Bellevue Kriek with Box

Belle-Vue Brewery is a Brussels  based brewery founded in 1913 by Philémon Vandenstock. It is now owned by Anheuser–Busch InBev. It produces Belgian lambic. Kriek (pronounced 'creek') is a style of Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with sour cherries. The name is derived from the Flemish word "kriek" for this type of cherry.  Kriek and the related Framboise have been called the "pink champagnes of the beer world."

Traditionally, Kriek is made by breweries around Brussels using lambic beer to which sour cherries (with the pits) are added. A lambic is a sour and dry Belgian beer, fermented spontaneously with airborne yeast said to be native to Brussels; the presence of cherries (or raspberries) predates the almost universal use of hops as a flavoring in beer. A traditional kriek made from a lambic base beer is sour and dry as well. The cherries are left in for a period of several months, causing a refermentation of the additional sugar to make the beer sweeter.