3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek

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Description

3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek is a traditional kriek lambic released annually in several batches by the brewery. It is produced by macerating cherries, including the pits, in young lambic. After bottling, it is stored in a warm room for at least four months to help with secondary fermentation in the bottle.[1] Oude Kriek is released in 375ml and 750ml bottles and is currently labeled as 6% ABV, though older labels show that it was once listed at 5% ABV.

History / Other Notes

3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek is one of two flagship beers in the brewery's portfolio. The brewery has been bottling it since at least the 1990s, with a variety of labels documented below. After the Thermostat Incident, which essentially cooked over 80,000 bottles of lambic causing some of them to explode, an unspecified number of Oude Kriek bottles survived. These were bottled on March 31, 2009, and became known as "Hot Cherry" bottles when they began to circulate in the beer community.

Label Log

Bottle Log

Bottle Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Bottle Size Label / Notes Image Link
12/17/1994 Neck ring label - 5% ABV -
03/27/1998 750ml Cream label -
03/12/1999 750ml Cream label 3 Fonteinen Kriek 12 March 1999.jpg
01/06/2002 375ml Cream label -
02/26/2005 750ml Upside down Shelton label, Dutch date -
11/28/2006 750ml 12.7oz U.S. label on 750ml bottle, synthetic cork 28 Nov 2006 - Oude Kriek 750ml.jpg
12/14/2007 375ml Current label -
03/31/2009 375ml "Hot Cherry" bottles that survived thermostat incident -
04/01/2011 375ml Paper label Apr 1 2011 - Oude Kriek 375.jpg
06/06/2013 375ml Paper label -
06/11/2013 375ml Paper label -
04/14/2014 375ml Paper label Apr 14 2014 - Oude Kriek 375.jpg
05/22/2014 375ml Paper label May 22 2014 - Oude Kriek 375.jpg
01/18/2015 375ml Paper label -
01/19/2015 750ml Paper label -
01/29/2015 375ml Paper label 3F Kriek Jan 29 2015.jpg
07/14/2015 375ml Paper label 3F Kriek July 14 2015.jpg
02/06/2016 750ml Paper label 3F - Oude Krief - Feb 6 2016 750ml.jpg
05/02/2016 375ml Paper label -
10/24/2016 750ml 3rd blend of the 2016-2017 season, screen printed label -
11/02/2015 750ml Paper label 3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek Nov 2 2016 Paper Label.jpg
11/02/2016 750ml 4th blend of the 2016-2017 season, screen printed label -
11/03/2016 750ml 5th blend of the 2016-2017 season, screen printed label -
04/20/2017 375ml Screen print bottle, 31st blend of the 2016-2017 season -

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