3 Fonteinen Beersel Bio

I asked for this at the 3 Fonteinen restaurant and was told, that it was sold out, but fortunately for me Armand Debelder was on site, so he retrieved it for me somewhere - thanks.

A hazy orange beer with a nice orange head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of yeast and malt. The flavor is very sweet and again with strong notes of both yeast and malt, leading to a dry end that also has some light notes of grass. A solid Belgian Strong Ale.

No head, clearish golden appearance among which floats a ton of UFOs. Intensely yeasty nose with wheat and corn peaks, light and tamely uninspiring. Flavor continues to shame, very low intensity, almost like a wit (and as a wit it would be simple) in its raw wheaty feel, extreme carbonation level seems to pull out whatever subtleties which could have escaped my attention, dries out a lot before moving into nothingness. Disappointing..

A very different and quite interesting beer. Rather hoppy and slightly perfumated with a spicy touch. Sweetish aftertaste.

750 ml bottle imbibed immoderately with beerbuzzmontreal, ClarkVV, MartinT, tiggmtl, olivier, Rastacouere and Simon at the Farmhouse Ales and More! tasting in Montreal. Ridiculously yeasty-chunky oily blonde body scares me...little head to speak of....in the nose, more interest with near-cloying honey, heavy yeast, bandaids, butter and sour mashed grains...body reminiscent of a premium lager, grainy-sweet, with little hop presence and almost no Belgian yeastiness...bit of late pepper and honey helps keep it from being a total bore, but hardly worth an effort to get...

Bottle 33cl.
Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate hoppy, flowers, perfume, moderate yeasty, spicy - herbs ! Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (230508)