3 Fonteinen Doesjel

Brewed by 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Beersel, Belgium

Courtesy of northernbrews at his November ’08 sour tasting

Bottle: The aroma is slightly funky with sour apple and lemon. It pours a slightly hazy gold with a minimal large bubbled head. The flavor starts with mild apple up front with a light-moderate wour lemon finish along with some faint oak. Light bodied with a flat mouthfeel.

Bottle pours out a cloudy gold topped with a small head. Aroma of wood, some fruit and grain. Tast was fruit green apple. citrus grapefruit and some oak. Pleny of the pucker on this one. Thanks Jake

Golden brown and totally still with no head. Lemony citrus aromas are layer with oak and funkiness. Mildly puckering sourness. Hints of lemons and cider vinegar lead to a dry oak finish.

Solid oak astringency laid upon lemon-like sourness, grapefruit. Aromas of wet hay and horses, wood, stinkyness. Medium-bodied, very still as it should be. Great beer on a lazy day. Sampled twice over the last two months.

(Bottle, Akkurat, Stockholm) Hazy amber colour with brief, white head. Almost still. Tart, fruity, musty nose with citrus, grapefruit, apple juice, old socks and barnyard. Tart and musty taste with notes of grapefruit, green apples, sour grapes and sweaty horse. Possibly not as tart and complex as the usual gueuze, but a very fresh and tasty beer.

Pale amber color anywhere from clear to slightly cloudy depending on how much of the yeast you pour, and almost completely uncarbonated... Aroma of leather apple funk and oak... tastes of apple, lemon, wood, funk, a bit tart... quite flavorful, but not as sour or tart as expected, not as complex as some... almost reminded me of sour apple cider without carbonation... Not as refreshing as Gueuze should be...

Ho hum for sure. Poured a amber color with to much carbonation. Aroma was a ton of horseblankets and just barnyard funk. Flavor was much the same but was over spiced. Was just an okay brew.

[bottle] Nice golden copper color, with zero foam. Slightly hazy. Aroma is so damn interesting... kind of fruity, like "Smarties" candy or something, but real funky. Flavors are bracingly acidic at first, with plenty of fruity esters to fill things out. I personally like the fact that this is somewhat still, it helps you focus on the powerful funk within. Very nice.