3 Fonteinen Zwet.be

3 Fonteinen
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Porter
Beersel, Belgium

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle courtesy of Seth. Clear reddish brown pour with an on off white head. Mild stone fruit aromas. Mild sour stone fruits, caramel, wood, and vanilla notes. Good mouthfeel and body.

Black with big, foamy, flotsam, tan head, excellent legs / Dry, toasty nose of roast barley, coffee, caramel, lemon / Light to medium body, a touch thin, acidic with mild sourness, mostly dry with lightly bitter finish / Mellow flavors of roast barley, stale coffee, cocoa, sawdust, lemon / Enjoyable, if unexceptional.

Draft at Hopleaf. Finally got a chance to try this. Pours almost pitch black with a small tan head. Good lacing. Aroma is roasted malt and some funkiness. Taste is slightly bitter toasted malts typical of a porter balanced with the sourness of a lambic. Taste is very light and smooth and there’s a lovely finish to this beer. I really haven’t tasted anything quite like it.

I could drink this all night. Such a smooth mouthfeel from what appears to be a much more stout drink. Much smoother than many porters with a buttery finish. Truly a treat.

Nice to see this on the shelf at Casanova in Wisconsin! Dark pour, though certainly not black. A soft tan head that stayed on the beer for almost an hour while I was feeding babies. Lots of tan lacing. Roasted malts give way to some chocolate bitterness and some sourness as well. Very nice and more complexity as it warms.

Bottle at 3 Fonteinen Restaurant, pours a deep dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma of toasted malt, some dry cocoa, and some dry coffee. Flavour brings out notes of dry coffee and light toasted malt. Light-to-medium body, even for a porter, but well-balanced with nice flavours. Decent, regular porter.

Black pour, creamy tan head. Aroma is roasted, brett, funky, bread, caramel and some spices. Flavor is spicy roasted bitter malts, a hint of sourness, funky, some earth. Well balanced. Very smooth. Lovely brew.

Pours dark brown, big lambic like head. Lots of cocoa and oak on the nose. Taste is pretty much like every other porter but with a metallic and sweet finish. There’s a mild tartness but this is not a mind blowing beer but it is a good porter.

Deep brown with a tiny hint of brown head. Slightly roasty aroma. Flavor is roasty and a hint of tart red fruit. Not a lot going on.

Clear, very dark brown, close to black body with a medium brown head that is quite large and creamy. and that reduces to a fully lasting layer after a long time. Qhen the glass is empty the walls are covered in foamy remnants. Perfect! The aroma has a dry feel, is not that strong, but are quite pleasant. I get wild brett notes, barnyard, leather and fermented berries. From the aroma alone I would never have guessed that this is a porter! The taste is initially light to moderate sweet and light sour, the quite long-lasting finish is light sweet, light sour and moderate to light bitter. The flavours are funky, barnyard and lots of fruits and especially berries. I can’t quite decide if the berries are sweet and fermented or really tart, I guess it’s a mix. There are notes of cherry and also some lingonberries in the back. Finally in the aftertaste I get the first typical porter notes in the form of bitter coffee. The sweet fruits and berries and the medium body contrast the sourness very well. The texture is oily but still rather dry, the carbonation is moderate. A very nice one and an interesting take on the style.
[33 cl bottle, enjoyed 6 months before BB date, from Vinmonopolet Vika, Oslo]