3 Fonteinen Hommage

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

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I’m afraid my English vocabulary is to limited to describe such a superb beer. Hell, even my Flemish is to limited I’m afraid. Purple head quickly disappearing after pouring the bear. Good carbonation. Self-evident fruity aroma’s dominated by the cherries but after some time I also recognise the raspberries. Cherry is dominantly present at the start, but when the cherry’s faint away, the raspberries pop up. I don’t think you can get closer to perfection for this style of beer. My first 20/20. Only a slightly longer lasting head might have resulted in a completely perfect score.

UPDATED: JUN 25, 2008 Many thanks to hellomynameis for this great treat. Massive sour barnyard funk with excellent lactic character. Faint cherry and raspberry flavor. Wow. Lactic flavor with some funk. Amazing beer. Reminds me of a wisconsin spring. Ok, end wine pretense. My second tasting of this was better than I remembered it. Bottled at Falling Rock. The as tart and refreshing as I remember, but the cherry really smoothed out the finish.

pours blood red with no head. aroma bursts with tart cherries, raspberries, earthy, vinegar. drinks with tons of juicy tart cherries with pit and sweet raspberries. tartness peeks through the whole drink with just enough pucker to make you want more and more. finishes sweet with tons of fruits and berries coating the palate. just amazing.

Bottle dated 14/02/2007, bought at the brewery store in July 2008, consumed on 21/11/2009. Appearance is bright purple, starts clear and progresses to cloudy/chunky due to my poor pouring skills. Soda-pop head that starts vigorously but disappears in seconds to leave no bubbles or lacing. Smell changes every nanosecond. Vinegar, sour cherries, horse, raspberries, dust, and about a million other things - all at the same time. Taste was amazing. Defies words. Sweet and sour all at once. Evident fruit. Must, dust and mold, and sweaty animals. Vinegar, the high end balsamic type from Modena. Mouthfeel is orgasmic. Drinkability is top of the line, not just for lambics, but for all beer. Nothing short of miraculous.

Colore rubino carico,un pò opaco,poco o niente schiuma(l’ho già notato in altre lambic,dev’essere tipico del genere).Aroma forte:ciliegie,lamponi,sentori di cantina.In bocca è un pò aspra,astringente e agrumata.Molto dolce si sentono appieno i lamponi.Equilibrata perfettamente.Finale lungo.Che dire d’altro? Praticamente la perfezione del genere!

There is a lot of barnyard and funk in this aroma with some sour cherry notes and a bit of raspberry sweetness. It is nicely carbonated with some soft fizz on the tongue. Lots of raspberry up front with a bunch of lactic sourness with tart cherries finishing it out. Really nice overall with some very interesting flavours.

Hedonically nearly perfect. The aroma is perfectly balanced between real fresh fruit, and framboise. By this I mean the raspberry is so real it transcends the lambicness at times, then just melds with it. A stony, pitty aroma presence, minerally at times, runs around in waves. The color is incredibly gorgeous, with the hints of tan increasing thoughts of leather in the horse barn. Flavors are somewhat acetic, somewhat lactic, sweet and sour and leathery. Incredible back of the throat sourness. Palate lets down just the tiniest bit; first brawny and slippery and thick, then with the feeling of a slight watery hole. A truly great beer. Thanks John.

Bottle enjoyed at the NSSRQSOSLT, 1/10! Thanks to me, who brought this one, another fine one of the night! The pour was ruby-mahoganey, nice generous pink colored head, steady carbonation bubbles rising to the top. The aroma was tart raspberries, funky barnyard elements, oak, and I guess cherries. The flavor followed, raspberries tart but not over the top, a pretty unoffensive but assertive sour brew, lighter fruits underneath, oaky finish. The mouthfeel was clean, acidic, featuring even a faint residual sweetness, perhaps. Excellent, shoulda bought two bottles on the day I saw this out of the few it was on the shelf at SL a year and a half ago or so.

Like a sweet Rapsberry Jam. For a Lambic, not much tartness or funk at all, which is nice for a cjange. Damn good beer, but a bit pricey for sure.

Celebrating my rating nr. 400 with some of the best stuff from the cellar. This big beauty of a fruity lambic is defenately one of favorite beers and its a great feeling to share this with my self, all alone without sharing. The glassware is off cause a autentic 3 Fontainen glass bought in the restaurant in Beersel where I spend a fab. eavening in 08 with a lot of mugs full of nice lambic and gresat pieces of meat on the plates...need to go again.... soon. Well on to the beer. 75 cl bottle stamped 14.02.2007. The pour is a cloudy brownish red with a fizzy pink head. The aroma is enormous. Packed with raspberries in both bitter sour and in sweet caracters. Some winegums and mabel sirup toms the aroma spectrum. The taste is all that you want it to be. Its perfectly balanced between the sour impression and the fruity and sweet notes. The raspberries is overwhelming and fades out in to a calm and light bitter finish. The carbonation level is rather high and gives it a lively feeling in your mouth leading to a mild oily and buttery feeling. I have yet to taste a better lambic than this one - damn