Cantillon Monk's Café Cuvée Kriek
Description
Cantillon Monk's Café Cuvée Kriek is an unblended cherry lambic made specifically for Monk's Café in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The fruit was a Morello (variety: Kelleris) sour cherry sourced in Belgium. The cask of lambic brewed in january 2007 was hand selected by Tom Peters of Monk's Café and Jean Van Roy on September 4, 2008, it was originally supposed to be blended with more straight lambic and become a bottling of regular Kriek 100% lambic, but its character was interesting so it remained unblended with a concentration of 300 g cherries per liter. Kegs were filled on September 26, 2008.
History / Other Notes
This beer was only available on draft during special events at Monk's Café. A few bottles were briefly observed at Cantillon in 2011 but were never publicly available. Labels were approved on February 14, 2007 for import into the United States but no labeled bottles have ever appeared publicly.[1]
Label
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Unreleased 375 mL label, front -
Unreleased 375 mL label, rear -
Cantillon Monk's Café Cuvée Kriek at Cantillon, 750 mL
Bottle Log
| Bottle date
(mm/dd/yyyy) |
Cork Date | Bottle Size | Label / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/26/2008 | 2008 | 750 mL | Lambic from January 2007. Cherry Harvest, July 2008 |
References
- ↑ TTB Approval, Cantillon Monk's Café Cuvée Kriek, 2007