Vintage 16│17, Bottled June 2017
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.
Unfiltered. Unpastuerized. No added artificial colorings, flavorings, or sweeteners.
About:
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen is a traditional lambic brewery and geuze blender that has been going for three generations. The family business was nearly ruined when a faulty air conditioner caused their cellar of beers to explode, but with help from other lambic brewers they have built themselves back from the ground up to become one of the most famous and sort after Belgian breweries.