3 Fonteinen - MBCC 2024 & Oude Kriek - 75cl - 2 bottles

MBCC Kriek
This bottle was presented to the Gold Ticket-holders of the Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2024.

bottling date: 11/07/2023

For this Oude Kirsebær, we macerated stevnsbær from the Frederiksdal Estate in Harpelunde, Denmark, on two-year old lambik. Maceration took over four months. We then blended with three- and a large portion of more-than-five-year-old lambik. The weighted average age of this sour cherry lambik clocks at more than 30 months on the moment of bottling. This blend consists of eleven different brews from 3 Fonteinen, Lindemans and De Troch. Of the 3 Fonteinen brews, about 90% of the grains were sourced in our own Cereal Collective.

Oude Kriek

bottling date: 06/06/2019

Deze specifieke Oude Kriek heeft bijna 7 maanden gemacereerd. De gebruikte lambikken voor de maceratie komen van één vat en twee brouwsels. De lambikken om te assembleren komen van nog eens een ander vat en twee andere brouwsels. 100% 3 Fonteinen.

3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek is the result of macerating hand-picked whole sour cherries on young lambic for at least four months, in a proportion of one kilogram of fruit per litre of lambic. The kriek lambic is then blended again with more young lambic 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 lambic 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 lambic is all-natural with no artificial juices, syrups, or sugars added. Traditional Lambic is living, cultural heritage rooted in the Zenne valley!