3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek

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

Dark ruby red with a small grey head that quickly fades into a small ring. Aroma is sharp cherry, light funk, wood and cherry pits. Flavour is quite sour, funky, woody and "wet" with a light cherry sweetness and complex notes of cherry pits and hai. Ends dry. Very drinkable without compromising complexity.

Incredibly rich roma of cherries, blackcurrant, plums, cloud berries and goose berries. Taste like fruit and berry juice without added sugar. Impressive craft brewing. Recommended! (Sampled from a bottle that had been open 4-5 days @ Bulldog in Ginza, Tokyo, February 2009.)

2007 Bottle - Thanks j12601! - Pours a clear pinkish red with a small, quickly dissipating pink head...aroma is sour, almost chemically, cherry and oak...smells better as it breathes...flavour is dry, salty cherries and vinegar, oak tannin, lemon and dust, massively lactic and very slightly fruity...finish is a lingering phenolic acidity...far different from what I expected...

Reddish pour. Aroma is sour with cherries, vinegar, wet wood, and some nice earthy smells. Flavor is sour, good dose of vinegar and wood. Funky and sour. Fruity and great.

At Tria in Philly... Pours a slightly hazy ruby, deep red, with a minimal head, very wine looking... Tart aroma of sour cherries, oak, berries, barnyard, funk... Flavor profile matches, similar to cantillion rosee but a touch less tart/sour... medium bodied, wonderful mouthfeel, remarkably complex...

Slightly hazy, deep red color with few bubbles and pinkish, diminishing head. Aroma of oak, tart cherries and some leather feel of the crazy funky, yeast. Really cool acid mouthfeel with complex flavors of tart cherries, cider vinegar with distinct leather notes. Medium lasting dry and tart acetic finish. Wow, i amazed by this one!

750 ml bottle courtesy of rustychiles. Pours a nice hazy rusty red, a bit brighter in parts, murky, small white head that dies to near nonexistant, just clings to the corners tiny. Aromas are tart cherries, barnyard funk, a touch of sweet fruitiness, cereal grains and soured mash. Interesting. Initial gives a nice blast of sour cherries up front, cereal grains underneath, lactic acid, a bit of funkiness sticks to the palate, berry sweetness in thee, straw, barnyard. Sourness dies a bit, but still sticks to the palate extremely well. Lactic sourness, decent but lighter funk. Lighter side of medium bodied, expresses itself a bit more as it warms. Lip smacking sourness.. Yummy.

Bottle. Dec 2007. Pur is deep cherry. Small pinkish head that disappears very quickly. Miniaml carbonation. Aroma shows heaps of cherries, almonds and plenty of funky sourness. Flavours are very tart with some sweet cheery. Good sour on the finish. Mouthfeel is spot on. Great beer