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3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Kinkan Lambic

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Brewery: OWA Brewery SPRL
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Brewed at Brouwerij De Troch

Brewer Description: Kumquat.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.83
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 375ml yellow paper wrapped cap bottle, 2019 vintage, with a best before date of December 2024. Poured into an OWA short stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear deep gold colour with a one finger white head that had decent retention, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Kumquat, lemon, pine, green gooseberries, cucumber, funk, sweaty, and light wood.
Taste: Sour, tart, lemon, green vines, pine, kumquat, gooseberry, citrus peel, with a hint of oak and a herbal earthiness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Another interesting combination of fruit and lambic by OWA. The aroma and flavours were fine, but the sourness was perhaps a bit too intense to be comfortable.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Sakurambo Lambic

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Brewery: OWA Brewery SPRL
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Brewed at Brouwerij De Troch

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Japanese Kriek.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.89
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 375ml red paper wrapped cap bottle, 2019 vintage, with a best before date of December 2024. Poured into an OWA short stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear golden colour with a thin but big bubbled white head that dissipated fairly quickly, and left only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Light funk, sweet cherry, black tea, grapefruit zest, and a touch of wood.
Taste: Sour, tart, black tea, lemon, oak, grapefruit peel, herbal bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with only soft to no carbonation.
Overall: An interesting and/or strange one depending on how you look at it. Generally I couldn’t find much information about the beer though. The bottle says “Japanese Kriek” and under ingredients it says “cherry”, and there is a picture of a cherry on the label, which might be somewhat misleading. Now “Sakurambo” as spelt in the name of the beer, appears to be a black tea with Japanese cherries. There does seem however, to be a Japanese cherry with the name “Sakuranbo”. Which one is used with the lambic, I cannot say for sure. But based on the aroma and flavour, while I do get a good whiff of cherry in the aroma, it seems to be missing in the flavour, whereas the black tea notes are throughout. So seemingly, it’s the black tea with Japanese cherries being used, and the appearance and colour of the beer seem to support this theory as well, with no sign of any red that you’d expect from a kriek lambic. It’s definitely not what I was expecting before opening the bottle, but the aroma was nice, and it was an interesting experiment.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Sudachi Lambic

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Brewery: OWA Brewery SPRL
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Brewed at Brouwerij De Troch

Brewer Description: (from bottle) “Sudachi” is a small, round, green citrus fruit of Japanese origin that is a specialty of Tokushima Prefecture in Japan. It is a sour citrus, not eaten as fruit, but used as food flavouring in place of lemon or lime. Genetic analysis shows it to be the product of a cross between a yuzu and another citrus akin to the koji and tachibana orange.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.11
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 375ml green paper wrapped cap bottle, 2019 vintage, poured into an OWA short stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear deep gold copper colour with a thin big bubbled white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Tart, citrusy, lime, yuzu, grapefruit peel, funky, barnyard, wet hay, damp wood, and notes of vinegar.
Taste: Sour, tart, citrusy, lime, yuzu, grapefruit, pithy bitterness, notes of wood, light funk, and a herbal perfumy touch on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable very citrus forward flavours, like a blend of lime and yuzu.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Lambic - Fruit

3 Fonteinen Hommage Honing

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7.2%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°12, Season 19/20

Brewer Description: (from bottle) For this Hommage iteration, we blended about one third of kriekenlambik with two thirds of frambozenlambik, both macerated on stainless steel. The weighted average maceration time was four and a half months. While macerating and blending, we used lambikken originating from 4 different barrels and 6 different brews. The final fruit intensity amounts up to 413 grams of fruit per litre of Hommage. Finally, we added some honey just before bottling. 100% 3 Fonteinen.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.39
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°12, season 19/20, bottled on 13th December 2019. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy strawberry pinkish red colour with a two finger beige head that had dissipated fairly quickly, while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, raspberry, cherry, oak, lemon zest, with a splash of honey.
Taste: Sour, tart, raspberry, cherry, lemon, oak, with notes of vinegar.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Very drinkable with a nice blend of raspberry and cherry aroma and flavours. The honey wasn’t immediately noticeable except for a bit on the nose. But in the end, my preference is still the original Hommage.

5 - Excellent (must buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Lambic - Fruit

3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot XVI.v: Intense Schaarbeekse

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.8%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°23, Season 20/21. Number of bottles – 1306

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This Speling van het Lot features an intense version of Schaarbeekse Kriek. In the summer of 2020, we had a good yield from the harvest with more than 70 local families. We split the maceration over different larger and smaller barrels and tanks. This maceration is the same as the 22nd blend, but we only added a small portion of young lambik prior to bottling. This way, the final fruit intensity clocks at 545 grams of Schaarbeekse sour cherries per litre of finished Intense Schaarbeekse. 100% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambik.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.94
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.9

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°23, season 20/21, bottle 658/1306, bottled on 28th January 2021. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very attractive dark ruby red colour with a two finger pinkish head that had good retention and eventually settled to a thin replenishing cap, while leaving nice lacing.
Aroma: Juicy, cherry, marzipan, almond, vanilla, oak, lemon zest, with a touch of funk.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, cherry, marzipan, almond, oak, lemon zest.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Wow, this really works for me, and reminded me a bit of SVHL II.ii: Robijn Blended & Alive, which I think was my favourite 3F, but this might just take the cake. Really intense cherry and marzipan flavours, which I enjoy, and just balanced and really great to drink.