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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This is a world class beer, a very rare beer to find. Very special teast off the Malvasia grape in it with a perfect balance off sourness

17/04/2012 750ml bottle, bought @ Les Vignerons, then shared @ Brasserie 4:20. Bellissima ambrata carica, limpida, con schiuma bianchissima a grana fine, in tutto simile a uno Champagne. Aroma di una morbidezza e freschezza sconcertante nonostante l’età della bottiglia, sentori di uva, nette note vinose, con una magnifica dolcezza a bilanciare il tutto. In bocca conferma le stesse sensazioni, è acida, ma ben bilanciata dalle note dolci della Malvasia, ricorda un vino o uno Champagne. Corpo medio, buona carbonazione. Capolavoro di inarrivabile finezza e complessità. Che meraviglia!

I wish the nose on this beer had been more pungent, because it was nice and presented a fantastic blend of slightly sweet grape aromas and the more typical notes of a lambic. The taste was absolutely monstrous in complexity and crossed over from a nice light sweet grape juice sort of flavor to extremely drinkable dry and tart elements. My favorite beer on a night where I drank some really good beer, and one of my favorites of all time. Or as read from my notes: "Mind Blown."

UPDATED: DEC 10, 2012 Meraviglioso connubio tra una Gueuze e l’uva Malvasia, che dona vinosità e un tocco di dolcezza ad una delle migliori gueuze del mondo.

The bottle exploded but luckily my glass was ready. Hazy dark orange with faint off whitr head. I can smell it from two feet away. Very vinous aroma with huge barnyard funk character. Musty body with the usual flavors on a great lambic and a delicate grape flavor. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

75cl bottle shared at the Sour & Bitter dinner in Copenhagen. Bottled: 2/10/2003. Medium golden orange with tint of yellow. Half (off white) fingernail head on medium pour. Sharp nose! Funk, must, white grapes with slight oak. Quite inviting. Taste follows nose, but more oakiness comes through. Good balance of sweet and tart accompanied by loads of funk and earthiness. Vinous white grape is soft and rounded out by nice must character. Very easy to drink! Age has done wonderful things to this beer! Crisp, soft, rounded, and very refreshing. Oh so nice and just another great classic from Armand.

WARNING, huge gusher, the cork almost instantly popped as I took off the cage, lots of head as your pour but fades quickly... dark straw cloudy with a light white ring... the nose is incredible, musky horse blanket with a hint of white grape wine, my only complaint is a the finish is a bit light... the taste is not as funky, but totally drinkable, a little funky on the front with a sweet finish, grapes does this wonders... this is a top notch and should be sought out

Bottle, Belgium, May 2005. Head is initially average sized, fizzy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy light amber, bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately malty (toasted grain), moderately yeasty (barnyard, horseblanket), with notes of peach, pineapple, honey, cask wood, apple skin, minerals, gooseberry, etc. Flavor is moderately sweet, heavily acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic. Medium body, watery texture, fizzy/lively carbonation, lightly astringent. No, I’m not going to say where I found this, so don’t ask. I only had the one, no more stashed away for trade. That said, this was truly astounding to me and I’m kinda surprised this isn’t closer to the Top 50. The aroma is just incredible with enticing notes and complexity beyond my senses. I could stand just a touch more sourness in the mouth, but man oh man this is one of the best fruit lambics I’ve had (and ever will have, I’m certain). Armand does it again.

Great Lambic Summit. Pours a nice golden mostly clear with a nice head- mostly lasting and a soft yet persistent carbonation. Aroma is nice funky bretty horseblanket, leather, with great overtones of fruit- grapeskin, rosehips, and slight currant and cherry with a stinky cheese thing going on as it warms- and nice sour funk. Flavor is acidic from the start, but not overly so, and there is no aceto- just lots of lacto and other weird acids going on- grape skins, cherry pit, currant acidity, leather and earthy, light grassy and herbal with more stinky cheese, light horse funk, some mineral - tons of funk and sour without getting dirty or messy with isovaleric or burtyric acids/esters- clean mineral strong acidity with a lactic lemon and tartaric grape puckering in the end. Great stuff! Easily the best of the night for me and I even liked it better than J&J Blauw!

Hazy orange color with a small, tight, creamy white head that left white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, wood, citrus fruits, wild yeast, and light grapes. Taste of sweeter grapes, wood, leather, and a sour finish. Awesome beer, never thought I’d get to try it!