Drie Fonteinen Oude Kriek - Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Beautiful cherry milkshake red, lots of lace. Picked up at Premiere Gourmet in Buffalo recently. Creamy mouthfeel, just milkshake, with strawberry, pretty well full mouthfeel. Body is a bit fluffed up. Very tasty. Late aftertaste of barrel lumber. Alcohol in nose detracts from cherry aroma and taste.

Serving type: bottle

02-13-2006 22:13:00 | More by northyorksammy

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.13/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

light pink color highlighted a light amber color. Light haziness and cloudiness surrounded it with a nice one inch head of pink on top.

Solid. Tart cherries are all over the aroma here.rich sour notes are all over this one with great touches o apples and raspberries mixing in and a light touch of wood that seems to come out of nowhere. seriously just wonderfully done i could not get enough. a nice long fade of dry, tart and sour flavors leaves you looking for more right away!

overall this was just what the doctor ordered and really nicely done.

Serving type: bottle

08-06-2011 01:09:31 | More by mikesgroove

womencantsail

California

4.25/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A: The cork comes out without a pop, yet the pour displays some signs of carbonation as a reddish head forms and dissipates quickly. The beer itself is opaque and dark, blood red in color.

S: The nose offers up some mild tartness along with a nice tannic note of cherry skin and oak. The Brett is leathery and dry, offering a touch of earthy funk.

T: The cherries are a bit muted in terms of fruit flavor, but the skins are alive and well providing both flavor and tannins, as well as some acidity. The oak and Bretty provide additional dryness along with a bit of barnyard and must. The finish provides some extra tartness that was not present in the rest of the sip.

M: The beer is mildly carbonated and works very nicely with the beer itself. It is not slick on the tongue like many lambics are.

D: Not overly tart or acidic, but definitely enough. I really found this to be close in quality to the Schaerbeekse version, with that one having just a slight edge.

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2010 08:04:27 | More by womencantsail

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.63/5  rDev -14.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Reviewed from notes.

Pours a nice, bright light red color with a slightly-pink head and a bit of lacing. The nose is bright cherries with modest funk and oak. Not too much acidity. The taste is, unfortunately, mostly cherries and not too much of the funk, oak, and acidity I normally really enjoy from Drie Fonteinen. Fairly nice cherry presence and a bit of tartness from them. In the end, this is just too cherry forward without much involved. Will have to get an aged bottle at some point.

Serving type: bottle

11-10-2010 01:17:38 | More by Thorpe429

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.68/5  rDev -13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottling Date: 02 December 2005

Appearance: Pours a purple-red body with a thinnish, bubbly, pinkish head.

Smell: A musty, funk-scented blend of cherry and strawberry preserves that's plenty moldy and plenty acidic with a note of cheese that is well past its prime.

Taste: Tart, sweetish cherries with a spoonful of strawberry jelly are greeted by a pinch of salt and a jolt of acidity. Punchy sourness. Hints of soggy leather and topsoil alongside some tough phenolics. Finishes rather dry with a hint of decaying wood.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. An initial flourish of carbonation, then it mellow out into a moderate carbonation level.

Drinkability: A fine fruit lambic, but, in all honesty, it makes me more than wistful for another dose of that Hommage.

Serving type: bottle

11-24-2008 03:30:08 | More by ChainGangGuy

brentk56

North Carolina

4.33/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Pours a cloudy cranberry juice color, with a fizzy lavender head that descends to a ringlet and archipelago, while leaving very little lace

Smell: Sweet and tart bing cherry aroma, with a musky, oaky aspect and a clear element of the horseblanket

Taste: Opens with a tart cherry flavor that is complemented by sweet, oaky and barnyard character; after the swallow, the barnyard becomes more intense and dominates the very tart finish

Mouthfeel: Medium body with low to moderate carbonation

Drinkability: Never a beer that I would characterize as highly drinkable, this is nonetheless a very nice middle of the road kriek

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2008 03:06:33 | More by brentk56

UCLABrewN84

California

4.75/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Bottled on 3/31/09.

Pours a semi-opaque crimson red with a small light red head that fades to a film on the top of the beer. All lacing drips back down into the beer on the drink down. Smells fantastic with sour cherries, red wine vinegar, and funk/must. A very mouthwatering sour smell. Taste is fantastic with the sour cherry taste up front and a vinegar and funky must flavor taking over on the finish. There is an acidic twang to this beer in the mouth after each sip. There is a medium to high level of carbonation that is very bubbly and prickly in the mouth. Overall, this is a very good sour cherry lambic that is still super tasty more than 2 years after the bottling date.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2011 03:59:57 | More by UCLABrewN84

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

4.22/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle: Poured a red color beer with a huge pink foamy head with excellent retention. Aroma of sour cherries is dominant as well as oak. Taste is sour as hell with very little sweetness and great tartness. Very refreshing on a hot day and appreciate the fact that the acidic level is well balance which is not always the case with those Lambic producers.

Serving type: bottle

06-27-2005 14:26:39 | More by Phyl21ca

BEERchitect

Kentucky

4.43/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Insanely good beer! Drie Foneinen has figured this whole Belgian thing out. This Kriek is no different. Holding true to what Krieks are, this beer has a delicate acidity that steers clear from sharpness or astringency. A clean tartness that comes from the cherries are a perfect compliment to the vineous blended lambic base beer. Tartness take the shape of pie cherries, under-rippened berries, crabapples, and malt. That's right, a steady stream of pilsner malts add just enough sweetness, body, and creaminess to buffer the palate from the intensity of the sour beer. A light cork mustiness gives an earthy complextion to the beer from the nose to the finish (despite the synthetic cork). A real surprise is the low-lying carbonation which keeps the acidity from becoming amplified. Still, the beer does not rest heavily on the tongue; rather giving a mellow soothing demeanor to the session. Krieks just don't get better.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2009 16:05:51 | More by BEERchitect

feloniousmonk

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

brouwerij 3 fonteine, oud kriek
blended lambic, brewed with sour cherries, aged in oak

Clouded, rosy , near purple look, no head at all.

Sour cherry nose, very mellow, refined, and restrained. Plump and pungent.

Sour, funkiness grips the palate, coats the mouth and slide down the throat.
smooth and fruity, tart and tasty.

Long, sour finish, but never too anything. Quite mellow. I'm getting the oak, now, too. Very nice. Yum.

Serving type: bottle

09-20-2008 09:17:24 | More by feloniousmonk

WesWes

New York

4/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The beer pours a beautiful red color with a thin pink head that fades to lacing. The aroma is good. It has an intensely sour, lambic scent with loads of cherries. This is so sour that it makes my nose burn. The taste is damn good as well. It has an intensely sour flavor that goes down easy with some mild cherry notes. The sourness is out of control. The mouthfeel is fine. It is a low/medium bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is a powerfully enjoyable beer. It has excellent fruit character with one hell of a sour punch.

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2010 00:24:53 | More by WesWes

drabmuh

Maryland

4.45/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

THIS MOTHER FUCKER TRIED TO BREAK MY WRIST. Damn cork popped out and bent my already broken wrist in a stupid way. DAMN YOU FONTEINEN. I'll have my wife open the rest of my beers.

Beer served in a wine glass. Beer is pink / red with a thin pin head that leaves some lacing, big time carbonation.

Aroma is sour, acetic and mild lactic with some sweet cherries, what's the vintage of this beer?

Very cherry, super tart, face hurting sour. Lip puckering. Very sour, hits in the back of mouth. The cherry flavors are very very nice in this one. Its well balanced with the acetic sour, I really love this beer. Better than the other Fonteinen Kriek lambic in my opinion. I'm going to get some more of this and age them.

Serving type: bottle

09-14-2010 03:20:51 | More by drabmuh

Mora2000

Texas

4.33/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to Exiled for sharing this bottle.

Bottled 3/31/09.

The beer pours a ruby red color with a light pink head. The aroma is strong cherry with some vanilla. I get a little funk, but less than in the Schaerbeekse Kriek. The flavor is vanilla, cherries and some tartness. The beer is very dry and doesn't have much funk to it at all, possibly because it is so newly bottled. Medium mouthfeel and low to medium carbonation. Probably not quite as good as the Schaerbeekse Kriek, but if you take into account the price difference, I think this one is the better value.

Serving type: bottle

07-20-2010 02:23:57 | More by Mora2000

zeff80

Missouri

4.3/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A - Poured out a dark, dark red color with almost no head. The bubbles that were present were white. No lacing to speak of.

S - It smelled of black cherry. Sour with a hint of maltiness.

T - Great sour black cherry flavor with some notes of oak and sweet malt.

M - High on the pucker-factor with a dry, clean finish. A light to medium bodied ale.

O - This is a great tasting cherry lambic, especially if you like them sour and not so sweet.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2012 21:47:42 | More by zeff80

metter98

New York

4.22/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: The beer is slightly hazy and dark red in color. It poured with lacy patterns of bubbles on the surface and has a light amount of visible carbonation.
S: There are aromas of sour cherries in the nose with some hints of funkiness. The aromas of cherries become stronger as the beer warms up.
T: The sourness in the taste is very well balanced with flavors of cherries and oak; there is also some sweetness from the fruit. The cherries stand out more prominently in the taste compared to the smell.
M: It feels light-bodied, crisp and rather tart on the palate with a light amount of carbonation. There is some dryness in the finish.
D: The beer is quite drinkable for the style because the sourness in the smell and taste don't overpower your senses and doesn't pucker your mouth.

Note: Bottled on March 31, 2009

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2010 12:04:12 | More by metter98

Gueuzedude

Arizona

4.3/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle Date February 2005, Sampled July 2006
Pours with a frothy, pink tinged head that disappears fairly quickly to just a ring of wispy foam. The beer is a lightly hazy, striking red color. An immediate note of acidity hits my nose as I pour this beer, but it is backed by a complex woody, almost tannic note. Hints of urea join some initially phenolic, almost plastic like notes. A soft cherry character is here, reminiscent of cherry skins. Basically the aroma is devoid of any sweetness what so ever.

Ah, an aggressive sourness grips hold of my mouth as soon as I take my first sip. Completely devoid of any sweetness during my initial sips, this beer is quite dry. Again there are some healthy, woody tannic notes reminiscent of barrels. Joined by just a touch of cherry character, the combination of tannins and fruit make me think of cherry stones and puckering cherry skins that have been stripped of any sweetness. This is just an aggressively sour Lambic. It is not nearly as funky as some, in fact the funkiest that it gets is that plastic-like phenolic note that almost seems a bit like lacquer of some sort. The combination of the astringent wood notes and the sour acidity make for one mouth puckering experience, which I just can't get enough of.

Serving type: bottle

07-03-2006 23:48:05 | More by Gueuzedude

emerge077

Illinois

4.22/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottled: Feb 01 2005

Pours a crystal clear vermillion into a Drie Fonteinen glass. Two fingers of pink foam result. Becomes increasingly darker as the last dregs are carefully poured (excluding the sediment).

Very traditional, cherry inflected Lambic. Flinty aroma, mineral, fresh rain, and a serious funky, fruity funkaliciousness. Pretty much unsurpassed in the funk category.

Sour cherry, puckering mouthfeel. Salivary glands work overtime. Some vague sterile gauze, but tempered by the pure sourness. Spritzy and light in the mouth. Fairly dry, but the initial juicyness counteracts it.

I'm intrigued, and will have to try the Schaerbeekse Kriek for comparison.

Serving type: bottle

08-26-2007 05:18:53 | More by emerge077

Halcyondays

California

4.22/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12.7 oz. bottle, bottled 3/31/09, so almost a year and a half old,

A: Pours an opaque unfiltered magenta with a moderate light pink head, some nice lace, pretty colour.

S: Noticable Brett/horse blanket notes immediately on opening. Once in the glass, the smell is predominately lightly sour cherries, there is some sugar in there, little bit of a cherry pie thing.

T: Delicious fresh cherry taste immediately hits the palate, much fruitier initially than Cantillon, but this is nowhere near Lindemans or Boon for that matter. The cherry flavour is natural, juicy and very pleasing. Nice mix of sweet and sour with some decadent sweet cherry flavour coming in the very end. Moderate acidity, not super funky on the taste, the Brett really stays in the background so the cherry flavour dominates, with how good it is, I'm fine with that.

M: The acidity here is on the light medium side, very approachable even for a novice. Overall a medium-bodied brew, nice fruity aftertaste.

D: This is not the ultra dry complex super Kriek that Cantillon was, but it's still a damn good beer. It's in that Hanssens realm, while still being very traditional, the true fruit flavour shines through. Very tasty, a worth a pick up to try, but I don't know if I'll ever buy it again as it is freakishly expensive, I can buy a 750 of Hanssens for the same price.

Serving type: bottle

08-29-2010 03:48:06 | More by Halcyondays

mdfb79

New York

4.1/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

From 7/24/10 notes.

a - Pours a deep red color with a few inches of pinkish head and high carbonation evident.

s - Smells of sour cherries and other dark fruits, tart, sour citrus, and a hint of funk.

t - Tastes of sour dark fruits, especially cherries, and sour citrus fruits.

m - Medium body and moderate carbonation.

d - A very nice lambic with some sour and tarty fruit to it. Would try again.

Serving type: bottle

08-12-2010 02:07:24 | More by mdfb79

weeare138

Pennsylvania

4.1/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle from Monk's Cafe...
bottled on Feb 1, '05.
Appears a hazy, cran-raspberry toned rose with a small white head that fades into a tiny cap. Streaks of lacing are left around the glass.
Smell is funky, with tart apples, raspberries, cherries, horse blanket, earthy, and old perfume.
Taste is of the mentioned aromas with aged, tart cherries being the standout of the funky bunch.
Mouthfeel is sweet up front, quickly becoming tart, and running along the sides of the tongue.

Serving type: bottle

10-09-2006 16:41:15 | More by weeare138

Viggo

Ontario (Canada)

4.22/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

375 ml corked and caged bottle, thanks to grub for sharing.

Pours a dark pinkish red, pretty dark for a kriek, medium sized off white head forms and settles down to a thin ring pretty quickly, some lace spots stick all over the glass, really nice colour.

Smell is very acidic, lemons, charred wood, a little on the rough side, just a touch of cherry, lots of oak, a lot of woody funk and barnyard, some straw, a bit of burning in the nostrils, solid kriek.

Taste is real nice, lots of fruit character, sweet and tart cherries, a bit of raspberry, very acidic through the middle, lots of lemon, oak, funky wood, a bit of barnyard and straw, lightly earthy, sour in the finish with a bit of astringency, real neat.

Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with low to medium carbonation. A real solid kriek, hits all the right spots. Thanks Russ!

Serving type: bottle

02-28-2011 04:53:35 | More by Viggo

corby112

Pennsylvania

4.2/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a very dark deep ruby red color with a thin fizzy pinkish head that quickly dissipates into a very thin lasting ring.

Tart funky aroma with a lot of barnyard funkiness, horseblanket and sweet sour cherries. Sweet smelling from the fruit countered by the earthy oak wood character.

Funky sour tart intensity up front that is puckering and mouthwatering but also very acidic. Again the sweetness of the cherries are organic and not artificial or syrupy. This sweetness is balanced by the very funky tart notes and the earthy wooden oak.

Serving type: bottle

10-07-2009 05:30:52 | More by corby112

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

4.3/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

How can you not like the pink and purple colors with the fluffy head on this? Maybe if you're insecure as a man, but I think it looks beautiful. Damn good aroma, a nicer priced alternative to the schaerbeekse version, still delivers plenty of stacked cherry tartness.

Taste, ample sour and cherries, a thick mouthfeel, this one does not skimp on the fruit and whatnot, you get a coating of it, all for the better too. I'm thinking the brighter variety colorwise of cherries here. So much cherry that the wood barrel is just an afterthought in terms of taste perception.

This beer makes me ache for the few weeks it was available on the shelves of the chain stores in Reno. Pricey, yes, but a worthwhile treat that hopefully, fate permitting, I can continue to keep a few just hanging out around the house, waiting for that right moment to drink up.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2012 03:47:50 | More by Beerandraiderfan

glid02

Georgia

4.08/5  rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Bottle purchased from Five Points Bottle in Athens, GA.

Pours a hazy reddish-brown color with a few white bubbles on top. The head dissipates quickly into a very thing ring around the glass leaving no lacing.

Smells phenomenal. Funk and very tart cherries. It's not what the aromas are but how intense they are and how well they play off of each other.

Tastes good but not as intense as it smells. Highly tart cherry flavors kick things off and intensify through to the middle of the sip. Right then some funk - wet hay and leather - come in to temper the tartness and carry through to a crisp and still strongly tart ending.

Mouthfeel is not very good. The carbonation is almost non-existent and so it's a bit too slick.

Drinkability is good. I finished my glass with no problems despite the carbonation issue and could still have another.

Overall this is a great-smelling beer although the flavor doesn't quite deliver. Still, a nice beer and I'd have to imagine it would be much better with any semblance of carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2010 21:08:46 | More by glid02

HopHead84

California

4.45/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

14/12/2007 bottle date.

Deep purplish pink with a frothy light pink head. Beautiful color.

Cherry flesh and tart skins with moderate tannins and oak in the aroma. The fruit is explosive. I know my opinion is in the minority, but I prefer this to the Schaerbeekse. Less Brett and more fruit. A light and pleasant sweetness is evident in the flavor. Moderately tart and tannic with prominent cherries, cherries, cherries. Strong acetic presence. Vibrant fruit explosiveness.

Serving type: bottle

06-10-2010 01:11:51 | More by HopHead84