Schaarbeekse Kriek
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen

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From:
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
 
Belgium
Style:
Fruit Lambic
Ranked #8
ABV:
6%
Score:
99
Ranked #254
Avg:
4.47 | pDev: 7.38%
Reviews:
265
Ratings:
949
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 28, 2023
Added:
May 24, 2004
Wants:
  515
Gots:
  199
SCORE
99
World-Class
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Notes: Newer labels include "Oogst" (harvest). Older labels exclude "Oogst."

3 Fonteinen Schaarbeekse Kriek is the result of macerating local hand-picked Schaarbeekse cherries on young traditional lambic for at least one year, in a proportion of one kilo of sour cherries per liter of lambic. The cherry lambic is then blended with young lambic and bottles, after which our famous Schaarbeekse Kriek matures for another year at least in the bottle. Refined and with evolution in the glass. Natural fruit, no juice, syrup or sugars added. Unfiltered and unpasteurised.
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Rated: 4.42 by desint from Belgium

Apr 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.75 by wshinevar from Massachusetts

Feb 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.83 by ArsMoriendiOU818 from Virginia

Jan 14, 2023
 
Rated: 4.47 by JakerLou from New Hampshire

Dec 24, 2022
 
Rated: 4.54 by Fireman_RK from North Carolina

Nov 21, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by rare_bird from Michigan

Nov 13, 2022
 
Rated: 4.46 by johnlatona from New Jersey

Oct 08, 2022
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Reviewed by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

4.83/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Blend #61, 2020/2021 season. Absolutely phenomenal. An all-night sipper. The depth and intensity of the cherries is absolutely amazing. Rivals the Lou Pepe Kriek for the best Kriek I’ve ever had.
Oct 04, 2022
 
Rated: 4.44 by shelby415 from Oregon

Sep 22, 2022
 
Rated: 4.43 by not2quick from Missouri

Sep 18, 2022
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Rated by bret27 from California

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2019.
Aug 30, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by Narthax from Texas

Aug 27, 2022
 
Rated: 4.43 by PDinunzi from New Jersey

Aug 17, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by Ajlvt from Washington

Aug 08, 2022
 
Rated: 4.71 by Ben1313 from New Hampshire

Aug 05, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by Affinity from Missouri

Jul 22, 2022
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

4.35/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2022-07-16
750ml corked/caged bottle served in a tulip. Bottling date 08/26/2020. Bought it earlier today at Chuck's Hop Shop Seward Park. It was expensive.

Pours a dark purplish red with a small to nonexistent head -- a thin white ring around the glass, with sparse carbonation. Fairly hazy. Smell is rich berry jam and oaky acid tartness.

Taste is similar -- rich berry jam, more on the oak and less on the acid, almost a funk to it, and something that hints at a butteriness, not diacetyl, but something that just makes it seem fuller and richer. Moderate fruit skin bitterness characteristic.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied, very dry. Overall, this is a very good beer.
Jul 17, 2022
 
Rated: 4.88 by von_kaiser from Connecticut

Jul 03, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by JLK7299 from North Carolina

Jul 02, 2022
 
Rated: 4.3 by StoutSnob40 from California

May 01, 2022
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota

4.3/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750ml brown bottle, caged and corked. Label has bottling date of '08/26/2020', with best before date of '10/26/2040'.

Notes on label: "For this Schaarbeekse Kriek, we macerated locally grown and manually harvested sour cherries for almost fourteen months in wooden barrels, with both one-year and two-year old lambik. The final fruit intensity is about 318 grams of Schaarbeekse per litre of finished Schaarbeekse Kriek. The average age of this beer upon release will be at least two-and-a-half years."

Clear, cherry red colored body. Fizzy head quickly disappeared. No lacing.
Aroma is cherry, funk and oak. Funk is more leather and tobacco like. Indications of sourness but the oak gives off an old wood fibe.
Taste is quite sour, each sip leaves the mouth dry. There is a sour cherry flavor that still gives off a brief hint of fruit sweetness. At this time the funk flavor is showing less than what is in the nose, but remains in the leather and tobacco expression. Has quite a bit of oak tannins, especially on the exhale of the breath and in the released air from the stomach.
Medium mouth feel. Good carbonation.
Very good fruited lambic, although could likely increase more complexity and funk expression with bottle aging.
Apr 16, 2022
 
Rated: 4.46 by jrenihan from Canada (ON)

Apr 03, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by paulish from New York

Mar 02, 2022
 
Rated: 4.54 by ellswrth from Oregon

Dec 25, 2021
 
Rated: 4.51 by Jkolls from Ohio

Nov 07, 2021
 
Rated: 4.65 by bouncepass from California

Nov 04, 2021
 
Rated: 4.53 by santig0nzalez from Paraguay

Oct 20, 2021
 
Rated: 4.33 by mltobin from Connecticut

Oct 16, 2021
 
Rated: 4.84 by JAWS from New York

May 23, 2021
 
Rated: 4.33 by buking21 from Massachusetts

May 11, 2021
 
Rated: 4.75 by bigred89 from Maryland

Mar 20, 2021
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

4.33/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle, at Plan B, Copenhagen. Beautiful red colour, pink head. Delightful cherry aroma. Sour cherry flavour on a funky background. A very good kriek lambic.
Mar 18, 2021
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Rated by jheimbigner from Washington

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Lci

Great cherry character throughout. Have another bottle and will update my review when that gets cracked
Mar 18, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by tblack4d from Georgia

Jan 21, 2021
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Rated by steverx8 from England

4.75/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Bottled date 07/08/19 Assemblage 99 Quite simply wonderful. I don’t have words to describe properly but every aspect of this is brilliant
Jan 16, 2021
 
Rated: 4.74 by imyourhero21 from California

Jan 14, 2021
 
Rated: 3.89 by EasternIsh from California

Jan 12, 2021
 
Rated: 4.63 by SveNss0N from Massachusetts

Jan 11, 2021
 
Rated: 4.44 by teepeevee from Finland

Jan 03, 2021
 
Rated: 4.46 by paresis from Massachusetts

Jan 02, 2021
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