3 Fonteinen Hommage

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

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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UPDATED: AUG 24, 2012 11/VIII/2012 - 75cl bottle @ RBBSG - BB: n/a - 2007 vintage (2012-879) Thanks to Travlr for sharing the bottle!

Partly cloudy rustbrown beer, no head. Aroma: very fruity, raspberries, bit cheesy, little metallic. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, raspberries, very sour, quite cheesy as well. Aftertaste: burning sourness, bit cheesy, little dirty, raspberry jam, bit metallic. Not bad, but overhyped if you ask me... Maybe the age is catching up on this. Still worth drinking though.

thx. to Gene for another awesome whale // 2007 Vintage (only one) // 75 cl. bottle sampled @ RBBSG 2012 // murky dark brown / berry red with little in the way of a white head // nose is loaded with tart raspberries, hint of kriek’s, blended with delicious horse blanket, tad raspberry juice, small touch acid, damn rich for a fruit lambic this age // taste is insane amount of raspberries, like they just pounded them and tried to fit as many as possible into this bottle, even more than the fruit, this tastes heavily of raspberry pits, lots, some berries, tad cherries, freaking jam, real fruits overall, finishing with some sourness blended into the whole, funk, light barnyard, tad lemon, light acid // body is like raspberry pits and creamed raspberries // damn and people keep telling me that this used to better younger and that this is nothing compared to Framboos // man

@ 2nd RBBSG, thx to Gene

Head: slightly bubbly on top
Colour: murly red
Smell: lots of fruity sour fragerants, mostly raspberry with hints of the cherries
taste: wondrfull fruity flavour with tarty acidic lambic flavour underneath. dry finish , very good !

750 ml bottle
Rating #2,000. For a milestone like this I had to break out a big gun. Rooting around in the cellar I found this to share with about a dozen others at a pre-GTMW tasting. Preceded by another monster (Blauw) it was the perfect way to finish an evening. I don’t know how many bottles are still in the wild but I would love to try this one again. Even after five years it is fresh and tart.

Aroma / Appearance - The rosy red pour looks like someone blended a pound of raspberries then filtered out the pulp. Sparkling and brilliant it has only a trace of carbonation. The nose is sharp, acidic, and pure raspberries. It isn’t rich and complex but it doesn’t try to be blunt either. Despite the intensity it has an approach that makes it inviting and savory.

Flavor / Palate - Each sip is more intense than the one before until the taste buds begin to melt. Sharp raspberries taste like licking a handful which have been powdered with the residue from a bag of Sour Patch Kids. This top notch beer is something that American brewers can continue use as the ultimate benchmark. Somehow I think few will come anywhere close.

Sampled at RBBSG (bottle from 2007). Murky opaque red-brown color, no head just a slight off-white lacing. Smell strawberries, red currant, lightly sweet-sour. Taste is very sour, again strawberries and red currant. Medium carbo, medium body.

Bottle @ De Heeren. After a long evening of excellent rare and vintage beers, I choose this baby to cap off the night. Lightly orangish pink, somewhat hazy appearance with a pink head. Super funky/cheesy, moderate barnyard, mild cobweb, very rich/deep raspberry, tart fruity aroma. The flavor is nothing short of unbelievable with notes of rich, fresh raspberries, funk, dust, mild cheese, dark berries, and light yeast. My new favorite raspberry beer.

Draft at brouwers with Linh and nhi. Pours a deep hazy ruby red with nice white lacing. Aroma is perfected tart raspberries and funky oak. Insane. End the review now. No, let me actually taste the beer. Mouthfeel is fizzy carbonation with delicious mouth puckerig tart, funky oak, sour raspberries and sour cherries.

Bottle shared by ygtbsm94. Thanks Brad! The beer is ruby hued with an oily, thin head that leaves a good amount of lacing on the glass. The aroma is very musty, funky, and fruity. Dank basement comes to mind. The flavor is quite tart, with plenty of raspberries and a hint of cherries. Also a bit of oddness and bandaids, though these characteristics don’t completely overrun the beer. The finish brings a puckering sensation in the cheeks (the ones on your face). A quality lambic. Recommended.

In bottle thanks Craig! Pours a dull ruby colour with a thin white head. A lovely musty aroma of raspberries, cherries, lemon, balsamic vinegar, oak and alcohol. Similar flavours with moderate carbonation, light CO2 prickle and a foamy mouth-feel. A lovely dry finish and beautifully tart. Stunning!

Bottle. Thanks Craig for sharing. Big funky musty aroma, ribena fruitiness, lambic notes, something remarkable I can’t put my finger on. Similar taste, lots of funk and fruit. Tart. Excellent