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WTOP’s Beer of the Week: 3 Fonteinen Schaarbeekse Kriek

WTOP's Beer of the Week: 3 Fonteinen Schaarbeekse Kriek

Farm to glass!

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about 3 Fonteinen Schaarbeekse Kriek for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Beersel, Belgium

Description: A spontaneously fermented beer aged for more than two years in barrels and then blended to steep longer on rare Schaarbeekse cherries.

ABV: 6.5%

Pairing suggestions: Red meat dishes, rabbit, leafy greens (like Brussels sprouts and kale salad), BLTs and chicken salad sandwiches

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Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at WTOP as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.