3 Fonteinen Kriekenlambik

Brewed by 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Beersel, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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As ’Oude Kriek’ draft from 3 Fonteinen, which for the time being I assume to be the Kriekenlambic. Complex deep cherry aroma, sweet but subtle, tannic. Blood red hazy with no head. Light body with light carbonation, like juice. Starts with mild sweetness, medium cherry flavor, and mild acidity. Very mild overall, and more like a juice than gueuze. Great refreshing drink. Mild fruit finish and clean fruity after.

Draught form Jacobs refridgeator. Natural taste and sour as hell. I like this very much, but not for people with a bad heart.

Draught. Low carbonation. Extremely fresh and very sour. Fantastic natural cherry flavour. This was the beer I drank the most of at ZBF 2004.

Red colour. Sweet cherry aroma with a fresh acidic twang. Sweet cherry flavor with tones of maraschino. Spicy and dry bitterness.

UPDATED: MAY 1, 2006 This rating is for the "Sweet Kriekenlambic", 6.5%. Sampled from cask at Akkurat, Stockholm.
It’s supposedly made from unblended lambic and schaarbeekse cherries, and is marginally sweetened. Deep clear red. Aroma of ripe cherrues and vinegar. Sweet and woody, full of wonderful balsamic schaarbeekse cherries. Low carbonation, but the mouthfeel is fresh, lively and sparkling. Grape stone finish with a bit too much sweetness. Mindboggingly tasty.
Additional rating for the "Dry Kriekenlambic", 6.5%. Sampled from cask at Akkurat, Stockholm.
The same magnificent cherry aroma as the sweetened version, but this is significantly drier and more acidic. On paper this is something I like, but instead it doesn’t carry the wonderful flavour of the schaarbeekse cherries as well as the sweetened version. The mouthfeel is still as soft and sparkling, and I still regard this version as ultra-superb, just a tad less wonderful than the sweetened one. (10/5/9/5/17)

UPDATED: JUL 3, 2009 Hazy red body. Sourish aroma of cherries, wine, wood, ... Modertately sour, lightly sweet flavour. Tastes like eating sour cherries. Just great!

An opague red beer with a foamy pink head. The aroma is sweet and as a kriek should smell, cherries, wood, and more. The flavor is a perfect combination of sweet cherries and sour lambic. With the sourness drawing out the mouthwater.

Drie Fonteinen has in fact two different versions. One sweetened and only available on tap at the restaurant at the brewery. And one unsweetened also available in a bottle. This rating is the unsweetened one on tap at the brewery! Light tart and oak, cherry aroma. Red/pink colour, large pink head, lots of bubbles. Light sweet, light sour and you taste the overaged hops slightly in the background. Sour and bitter finish, long but not intense.

Of all the sweet fruit lambics brewed in belgium, this must be the best. It is a burgandy coloured beer with almost no head or carbonation. The aroma is rich in sweet cherries as is the flavour. In fact, I could only describe this beer as a mouth full of sour cherries but with a very complex gueuze base and enough sweetness to appeal to the bellevue/lindeman drikers. This was the most refreshing beer I had in belgium and if I was to go back, I would consecrate one day to sit on their patio and drink this all fn day. As Joris said, this is nearing perfection, especially in terms of drinkability.

For all clarity, this is the unblended, unsweetened version, also available on draught at the restaurant. Deep-deep burgundy, with bright red "éclat", no head. Nose of cherries, cherries, ch.. and vanilla. Taste like an explosion of freshly pressed fruit(juice). Then some wood, and an estery, alcoholic difference with real fruitjuice. Very woody finish. Tart, like some sour cherries (=krieken), plucked from the tree. Chewy. In the palate there is still some woodiness, but it suddenly disappears. Nearing perfection. One cannot get enough of this. Unlike one's stomach lining...