3 Fonteinen Doesjel

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Bottle. Clear medium orange color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light adcidic - sour, moderate wood and oak, apricot - tropic fruits. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average duration. (A bit boring and quite one dimensional) Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. (070308)

(Bottle 37,5 cl) Courtesy of Grovlam. Hazy golden with a small, white head. Sharp, vinegary nose. Medium body with sourish Brett accents and soft balsamico. Rather low in carbonation. Distinct yet still rather harmonious gueuze. 191207

37.5 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a minimal diminished white head. Aroma holds a mild barnyard, slight yeasty and quite mellow aroma, nothing sharp. Flavour is quite clean, acidic with a mellow citric note. Ends with a nice woody note. Very soft brew, smooth and pleasant - perhaps also a bit too lazy.

UPDATED: APR 28, 2008 Bottled, thanks ante! Cloudy pale golden, no head. Wonderful aroma of cobweb and barnyard. Sweeter than exoected, yet dry of course. nearly no carbonation. Medium bodied with a citric edge. Creamy malt together with stale grassy hops and barnyard. Very good, but I lack some complexity and acidity compared to the very best bottles I had from 3 Fonteinen.

Bottled (thanks papsoe!). Golden colour, basically no head. After yeast goes in hazy dark golden/nutbrown colour. Aroma is barnyard, very much sourness as well as some wooden notes. Flavour is dry sour fruity and woodenness along with some mild grass and even a bit vanillaish notes. Some slight acidic sourness stays in the aftertaste. Very nice. Gets more barnyardy and earthy after the yeast is poured in, which also takes away some of the sharp sourness. I like this one better with the yeast in. Numbers for rating are given after yeast is in. Without yeast about 3.7.

Bottle. Hazy golden colorued with a white head. Light acidic aroma of fruits, vanilla and wood. Light acidic flavour of fruits, brett and wood. Tart finish.

Bottle, 6%. Quite acetic aroma, a bit of earth and lagered vinegar. Hazy grey, dark yellow colour. No head and no carbonation. The flavour is a lot like the aroma, acetic but not puckering. Mild, but flavourful. Would have liked just a little carbonation, though.

UPDATED: MAY 9, 2010
Date: June 21, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: clear pale gold, wispy white head
Aroma: light malt aroma with lots of musty cobweb character and a lemony tartness
Flavor: sweet and tart flavor with the malt sweetness balanced by lemon tartness, long tart finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4

Corked bottle, plastic cork, 37.5 cl, bottled 2006-02-17
Beautiful golden color, clean, with 1cm of foam, creamy but that disappears quickly. It has a peculiar aroma, because to the classic cellar aroma adds an unusual malt and sugar. In the front the mouthfeel is rounder than the average Drie Fonteinen, also because of the extremely low carbonation; it has some malt flavor, it even seems to have some residual sweetness, but suddenly the bitterness increases, like eating the peel of some very bitter citrus fruit, maybe too bitter for my expectations, and at the end there is a light astringency too. The final soften this aggressivity, and it’s overall pleasant, with some cellar flavors, citrus fruits and bitterness all together. Good but not impressive.

Pours hazy dark golden with medium short lasting head. Barnyard notes in the aroma with some lemon as well. Fresh flavor that has wood, apples and good complexity.