Speling van het Lot VIII.ii: Schaarbeekse On A Toast (Medium) - Blended & Alive

Blend n° 47 • bottling date: 04/04/2018 • bottle count: 1279

This Schaarbeekse On A Toast has macerated for 265 days (over 8.5 months) on a fresh 1,000 litre medium toasted French oak barrel, in a proportion of 1 kilo of Schaarbeekse cherries per litre of lambik. After the maceration, the fruit lambik was blended with young lambik for a continued fermentation in the bottle. The total fruit intensity is 39.70%, i.e. 397 grams of fruit per litre of bottled Schaarbeekse Kriek. 100% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambik.

Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen “Speling van het Lot” (Twist of Fate) is a series of small batch experimental brews, barrel maturations, fruit macerations and/or blends.

This 8th version features the maceration of Schaarbeekse cherries on charred/toasted barrels. These noblest of sour cherries have been sourced in the gardens of and hand-picked by more than 50 families around Brussels.

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