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3 Fonteinen Doesjel

3 Fonteinen Doesjel  - Lambic - Gueuze

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Brewed by 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Gueuze

Beersel, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2973.74/5.03.72/5.06%57.1Flute, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old lambic. Fermented and lagered in oak vessels. In this bottle the young yeast is brought to sleep ('ingedoesjeld') so the original lambic flavors are preserved. This beer has no head, just like lambic. The lambic is brewed with 60% barley, 40% wheat, last years hop
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 JK (2945), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/57/103/515/20
Jun 28, 2008  
This one was a huge disappointment considering what I have come to expect from 3 Fonteinen. Nice sour aroma with yeast. Strange, very thin palate. Sour flavor, but it is like a lambic-light. And its not like a Jacobins or anything like that, but for a lambic brewer with their reputation, and the price of the beer, it doesn’t get there. Thin palate, and nearly clear palate.


 KAF (441), Coralville, Iowa, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jun 27, 2008  
A bit disappointing from this brewery. Maybe my expectations of them are just too high. Hazy yellow pour with little head. Slightly funky aroma but very dull. The flavor is much the same with a bit of funk and faint citrus.


 thewolf (5634), Kolding, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Jun 21, 2008  
Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
Well, the cork was nearly impossible to get out... but it finally came to. Pours a clear dark amber. A small, creamy, off-white head is created while pouring, but it soon dimishes into small puddles of foam on the surface, clinging to the sites of my glass. Few, tiny bubbles flow lazily towards the surface. Aroma has lots of oranges, a good oaky feel as well as a classic funkiness. Low carbonation, almost flat. Flavour is quite mild, only medium sour, some citric and orange notes keeping up well with the aroma. The finish has a pleasant dryness, where the wood again makes its presence known. Very clear oak mixing with apple, lemons and oranges. It is a very good gueuze, but somehow it feels restrained - as if 3 fonteinen was reluctant to go the whole way and settled for something just below their average standard. I’ll still enjoy sipping the rest of the bottle :o)


 CaptainCougar (5379), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Bottle thanks to sloth: Pours a mostly still transparent brass orange with a thin ring of bubbles. Aroma of tart lemony citrus. Body starts lightly pale malty with puckering tartness before a drier, crisp sour finish. Not overwhelmingly sour, but could use a little more sweet balance and carbonation.


 RCL (1443), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Zero carbonation. Needs to breathe a little while after opening, it improves but never gets great. Mildly sour. Some lemon and green mango. Tiny hints of leather. Dry, fairly short finish. This would be better were it not for the off flavors that seem to spring up on the midpalate.


 bhensonb (4182), Woodland, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jun 18, 2008  
Bottled Feb 23 2006. Sort of a hazy apricot color with no head. Aroma is medium barnyard with a little citrus. Thin plus body with very, very little carbonation. The flavor is citrous, sour and some funk. Finally it turns into something pretty much like grapefruit rind. It’s very smooth, very drinkable. Not particularly getting wood aspects. It is slightly astringent (oak?) and quite dry. Mouth puckers somewhat. It really drinks well.


 thornecb (1735), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jun 17, 2008  
Pours amber into a tumbler. No head as expected. Mild funk and cheese aromas. Flat with tart apricot from front to back with a grapefruit finish.


 badgerben (3586), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jun 16, 2008  
Thanks to LawStudent09 for sharing. Hazy gold color with no head. Then... nothing. Freaking nothing. The aroma was completely dead. The taste has a very, very miniscule bit of sourness. Otherwise, nothing. This was closer to water than Miller High Life. Nothing offensive, just nothing.



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