3 Fonteinen Jonge Lambik

Brewed by 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Unblended
Beersel, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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@ ZBF ’12. Not sure if it was a ’Jonge’ or an ’Oude’. But since the head was present and lasting I assume it was a ’Jonge’. Goldyellow colour with a surprisingly lasting head. Aroma’s of acid apples (Granny Smith) and citrus. Tastes sour, citrus maybe a bit fruity. Finish is dry but still acid!

(draught) pours a slightly hazy amber colour with no head. aroma of heavy cheesecake and bread dough, lemons, oranges and light funky cheese. flavour is mostly the same, very mellow, cheese, funk and bread, with a light tartness in the light bitter finish. light to medium-bodied with no carbonation.

5liter ’bidon’, drunk with 3 the last day of 2011 while preparing some food. Yellow coloured wihout any head. Smell: sour, fruity, citrus. Taste: sour but not too, some very small bitterness, Nice and easy drinking! I wish I had one more bidon! One of the better pure lambic beers!

From the barrel on cask at the Drie Fonteinen Lambic Room during last week’s Belgium trip. Reviewed from notes. Served in a Drie Fonteinen tumbler. This was taken from the barrel and was a young batch of lambic brewed at Lindemans. Served in a 1L jug. Poured a nice slightly-hazed orange color with a bit of foam after a good pour, though that receded quite quickly. The nose was full of cheese and socks with some earth and quite a bit of funk. It certainly doesn’t sound appetizing, but it smelled incredible. Very complex even at this young age. The flavor was a bit more subdued, but still had all the same characteristics. A bit more funk and less cheese than the nose. Mouthfeel was light with a nice dryness to it and quite a bit of barnyard funk and cheesy aftertaste. Really delicious.

Draught at Mikkeller Bar, opening night
Cloudy copper color, a few sparse bubbles and a oily trail of microbubbles. The classic Lambic aroma is not extremely pronounced; there is barnyard, cobwebs, wet cellar, roasted ham.
Dry mouthfeel, strong lemon flavor, and lemon peels, and bitter oranges; astringent final. Not overly sour. It’s not as complex as their series of Gueuze, but it’s a pure beautiful sample.

Crap apple, dry, tobacco aroma. High on the acidic side, ciderish dry mouthfeel, goes high on palate, lingers in moulded leafs and sour ochards.

tap at drie fonteinen. pours a dirty stale orange. aroma of pineapple, pears, some farm funk, plastic, cat piss. taste is moderate lactic sourness, touch of aspirin, lemons, limes. interesting, fruity, good. easy drinkin.

30/04/2011 from "tap" @ Vilvordia BierProefFestival (2011-182)

Pretty cloudy amber coloured beer, no head. Aroma: bretta, yeast, basement, little flowery, vinegar. Taste: sour, but also a bit meaty, big bite. Aftertaste: vinegar and lemon, green apples. If guezes are hard to describe, then Lambics are totally hell... :p

Last batch of brewed at 3 Fonteinen Lambic; Sampled July 2010 at 3F Lambikodroom
The beer is a hazed, copper-gold color and it arrives flat with not head as it was poured fresh from a traditional Lambic crock. The aroma on this is quite funky in a mushroom, dank cheese sort of way. A deeper inspection yields aromas of urea, a touch of a yeast bite, spicy wood notes that mix with spicy yeast / bacteria character, fresh cut wood plank aromas and a musky-musty-moldy mushroom note. When I really dig I get a phenolic, medicinal leaning note as well as a deep, musky, barnyard Brettanomyces character. The nose on this is just fantastically, though in some ways subtly, complex; it is just so well integrated and wonderful to this lover of Lambics.

The beer tastes tart, but not over-poweringly so; it is nicely lactic with a lemon like acidity in some way and this helps to accentuate a nice grapefruit like flavor to. This is so cool and refreshing on this uncharacteristically, hot, Belgian, summer’s day. The sourness is much softer due to the lack of carbonation. This is light bodied, though it does have a touch of palate heft to it; I can’t imagine the texture of this being any better than it is right now. A touch of a musky note in the flavor, as well as some phenolic notes are here, but there are no really musky, over the top Brettanomcyes notes in the flavor.

This is quite fantastic all around and I could easily drink a lot of this. The nose is so incredibly complex and even though the taste is not nearly so, it is so refreshing and balanced that I hardly care.

Draft @ Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with no head. Has a fruity sour funky aroma. Dry fruity sour tart funky citrus flavor. Has a dry fruity sour tart citrus finish.