3 Fonteinen - Schaarbeekse Kriek - 2016/2017

assemblage 41
bottle date 19/07/2017.

Deze Schaarbeekse Kriek heeft exact 365 dagen gemacereerd. De fruitintensiteit is 45% (dus 450 gram fruit per liter Schaarbeekse Kriek). Tijdens de voortgezette fermentatie van deze wilde krieken verloren we ongeveer 300 liter fruitlambik.

This Schaarbeekse Kriek has macerated for exactly 365 days. The fruit intensity is 45% (so 450 grams of fruit per liter of finished Schaarbeekse Kriek). During the continued fermentation of these wild cherries, we lost about 300 liters of fruit lambik.

3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek is the result of macerating hand-picked whole sour cherries on young lambik for at least four months, in a proportion of one kilogram of fruit per litre of lambik. The kriek lambik is then blended again with more young lambik to obtain a minimum intensity of 35% fruit, and is bottled immediately afterwards.

These bottles are then stored in our cellars for at least five months so that the kriek lambik can develop into a beautiful, traditional, and refined Oude Kriek. With a pleasant tartness and organic notes of almond and cinnamon as it warms in the glass, 3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek, will age perfectly but may lose some of the vibrant red colours and forest fruit aromas. This unfiltered and unpasteurised lambik is all-natural with no artificial juices, syrups, or sugars added. Traditional Lambik is living, cultural heritage rooted in the Zenne valley!