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== Description ==
Lou Pepe Kriek is part of Cantillon's Lou Pepe series which is bottled on a regular basis. The series also contains the [[Cantillon_Lou_Pepe_-_Framboise|Lou Pepe Framboise]] and [[Cantillon_Lou_Pepe_Gueuze|Lou Pepe Gueuze]]. Lou Pepe Kriek is made from two year old lambic that has been aged exclusively in used Bordeaux barrels. Whereas Cantillon's [[Cantillon_Kriek_100%25_Lambic|Kriek 100% Lambic]] and [[Cantillon_Rosé_De_Gambrinus|Rosé de Gambrinus]] lambics contain 200g of frozen fruit per liter, the Lou Pepe fruited beers contain about 300g of fresh fruit per liter.<ref name=“CantillonLouPepe”>http://www.cantillon.be/br/3_109 Cantillon - Lou Pepe</ref> The cherries used for Lou Pepe Kriek are often Belgian Schaerbeekse cherries, a local sour Morello cherry, but that is not always the case if the harvest is low. To carbonate the beer, a small amount of sweet liquor is added after bottling causing the refermentation in the bottle.
According to Cantillon's official website, "the particular name of these beers comes from the south-west of France, a region the Cantillon family is very fond of. In this beautiful region, the grandfather is called Lou Pepe." <ref name=“CantillonLouPepe”>http://www.cantillon.be/br/3_109 Cantillon - Lou Pepe</ref>
== History / Other Notes ==
Lou Pepe Kriek, as with the other Lou Pepe bottlings, comes with two dates. A : a vintage date and a bottling/cork date. They The dates are generally two years apart, with the vintage date shown as a sticker on the bottle above the label. The earliest known vintage of Lou Pepe Kriek is 1998.
During the Lambic Summit, 2010, Jean mentioned that because the fruit is so prevalent initially, the lambic flavors can be somewhat masked. He recommended aging it in a cellar for 2 to 3 years to allow the lambic to develop.<ref name=Summit11>Armand Debelder, 2010, [[The_Lambic_Summit_2010#Part_11|The Lambic Summit, Part 11 (Shelton Brothers)]]</ref>