3 Fonteinen Intense Red Oude Kriek

Description

3 Fonteinen Intense Red Oude Kriek is blend of young lambic with cherries (with pits) added. It was originally bottled in 37,5cl bottles and was labeled at 5% ABV. Currently, batches of Intense Red vary between 37,5cl and 75cl bottles.

History / Other Notes

3 Fonteinen Intense Red Oude Kriek was released to coincide with the 2013 Toer de Geuze. It represents a departure from traditional 3 Fonteinen labelings as it does not have the emblematic 3 that is present on other labels. Intense Red was released both in Europe and North America starting in late 2013 and received label approval for distribution in the United States on August 24, 2013.^[1]

Bottle Log

Bottle Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	Bottle Size	Label / Notes	Image Link
11/13/2012	375ml	-
05/02/2014	375ml	-	-
05/28/2015	750ml	-	-
04/28/2016	750ml	-	-
06/16/2017	750ml	Blend number 34 of the 2016-2017 season. This particular bottling of Intens Rood macerated for six months and has a final fruit concentration of 510 grams of sour cherries per liter. 6.2% ABV	-
06/21/2017	750ml	Blend number 35 of the 2016-2017 season. This particular bottling of Intens Rood macerated for 7 months and has a final fruit concentration of 480 grams per liter. 5.9% ABV
10/17/2018	750ml	Blend number 85 of the 2017-2018 season. This particular Intense Red macerated for exactly 6 months. The lambic originates from 3 different barrels and 4 different brews. The final fruit intensity is 513 grams of fruit per liter of finished Oude Kriek Intens Rood.
06/13/2019	375ml	Blend 83 of the 2018-2019 season. This specific Intense Red has macerated on fruit for 6 months. The lambic in this blend comes from 2 different barrels and 2 different brews. The final fruit intensity comes to 475 grams of kriek per liter of Intense Red.
09/20/2019	750ml	Blend number 112 of the 2018-2019 season. This Intense Red macerated for 6.5 months on cherries. We used one and two year old lambic coming from 3 different barrels and 3 different brews. The final fruit intensity is 485 grams of fruit per liter of Oude Kriek Intense Red.
10/17/2019	375ml	Blend number 118 of the 2018-2019 season. This specific Intense Red macerated for nearly 6 months in a wooden vat. We used one and two year old lambic coming from 3 different vats and 8 different brews. The final fruit intensity is 498 grams of kriek per liter of Intense Red. 100% 3 Fonteinen.
09/23/2020	375ml	77th blend of the 2019-2020 season. This specific Oude Kriek Intense Red has macerated for almost 10 months on five different lambics from two barrels. Another four different lambics from another two barrels were used in the blending process. The final fruit intensity was about 442 grams of sour cherrries per litre of Intense Red. 100% 3 Fonteinen.
09/30/2020	750ml	Blend 78 of the 2019-2020 season. For this Oude Kriek Intens Rood, we macerated sour cherries for almost nine months partly on oak and partly on stainless steel. We chose both jonge and two-year oude lambikken for maceration, originating from four different barrels and seven different brews. We blended with another two jonge lambikken from one barrel and two brews. The final fruit intensity is 458 grams of sour cherries per litre of Intense Rood. A part of this blend was bottled on 750ml bottles ad part on magnums. 100% 3 Fonteinen.
09/30/2020	1.5L	Blend 78 of the 2019-2020 season. For this Oude Kriek Intens Rood, we macerated sour cherries for almost nine months partly on oak and partly on stainless steel. We chose both jonge and two-year oude lambikken for maceration, originating from four different barrels and seven different brews. We blended with another two jonge lambikken from one barrel and two brews. The final fruit intensity is 458 grams of sour cherries per litre of Intense Rood. A part of this blend was bottled on 750ml bottles ad part on magnums. 100% 3 Fonteinen.
10/07/2020	750ml	79th blend of the 2019-2020 season. While looking for old sherry barrels, we cannot get lucky all the time. While we will be sourcing barrels directlyy from bodegas to assure provenance and quality, we had a batch of Pedro Ximenez (PX) barrels that was on the peated side (albeit subdued). As a result, we decided not to use them for Zenne y Frontera, but to blend them with other fruit lambikken into geuze and fruit blends. This is the first of such blends to be released. Sour cherries were macerated partly on young peated lambik and partly on two-year old straight lambik in a stainless steel tank. We blended with young and three-year old lambik. 55% of the blend is old lambik and the final fruit intensity is 567 grams of sour cherries per liter.