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9992
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Beersel, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 713   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.84   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Oude Kriek 3 Fonteinen is produced by ripening of cherries (both the flesh and the seeds) in young Lambic. This process takes between 6 to 8 months. After bottling the beer matures for at least 4 months in a warm room where the spontaneous fermentation in the bottle is done.
The head of Oude Kriek is very sensitive to the concentration of the cherry seeds containing oil and may differ from one year to the other.
On old Cherry 3 Fonteinen, no flavorings, sweeteners, or dyes added which makes this beer very natural and is especially thirst quenching.

Note: Recent labels may show the beer to contain 35% of Schaerbeekse Krieken.


traPISSED's rating

4.7
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 20/20
traPISSED (91) - São Paulo, - OCT 25, 2011
75cl bottle at home, 1996 vintage. This bottle was corked, capped and very dusty. The cork was very long...so long that I lost the end of it into the beer. The pour produced a crystal clear bright ruby beer with still a huge amount of colour remaining (almost as much as a new bottle). The smell was fantastic! No oxidisation at all and I mean none!! It smelled of cinnemon, nutmeg, clove and cherry. Almost like a christmas spiced beer. Everyone that tried it said that they had never experienced a Kriek with such a christmas flavour. As we went down the bottle the sourness was more pronounced and the pours where becoming very murky. There was a huge amount of sediment in this bottle. This may well be the most gracefully aged beer Ive ever had. Everyone agreed that it could easily last another 10 years.


most recent ratings

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
fredrik_ (52) - SWEDEN - MAY 16, 2013
Bottle @ Home Overall a very nice kriek i like it alot had it on several occasions.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Sarpa (359) - FINLAND - MAY 11, 2013
bottle, 37,5cl @ home. Pours almost clear ruby red with a small pink head. dry, funky cherry aroma. tart, dry cherry flavor,

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
czar (2223) - Québec, Quebec, CANADA - APR 28, 2013
2007 vintage. hazy bright red with a small white head, little retention. strong red fruitiness - cherries but also raspberries, also cranberry juice, wood, clean and sharp lemon - very few acetic notes, mainly citric ones, very light yet enjoyable funk. average lightly prickly carbonation - fading, light body, very balanced brew with a clean and dry grassy herbaceous finish. very much enjoyed it!

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Beergeek23322 (418) - Chesapeake, Virginia, USA - APR 28, 2013
From a 375 ml. corked bottle. Pours ruby red with a pink fizzy head that disappears immediately. The carbonation is low. Aromas of funky yeast, barnyard and cherries. The flavor is very tart and the cherries shows through very well. Finishes with a sour lingering.

4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Duntoyou (43) - Kr.sand, NORWAY - APR 26, 2013
Clear read, this white head. Nose of rotten fruit, like any other true kriek. Fruity, big mouthfeel, nice and sour. Great beer. !

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
BelgBeerGeek (1263) - Antwerp, BELGIUM - APR 22, 2013
I’m Surprised i haven’t rated this yet !

Head: small, white, foamy
Colour: deep red
Smell: dry rough cherry fragerance, some sours but not allot
Taste: little almunds, very dry and bitter with mild sourness level, great kriek but not the best !

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Palme (2234) - Bergen, NORWAY - APR 19, 2013
0.75l corked bottle from Jan 2012. This one pours a scary bloody red colored body and it has a small quickly sidesticking pinkish filmy top. Oh my the aroma really fills the room! Tons of sour cherries, silo grass, farm, woody acidity and more cherries. Smells really fruity and definitely nice this! The flavor is tart, sour, some vinegar with loads of acidic cherries and more silo grass. It’s sour, but never to much, and the fruitiness shines through all the way. It’s somewhat dry, but there is still some sweetness left in here. Lasting cherries, blood oranges and strawberries in the aftertaste with traces of wood, leafs and vanilla. Oh, yes. Tasty! 23.12.2012

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
watson1977 (2276) - The dub c, Pennsylvania, USA - APR 13, 2013
poura an opaque red/ruby with almost no head. aroma has very tart cherry and light vinous notes. flavor has loads of tartness...cherry and acidic lemon...some oak and vinous notes. mouthfeel is light and the finish is very dry and very tart with longering faint sour cherry.

4.4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Pyrmir (1161) - Westra Aros, SWEDEN - APR 12, 2013
Bottle, 6 years old. Aroma sour of cherries. Taste is very fresh, acidic with suitingly discreet kriek taste hidden behind the acidity. Very nice beer

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
stefannilssons (790) - SWEDEN - MAR 29, 2013
Det här var em mycket bra kriek med en lite svag kropp men med en bra balans och behaglig frisk smak av körsbär.


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