Drie Fonteinen Armand Worth Seeking Out?

OK, I am not a huge lambic expert though I’ve had my fair share and am wondering about Armand. Is it worth seeking out? How easy is it to find? Pricey? Trade value?

You mean Armand 4?

That series has been sold out for over two years now. So you cannot find it any more in Belgian shops.

Also: it was one of the first beers in Belgium to break the 20 euro selling price (was 24 at the brewery, 30+ elsewhere). So most Belgians were like: you grazy? So most of us didn’t buy the beer, and those who did often not more than one bottle. Little did we know that crazy ’Muricans would be offering crazy shit in trades for it. Had we known, be would’ve probably stocked up on them. :p

There you go.

PS: I’ve never even had the Winter version...

Oh, I realise I never answered your original question. What is "worth", right? They’re all very good lambics. But then again, there’s also a lot of very good other lambics. So I guess something is worth what the biggest fool is prepared to give for it...

Point being, Armand’s goal never was to sell for that price. See his better half for that. The beers were good, were they 24€ good? no. Would I pay more than that if I were to try it? probably not. Pricing remains one of my biggest pet peeve with 3F.

Thanks guys, so my best bet to try it someday is to have generous friends ;) like I said I am not a huge lambic guy but while in Belgium figured I’d try to seek out some interesting stuff

Originally posted by KansaiBeerLvrs
Thanks guys, so my best bet to try it someday is to have generous friends ;) like I said I am not a huge lambic guy but while in Belgium figured I’d try to seek out some interesting stuff

I had one this yr, paid 50euro 3yrs ago. Good but not 50 euros worth

If you are not a huge lambic fan then you could certainly get more bang for your buck by buying some Cantillon/Tilquin/Girardin or as Tim said, venture into some of the pubs that serve lambic the right way.

want to get some tilquin in town and maybe Schaebeekse Kriek...