Echt Kriekenbier - Flemish Cherry Ale

My curiosity for Lambics, sours, and wild ales was born from a no-longer-available 12 year aged Lambic released by James at Storm Brewing a couple years ago.  It was intensely sour, nothing like I'd ever experienced in a beer.  From there I tried Storm's less extreme sour ale, their Flanders Red.  I was hooked.   Unfortunately, Storm Brewing does not bottle their beers so I was now on the hunt to find bottled sour ales that would appease my new-found palate. 

After a trip to Legacy Liquor, I had half a dozen different Lambics, sours, and related beers to try out.  First up was this - a flemish style ale brewed with cherries.

This beer pours a bright red with a fizzy pink head that dissipates pretty quickly.  The smell is sweet cherries all the way.  The taste follows suit - sweet yet tart cherries.  Very little else to report.  The beer is very carbonated, like drinking cherry syrup in club soda.  The 6.8% ABV is undetectable.  This is a very refreshing drink but nothing like any beer experience I have had previously.  This is not the beer to go to if you are looking for sour, there is some tartness but the sweetness dominates. 

Although not what I was looking for, this was a good beer that I look forward to revisiting on a hot day.