Schaarbeekse Kriek
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen

Schaarbeekse KriekSchaarbeekse Kriek
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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:
267
Ratings:
954
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 24, 2023
Added:
May 24, 2004
Wants:
  516
Gots:
  199
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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Ratings by KeefD:
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Reviewed by KeefD from Minnesota

4.2/5  rDev -6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3
Corked and caged 750. Pours a brilliant, deep, ruby red color with a small pink head that was gone quickly, and no lacing. Wow, great color on this beer, and leaves me with high hopes for the amount of cherry that must be in play here. Nice funky brett notes come out at first, notes of wood, leather, and mustiness. Only a small amount of cherry comes out in the nose, but it starts to show more as it warms. Flavor is bracingly tart and acidic. Nice mixture of acidity, oak and tartness, with hints of lemon in the front, followed by an earthy, herbal, almost cheesy like flavor, and just a touch of cherry on the back end that almost turns medicinal as it warms and gets to the bottom of the bottle. Musty, funky, and sour are the best words to describe this. Perfect, medium body on this with some abrasive carbonation at first, but turns light and delicate near the end. Wow, what can I say? I wish this one came in a 33cl bottle, because the 750ml is getting to be tough to put away by myself. Should have shared this with others, but I be a glutton for the evening. This is one of the best Belgian fruit lambics I've ever had and certainly blows away Lindeman's kriek in not only flavor, but also complexity. Great brew and glad I had the chancce to try it before Drie Fonteinen moves away from producing lambics and looks more towards distilling and blending.
Feb 22, 2010
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 5 by PprBurke from Virginia

Dec 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4.29 by Magery from Kentucky

Dec 23, 2023
 
Rated: 4.35 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Dec 03, 2023
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Reviewed by VABA from Virginia

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a nice cherry color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has very generous cheery hints
The taste follows the nose with a pleasantly tart cherry flavor
A light bodied well carbonated beer
A great very well balanced Lambic
Sep 22, 2023
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Reviewed by Holderness from Massachusetts

3.77/5  rDev -15.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This is a great fruited lambic for those who like it sour. The combination of the tart schaarbeekse variety of cherries on top of the already tart 3F lambic base make for an experience that for me veered somewhat into acetic territory. Very clean, however, which was nice

76/100
Aug 18, 2023
 
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
Schaarbeekse Kriek from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Beer rating: 99 out of 100 with 954 ratings