3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera Batch 2 Solera

 
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Formerly brewed at Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Beersel, Belgium

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RATINGS: 73   WEIGHTED AVG: 4.25/5   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
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With the first version of Zenne y Frontera, 9 Oloroso barrels and 3 PX barrels were filled with young lambic. After one year of oak maturation, the characteristics of the finest sherries and the 40 year old casks integrated with the 3 Fonteinen lambic. Only half of the volume of all casks was blended and bottled and the barrels were filled again with young lambic - our interpretation of the "solera" method. For this second edition, again only half of all barrels was blended and bottled. After another 17 months of bottle maturation, the average age of this naturally refined traditional lambic beer is more than 45 months. This batch is limited to 3,000 bottles.

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4.8
Iznogud (13214) - Zagreb, CROATIA - MAR 27, 2023
UPDATED: MAR 27, 2023 Bottle, 750 ml at charity tasting Wien 2022. Shared with Miro B, Werckmeister and others. Cloudy orange with small white head. Funky, some leather, layered, barrel, sherry, juicy, really complex. Nice sourness. Smooth.

4.2
nickd717 (10342) - San Francisco, California, USA - MAR 21, 2022
UPDATED: MAR 21, 2022 Bottle batch 20. Slightly hazy golden with a small white head. Nice sharp funk and lemon aroma. Flavor is great, tart, sherry, lemon, funk. Medium body, crisp, lively. Very nice.

4.8
PMgep (337) - Lund, SWEDEN - MAR 8, 2022
UPDATED: MAR 8, 2022 Backlog from 2019. Fantastic gueuze, Very mellow, dry flavour, taste of the barrel.

4.8
rhoihessegold (6641) - Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GERMANY - JUL 14, 2020
UPDATED: JUL 14, 2020 04-07-20 // Hopfenjünger-Hef big bottle sharing 2020. Bottle thanks to H! Lambic perfection. So round and balanced. Noble. The oloroso and px shine through when warming up.

4.3
JorisPPattyn (14322) - Wilrijk, BELGIUM - JUL 12, 2020
UPDATED: JUL 12, 2020 Part 5 of the great Zenne Y Frontera tasting. Descriptions limited to the differences. This ought to be classified as Batch #2. No head, copperish peach colour. Again sherry/vinous aromas, overlying typical 3F gueuze flavours, here with hints at preserved orange. Sweetish profile, much more Oloroso character than the other batches. Finish has sour grapes, more acidity and something quite earthy. From mellow to sharp, ending in acidthinning, and certain slickness. Very good batch, here the Oloroso is completely believable.

4.3
Hoprider (1125) - DENMARK - JUN 20, 2020
UPDATED: JUN 20, 2020 Clear deep golden orange colour, very little foam. Rich funk, citrus and a dryer sherry note, maybe something like amontillado. Not quite the richer olorosso or px. Taste is pretty sour with lactic sourness, oak, oxidative notes, apples, overripe plum, hay and funk. Finished dry and puckering.

3.8
ctipping (4084) - Florida, USA - DEC 15, 2019
UPDATED: DEC 15, 2019 750 mL bottle. Slight haze and no head. Smells of mineral notes, a little cardboard, sherry, grapefruit, dried grass. Tastes of sour orange, deep vinous acidity, oak, slight cardboard, lots of dried grass. Low carbonation, if not completely flat. Strong sourness. Good, but aging and lacking the brightness and depth of standard 3F blends. Either I'm missing what everyone else loves about this or it's a poorly stored bottle.

4.3
50belair (4483) - Florida, USA - DEC 8, 2019
UPDATED: DEC 8, 2019 Bottle. Clear pale burnt orange pour with a fleeting white head. Beautiful classical 3F bouquet. Kinda flat with a hint of oxidation. That being said, it’s wonderful mild barnyard, stellar barrel, orange, highlights. Great body and mouthfeel.

4.6
Biroholik (5404) - Sosnowiec, Poland, POLAND - OCT 31, 2019
UPDATED: OCT 31, 2019 Botte Share @ Browariat, Katowice (12.10.2019) 3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera Solera b2 Aromat miażdży! Wieś, końska derka,skóra,owo. pestkowe, agrest, białe porzeczki.Smak słodko-kwaśny, trochę oloroso, pestki, agrest, stajnia. Mega dostojne piwko!

4.6
Christian (17315) - Odense, DENMARK - OCT 8, 2019
UPDATED: OCT 8, 2019 Ballers Tuesday, Ratebeer Odense, Autumn 2019. Cloudy orange with a small white head. Big funky aroma with classic 3F character, oak and sherry.


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