Force Majeure Kriek
By Force Majeure · Belgium
A Belgian cherry beer at 0.4%: “a fresh-fruity beer with a lightly acidic finish”, Force Majeure says. It won silver at the 2025 World Alcohol-Free Awards, and it’s the one Force Majeure beer in stock in the UK.
At 0.4% ABV, this isn’t alcohol-free under UK guidance, which keeps the term for 0.05% or less. We list it with alcohol-free beers, as UK shops do. How UK labels work
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What is Force Majeure Kriek?
Kriek is the Belgian style of beer made with sour cherries. Force Majeure calls its version “a real fruit beer” and added it to the range in 2021. Dry Drinker lists it as a wheat beer; it’s a fruit beer, and we file it with our wheat beers, as we do Belgian ales.
The ingredients, as the Dutch shop Alcoholvrij Bierhuis lists them, are water, barley and wheat malt, hops, cherry juice concentrate, citric acid and sucralose, a sweetener. Dry Drinker describes it as deep red, with a fruity cherry aroma, a light malt body and a tart finish.
Alko, Finland’s state drinks shop, lists it at 30 kcal per 100ml, about 99 kcal a bottle; we found no UK label. It isn’t gluten-free, and nobody says whether it’s vegan. It won silver in the beer category of the 2025 World Alcohol-Free Awards. We score it 8.1. It’s in our Christmas beer guide and our fruit beer guide.
Awards
- Silver, beer category, World Alcohol-Free Awards 2025
From the World Alcohol-Free Awards’ own results.
Flavour Profile
A guide based on the style and Force Majeure’s description (fresh and fruity, with a lightly acidic finish), to help you compare at a glance — not a definitive tasting.
Key facts
| Official name | Kriek |
|---|---|
| Brewery | Force Majeure, Belgium |
| Style | Kriek, a Belgian cherry beer (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) |
| ABV | 0.4% ABV, according to Alcoholvrij Bierhuis and Untappd; Dry Drinker says 0.3%, and Alko, Finland’s state drinks shop, 0.5%. We haven’t seen the label |
| Pack | 330ml bottle (cases of 6, 12 or 24 at Dry Drinker) |
| Calories | 30 kcal per 100ml; about 99 per 330ml bottle (our sum) |
| Ingredients | Water, barley and wheat malt, hops, cherry juice concentrate, citric acid and sucralose (a sweetener), as Alcoholvrij Bierhuis lists them |
| Allergens | Barley and wheat (gluten) |
| Vegan | Not stated by Force Majeure or any shop |
| Gluten | Not gluten-free: it’s brewed with barley and wheat malt |
| How it’s made | Not stated by Force Majeure. In 2021 it told a Dutch beer writer that it didn’t de-alcoholise its beers, but brewed them from a wort with few fermentable sugars |
| Brewed | In Belgium, under contract, by a brewery Force Majeure doesn’t name; Force Majeure is based in Genk |
| Awards | Silver, beer category, World Alcohol-Free Awards 2025 |
| UK availability | In stock at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
Sources: Force Majeure’s website and shop, Alcoholvrij Bierhuis, Untappd, Dry Drinker, Alko and the World Alcohol-Free Awards’ results, checked October 2026. The label on the can or bottle is always the final word.
How Kriek sits in the Force Majeure range
| Beer | Style | ABV | Per 100ml | Unhopped score | UK status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Blond | Belgian blond (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | Not published | 7.9 | Sold out at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Bruin | Belgian brown ale, or dubbel (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | Not published | 8.0 | Sold out at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Kriek (this beer) | Kriek, a Belgian cherry beer (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | 30 kcal | 8.1 | In stock at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Tripel | Belgian tripel (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | 30 kcal | 8.1 | Sold out at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Tripel Hop | Hoppy Belgian tripel (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | 0.4% | Unconfirmed | 8.0 | Sold out at Dry Drinker and The Alcohol Free Co |
| Winter Ale | Winter beer: a dark blond with chai-like spice (we file Belgian ales with our wheat beers) | <0.5% | Not published | Not yet rated | In stock at The Alcohol Free Co |
The Force Majeure beers in our directory, checked October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10. ‘Unconfirmed’ means the only calorie figures we found look unreliable.
About Force Majeure
Force Majeure is a Belgian brand of beers under 0.5%, set up in Genk in 2019 by Stijn Panis. It has no brewery of its own: a Belgian brewery it doesn’t name brews the beers under contract.
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One of our Christmas beers. Force Majeure Kriek is one of ten winter beers in our guide to alcohol-free Christmas beer. For something to open every day in December, see this year’s alcohol-free advent calendars.
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