully with asparagus, duck and waffles.
