 Ungstrup (11713), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Aug 25, 2004 A hazy orange beer with a small collapsing head. The aroma is lovely sour with notes of peach and grapes. The flavor is sweet and only slightly sour with notes of grapefruit and grapes. The end is dry from the acidity.
omhper (10950), Stockholm, Sweden
May 12, 2004 Updated: May 14, 2004<i>Bottled (labelled Drie Fonteinen Druiven Geuze).</i><br /> Hazy amber. Fruity citric nose. Acidic and full bodied, lively and fresh. The grape character is subdued, leaving the field open for more regular gueuze flavours, but still adds soem fruitiness and bitterness from the grape shells. Intricate and complex, but doesn’t take me to the same levels as their schaaarbeekse kriek.
Oakes (7032), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Aug 5, 2004 Murky amber colour. Hugely dusty, vinous aroma. Big, fat lambic tang. Tart and vinous. Lond and dry. Complex mingling of the wine world with traditional lambic notes.
oh6gdx (6460), Vaasa, Finland
Oct 4, 2005 Bottled (vintage 2000). Hazy peach colour, big foamy head. Spices and sour apple in aroma. Sour apple, grapes and spices in flavour. Very dry finish. Extremely pleasant. Wellbalanced.
Rastacouere (5418), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
May 30, 2007 <i>Akkurat, vintage 2000.</i> Classiest old bottle (said that a few times recently). The drink is opaque, pale golden with an initially large, uniform white head that diminishes to a firm cover. The most appealing nose takes some time getting used to. The Malvasia grape varietal, which I’m not very familiar with having never had any wine made from it, comes out rather funky, almost mineral with peppery Alsace-like overtones and exotic tropical fruits, pineapple being upfront. Boastful tart intricacies in the shapes of a fruit basket basically. Besides, the usual drie fonteinen glorious citrus extraction is part of the meetup where fine, clean white grapefruit and lemon notes mingle along the wheat to ensure perfect drinkability. Perfect classic Drie Fonteinen mouthfeel comprising the most refined texture and fitting, still active carbonation. Underated if anything, this is a masterpiece of restricted, integrated, beautiful flavors, almost subtle for a lambic. Never agressive, sure of itself, quite dry, quite tart yet certainly never overly so an remaining quite accessible for outsiders I would assume. Classy diplomacy and age resistance all the way.
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