3 Fonteinen Framboos (Framboise)

Thanks Jeppe for sharing this May 25, 1999 vintage bottle with us! The beer pours to a murky orange body with a red tinge. A thin white head sits on top. The aroma is funky balsamic red raspberry vinegar. Funky cheese? The beer is super complex. The flavor is tart funky cheesy raspberries and tart balsamic vinegar components. Also extremely complex. Leathery. The palate is tart and sour but not overly done. Leaves the mouth puckering. Nice.

Jeppe is indeed the beer king!.. can’t thank him enough for bringing this! May 25, 1999 bottling. Poured slightly hazy peach with a lovely cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up intense raspberry-infused vinegar with dry, dusty old barn and funky cheese.. the fruit held up to it and left a wonderful impression. In the flavor, raspberries and vinegar gave an epic intense sour character through well after the finish.. dry, champagne-like effervescence showed, but it somehow seemed like the carbonation was actually lower.. great salty cheese on the back-end.. long finish that showcased the barrel and berries.. this left no room for improvement! Sour and gripping throughout with a perfect use of berries, barrel, and Father Time.. it was a true pleasure to try this!

thank you thank you thank you MDS. Despite what others may say you are not a douchebag.

I admit, I probably would have driven the 3 hours to Peterborough for this beer alone. It wasn’t alone, rather it was a highlight from an amazing lineup that took 2 days to get through. This one came right after Upland Raspberry & 3F Hommage.. it was followed by Pannepot Oak Aged Grand Reserva

Golden orange rusty body, thinnish white head. Nose is jammy raspberry, well done acidity (of various types - some almost balsamic, others not quite as definable.) Flavor is raspberries buried in wood. Plenty of acidity here - lemon pits & pith. Is this hype or is this simply the best balanced sour I’ve ever had? The finish keeps growing, morphing, changing...

The pour reveals a hazy red color with a ring of white lace on top. Amazing aroma of raspberries and herbs with a good dose of sourness and wild yeast funk. Superb, sour, funky flavor of raspberries and herbs, everything is well balanced, it’s truly awesome. The body has a light to medium thickness with a dusty texture and gentle carbonation. To me, Framboos is the Graal of lambics and I feel very lucky to have had the privilige of tasting it, merci Dany!

From a 750mL Bottle. Generously shared by cquiroga. Pours a deep, somewhat hazy, consistent shade of ruddy caramel, topped with a thin head of off-white foam. A powerful raspberry vinegrette aroma leaps instantly from the glass, along with a great woody seed character and a touch of acetone-like sharpness. There seems to be a somewhat darker, fig fruit dimension coming through, almost like a dried boisenberry-raspberry jam trying to come through as well. Notes of soft vanilla and subtle oak add further complexity and intrigue. Light bodied, mildly carbonated mouthfeel with a brisk acidity. Tart raspberrry flavors with a leafy herbal quality and raspbeery seed woodiness. Some dry oak and leathery funk balance the fruits nicely, giving this a complex, geueze-like quality. This seems to have aged marvelously, allowing the fruit to retreat back to a level where it’s in perfect balance with the funk, acidity, oak, and herbal dryness. Perfect level of acidity, that keeps building in intensity long into the complex, fruity oak finish. Amazing beer. Thanks for the rare treat, Chris!