3 Fonteinen Hommage

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

2007 bottle at Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas as part of my Pre-Wedding Celebrations. It pours a beautiful deep red colour, with a thick light pink head. The nose is tart red fruit (raspberry, cherry and red grapefruit), tangy raspberry syrup, acidity and wood. The taste is juicy, tart raspberry, strawberry, cherry, sour green apple, lemon, serious acidity and wood, with a massive tart finish. The juiciness of the fruit somehow manages to balance out the serious tartness. Medium body and lively carbonation. Absolutely delicious and utterly drinkable! Probably the best fruit lambic I’ve had to date.

Bottle at Moeder Lambic Fontainas during Paul’s celebration. Pours cloudy ruby with a big, soft pink head. Dry raspberry aroma. Light to medium sweet with a soul-piercing sourness, some refined raspberries. Medium bodied with lively, tingly and smooth carbonation. Lovely tart finish with pure, aged and lightly dry raspberries. Lasting lip-puckering sour notes. Very fresh. Hugely drinkable. The sour character grabs ahold and doesn’t let go. Excellent.

750 ml bottle sampled at STLWill’s 30th birthday party. I got the last of it, the pudding. Bottled 2/14/2007. My pour was a muddy reddish-brown with no head - probably less muddy and less brown before me. Aroma of raspberry, oaky funk, sour cherry, herbs, some toast, and a surprising amount of earthy, vegetal notes. Flavor of very sour raspberry, lemon juice, earth, oaky funk, vanilla, and lactic acid. Medium-bodied, with a tart, sour mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Not as dry as others we tried that night. Very cool.

Bottle shared over the new years with an adventurous German friend. Nice. We both liked it.

Pours orange-tinged ruby into a tumbler. Pink head quickly fizzles to hug rim. Funky cherry and barnyard aromas. Sharp, tart berries and funky barnyard from front to back turning to a lasting sour lactic finish.

Thanks for sharing this Brad. Comes in a big green champagne bottle and a cork. Served in a snifter. Beer is reddish and my pour near the top is mostly clear with a few floaters. Minimal head of white medium bubbles, other pours got some head though. Carbonation is moderate and the lacing is low. Looks good. Aroma is musky and quite acetic. There is some nice lactic acid notes in there as well. Beer is thin and strongly acetic. Finishes dry ultimately with this odd bitterness in there. Very drinkable although I imagine the high sourness would eventually get to me. Mouthfeel is good. Serving type: bottle

Bottle thanks to Levi, thanks a ton for this one! Pour is a clear cherry red, with a billowing white head tinged with a touch of pink. Fair lacing. Aroma is a big hit of cherry tartness, some white fruit funkyness, light oak/tannic berry seeds. As it breaths a bit, the fruit aromas muddle to more general fruitiness that works nicely. Slightly medicinal plastic notes lingering on the end. Taste is lots of tart fruit seeds, a fair bit of biting acetic acid. Some more medicinal plastic notes lingering on the end. Nice beer, cut back on acid a bit and it would be great!

Bottle, huge thanks to Levi for popping this bottle! 750 mL bottle from 2007, pour is deep cherry red with thin slightly off white head. Aroma brings notes of big sour cherry, raspberry, sweet vanilla, slight off plastic but not bad at all, lemony pucker as well with a hint of funk, but the berries somehow are crazy overpowering. Taste is a nice mix of funky tart, big raspberry and slight sour cherry mixing into some slight acetic sour, hints of vanilla, slight carbonic acid tartness in there as well, touch of cheesy notes, touch of medicinal plastic-y notes as well that fades quick into a funky, tart finish.