Sunday, April 5, Peaks & Pints becomes part jazz room, part cellar séance, part beautifully unreasonable excuse to spend an afternoon with wild Belgian beer in your glass. The Kareem Kandi World Orchestra’s 2026 KKWO Music Festival Tour runs through May 8, with the Peaks stop serving as a kind of opening chord: The Whopper Johns from 4 to 5:30 p.m., then Sheryl Clark and the Saxtoons from 6:30 to 8 p.m. — groove easing into brass, warmth bending into joy, the whole room slowly learning how to listen again.
And lambic, of course, is its own kind of music — less composed than coaxed. Born in Belgium’s Pajottenland and Zenne Valley, it begins with barley and unmalted wheat, then opens itself to the air, inviting wild yeast and bacteria to improvise. Aged hops hum quietly in the background, barrels take over the melody, and time stretches everything into something sharper, deeper, more alive — lemony, vinous, bone-dry, and just a little untamed. Geuze blends young and old into something sparkling and precise, while fruit lambics pull cherry and strawberry through that same wild frame, letting brightness dance without softening the edge.
That’s the quiet magic here — improvisation meeting improvisation. Cherry flashes like brass in late light, geuze moves like a patient bassline, oak and funk filling the spaces in between. This isn’t just a pairing. It’s a conversation between glass and stage, a reminder that the best things — music, fermentation, afternoons that stretch longer than planned — happen when structure loosens and everyone involved knows exactly when to let the note hang.
Peaks & Pints Kareem Kandi and Lambics
Lindemans Kriek
3.5% ABV | Cherry Lambic | Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Ruby-bright and quietly playful, Lindemans Kriek leans into whole cherries with a lively sparkle that lifts everything into motion. Tartness snaps first, quick and expressive, before a darker fruit depth settles in, somewhere between black cherry and nostalgia, grounded by a subtle malt thread. The finish stays crisp and lightly effervescent, lingering just enough to feel like a note held a beat longer than expected.
Brouwerij Boon Millésime Boon Kriek
6.5% ABV | Kriek Lambic | Lembeek, Belgium
From Schaarbeek cherries and patient oak aging comes a more measured expression from Brouwerij Boon — red fruit rising clear and vivid, then easing into something deeper, more composed. Oak hums softly beneath, shaping the edges while the cherry stretches out, less sweetness than structure, less flash than intention. Effervescence carries it upward, finishing dry and precise with a lingering echo that feels quietly deliberate.
Hanssens Artisanaal Oudbeitje
6% ABV | Strawberry Lambic | Dworp, Belgium
Strawberry appears here as a Hanssens‘ suggestion rather than a declaration — bright, slightly tart, woven into a bone-dry lambic that keeps everything just a little off-center. Acidity cuts clean and sharp, while the fruit flickers in and out like a passing phrase you almost catch. Beneath it all, cellar depth and oak lend a rustic gravity, the finish long, dry, and faintly elusive.
3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston
6% ABV | Oude Geuze | Beersel, Belgium
A finely tuned 3 Fonteinen blend that hums with lemon zest and green apple, carried on a delicate, Champagne-like lift that feels both precise and alive. Tartness holds steady without pushing too far, while a soft, earthy funk drifts through like warm hay and old wood. Oak and age stay subtle but present, guiding a bone-dry finish that lingers with quiet authority.
Lindemans Cuvée René Oude Gueuze 2022
6.5% ABV | Oude Geuze | Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Dry and deliberate, this one threads citrus and green apple through a fine, persistent sparkle, with a gentle funk line humming underneath like something just below the surface. Oak rounds the edges, softening the acidity into something composed rather than sharp, each sip unfolding with a calm, vinous rhythm. The finish lands clean, dry, and lingering, rewarding attention in the same way a great set always does.
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