3 Fonteinen Speling Van Het Lot VIII.ii Schaarbeekse on a Toast (Medium) - Blended & Alive 75cl

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