3 Fonteinen Druiven Geuze Malvasia Rosso

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

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle pour at the Sour&Bitter event in Copenhagen. Pours an unclear yellow with a white head. Smells awesome. Tastes better.

750 ml bottle. Clear golden body with high carbonation and a big white head that disappears quite fast. Nice funky aroma with fruit and acidic, very pleasant, feels almost noble in the nose. Flavor is classic funky and sour fruity, perfectly balanced and really well made. The extraordinary here is not the flavor it selves, its the perfect balance between funk and fruit IMO.

Bottle. Golden-orange colour with a white head. Aroma is funk oak, grapes, yeast. Flavour is funk, oak, grapes, sugar, sourness, yeast. Very nice beer.

Bottle at the DC Lambic & Sour Tasting on April 14, 2012. Served in a Drie Fonteinen wine glass. Poured a clear golden-peach color with a small white head that left some spots of lacing before falling to a thin collar. The nose brought forward a nice, bright lactic acidity along with some white grapes and additional acid. More acidic in the nose than the typical Drie Fonteinen lambic. The flavor continued on this trend, as the white grapes brought an additional acid component not found in most 3F beers. The underlying funk melded quite well with this, though not quite as much as most of Armand’s blends. This seemed more Cantillon-esque. Of course, still quite good. Body was light with moderate acidity and light-medium funk through the back end. Carbonation was average, and was followed by a very dry, fairly-acidic finish. I’m quite glad to have finally tried this one. It was very different than expected, but highly-enjoyable nonetheless.

750 ml bottle acquired via trade from Doodler. Thanks, Scott! Shared with my friends at Destihl. Pours a well hazed fiery orange hue, touches of gold, well carbonated with a frothy whitish head atop. Lovely hue and fierce colors on the patio. Aromas are distinct red wine grapes, touches of muscat, and manure. Mushroom notes, barnyard, and horse blanket. Touches of straw, dryness, and oak. Lively prickly nose offers touches of red wine tannins, straw, and a touch of yogurt lactic essence. Initial is mellow lighter body, spritzy walking on cloud body. Touches of red grapes, gentle growing sourness kicks, with lively effervescence. Dry and sparkly with lemons, lactic acid, touches of dry grass, straw. Gentle yogurt, some bready malts, oak. Backend offers dryness, oak and lively sourness mixed with tannins. Funk and lively light tart effervescent goodness, reminding me more of a lambic/champagne hybrid, still offering firm sourness, grapeskins, and funk. Great beer and my kind of lambic at that. Perhaps the flavor suffers a touch as far as complexity due to the strong carbonation, but I really enjoy what this bad boy had to offer. Well done!

From notes. First reviewed 10/31/2011. Poured from a 750 mL bottle into a tulip. Thanks to goodstrongbeer for bringing this to our whale tasting. The pour is a hazy tangerine color with a thin white film and a collar that retains fairly well. The aroma is full and robust. A nice lactic sourness and lemon zest provide the sour notes in the aroma, with some funk, must notes, and leather. It is clear that the flavor has developed over the past few years. The funk, lemon zest sour, and musty flavors are so well developed and complex. The explosive carbonation kind of detracts from the experience for me. It feels like the bubbles grow to a large size and explode on the tongue. This also lightens the feel of the body. Even though there are some great notes in the nose and the complexity is there, the flavor really cannot kick this into another gear.

Bottle @ Too many Geuze’s - only one toilet , Ulfborg 2012 - Day 1. Clear golden with a slight reddish hue. Nice white head that quickly disappears. Nice aroma of barnyard, citric fruits, dry wine, wood. The flavor is absolutely fantastic, one of the best I ever had regardless of the style. Very dry, only slightly sour, malt , citrus, grapes, vinous. Very refreshing, great dry finish. a masterpiece ! I wish I could try this on a regular basis.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, white wine and brett. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. Soft. 270112

Bottle @ FOneFan. Clear golden with medium diminishing off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, grape and a little tart. Flavour is malt, little sweet, grapefruit, little tart, little citrus, little citric and white wine.

Aroma: duer malt grap Ud.: gylden Skum: hvidt luftig kort E.smag:sød lidt sur moderat Krop:medium For.: tør Brus: blød super ;-))))))) 27/1-12 @f1