3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek

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

2005 Bottle from Tom (oldgrowth) Thank you! Pours out a dark red color with little to no head. Not very much carbonation to speak of either. Smell is sour, with cherries in it. Taste is also cherries with some sourness. Hints of oak and wood are all in it as well. Pretty solid actually. Earthy tasting and smell. Not bad, I would revisit this one. It was like a guezue only red.

Bottled Feb 2005. Tasted July 2006. Red with pink head. Aroma dominated by cherries. Cherries not dominating flavor. I’m not sure that I would have identified this as a kriek by only tasting (and not sniffing). More sour and earthy with dry finish.

Bottle. Pinkish colour with a huge pinkish mostly lasting head. Powerful aroma and taste of cherries and barnyeard.

Bottle. Exstremely disapointing. Creamy pink excellent fully lasting head. Red colour. Ugly barnyrad aroma. Exstemely ugly acetic flavor. Average finish with some good notes. Syruply palate.

Thanks illinismitty. Pours with a deep red body topped by a thiin to medium thick head wtih some lacing. It’s sour and tart with a slihgt note of cheries and a hint of horseblanket that becomes more evident towards the end of the bottle. Light to medium bodied, dry and smooth.

Bottle. Cloudy neon red. Horseblanket and citric sourness in aroma. Subtle flavored, light sourness, cherry marzipan, citric finish. Sparkly light body. Easy drinkable.

Bottle Date February 2005, Sampled July 2006
Pours with a frothy, pink tinged head that disappears fairly quickly to just a ring of wispy foam. The beer is a lightly hazy, striking red color. An immediate note of acidity hits my nose as I pour this beer, but it is backed by a complex woody, almost tannic note. Hints of urea join some initially phenolic, almost plastic like notes. A soft cherry character is here, reminiscent of cherry skins. Basically the aroma is devoid of any sweetness what so ever.

Ah, an aggressive sourness grips hold of my mouth as soon as I take my first sip. Completely devoid of any sweetness during my initial sips, this beer is quite dry. Again there are some healthy, woody tannic notes reminiscent of barrels. Joined by just a touch of cherry character, the combination of tannins and fruit make me think of cherry stones and puckering cherry skins that have been stripped of any sweetness. This is just an aggressively sour Lambic. It is not nearly as funky as some, in fact the funkiest that it gets is that plastic-like phenolic note that almost seems a bit like lacquer of some sort. The combination of the astringent wood notes and the sour acidity make for one mouth puckering experience, which I just can’t get enough of.

Deep, deep ruby red in color, bright red head. Aroma is extremely sour. Taste is definitely a Kriek-hits you square in the mouth with a fermented fruitiness that doesn’t turn too sweet. Normally I enjoy these sour krieks, but this one just made my mouth twist a little. Luckily, the decaying fruit flavor dissipates into a sweeter aftertaste, but...