Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10
Amber-shot orange gueuze; clearly orange coloured, slim head, fast gone. Superb nose, woody, horseblanket, vying to be amongst the most complex gueuzes ever tried. Effortlessly succeeding. End of the nose is very citrussy. Superbly dry, woody, with bamboo-shoot flavour, glue or organic solvent; lemon, pineapple, pinewood, turpentine. Superbly tart, huge dry-out effect. This beer is a one-off, but can be obtained at De Heeren van Liedekercke (Denderleeuw). IF you’re deemed worthy enough. I wasn’t for one, but thank God one of my friends was - because this is undoubtely a true top-gueuze. "Woody" gets a new meaning here.
caesar (10848) reviewed Schaarbeekse Kriek from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cloudy dark redbrown color, short pink head. Aroma is soft, krieken, some marzipan and oak. Taste is tart, fruity, bit more sharp, slight alcohol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
[Vintage 1985-1987 bottle] The aroma is fantastic containing raspberries and great sourness. The color is dark amber (rather than red - could be the age) with some sediment floating around and it has a fine off-white head. The flavor is very powerful with notes of wood, lending it some dryness, raspberries, grapefruit and a sourness that draws out the mouthwater. The finish is dry and woody. A great beer that gives a flavor explosion in the mouth. Thanks a lot to Joris for this fantastic experience.
diabel (1874) reviewed Oude Lambik from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Hazy amber-orange body. No head. Horse-blanket aroma. Moderately acidic initial flavour, lightly bitter finish. Superb lambic. Armand, we love you!
Oakes (33493) reviewed Schaarbeekse Kriek from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark red with a pink head - very pretty. Aroma of leather and cherries. Respectable amount of funk, but not assertively so. Ditto the acidity, which is ably balanced with sweet cherry notes and a dryish, nutty character.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Framboos (Framboise) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
2019. Red, a bit hazy. Thin head. Nice raspberry note. Dry, leathery, nice residual lingering rasp. Delicious, artful. 4 8 9 5 17 2011-2012 vintage, aged a couple of years. Deep cherry red. No head. The aroma is deep raspberry, with woody elements, and some sugary sweetness. Very dry, quite woody, and it has a lot of berry character, leading to a long, dry finish. 1986 Vintage, sampled May 2004 Orangey-amber colour. Funky aroma - stinky cheese, raspberry and earth. So well-integrated you can’t help nosing the beer over and over again. Slight acetic hint to the big acid body. Hugely complex - raspberries, nuts, leather and oak. Extremely well-balanced. Some sips you’re drinking a collection of great flavours, other sips you’re drinking just one great flavour. Drinking this is like peeling back layers of time as the beer slowly reveals itself. Outstanding. I gave this a 4.9, but fresh examples aren’t near that level.
omhper (44752) reviewed Oude Lambik from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled from cask at Akkurat, Stockholm (7%).
Cloudy orange with rich head. Concentrated citric aroma. Wonderful soft mouthfeel. Fresh and fruity - lemnon juice! Some grassy hops in the background, a just a hint of barnyard. Superb.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled (labelled Drie Fonteinen Druiven Geuze).
Hazy amber. Fruity citric nose. Acidic and full bodied, lively and fresh. The grape character is subdued, leaving the field open for more regular gueuze flavours, but still adds soem fruitiness and bitterness from the grape shells. Intricate and complex, but doesn’t take me to the same levels as their schaaarbeekse kriek.
omhper (44752) reviewed Kriekenlambik from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
This rating is for the "Sweet Kriekenlambic", 6.5%. Sampled from cask at Akkurat, Stockholm.
It’s supposedly made from unblended lambic and schaarbeekse cherries, and is marginally sweetened. Deep clear red. Aroma of ripe cherrues and vinegar. Sweet and woody, full of wonderful balsamic schaarbeekse cherries. Low carbonation, but the mouthfeel is fresh, lively and sparkling. Grape stone finish with a bit too much sweetness. Mindboggingly tasty.
Additional rating for the "Dry Kriekenlambic", 6.5%. Sampled from cask at Akkurat, Stockholm.
The same magnificent cherry aroma as the sweetened version, but this is significantly drier and more acidic. On paper this is something I like, but instead it doesn’t carry the wonderful flavour of the schaarbeekse cherries as well as the sweetened version. The mouthfeel is still as soft and sparkling, and I still regard this version as ultra-superb, just a tad less wonderful than the sweetened one. (10/5/9/5/17)
diabel (1874) reviewed Oude Kriek from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Deep red body, like blood. No head at all. Aroma of sweet cherries. The flavour is in contrast of the aroma very sour. Moderately sour initial flavour. Heavily sour, lightly sweet long finish.