3 Fonteinen Hommage

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

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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 shared at my 30:th birthday tasting on May 5 (30 år av Surt). Courtesy of sebletitje. Pours deep brownish red with a rather small pinkish white head that is rather quick to dissipate and doesnät leave much trace on the glass. Smell is tiny sweet, sour and fruity with raspberries, sour cherries, hay, dusty barnyard, lemon juice, lemon zest and hints of leather, horse blanket and oxidation. Taste is sour and fruity with raspberries, wood, horse blanket, sour cherries, lemon zest, wheat crackers, leather, dark grapes and hints of vinegar and bilberries. Mouthfeel is tart, dry, intense and medium to full bodied. Finish is sour, tart and fruity with raspberries, sour cherries, grape zest, lemon zest, wood, hay and hints of oxidation. Fruity, sour and plain incredible. Many thanks Seb for bringing me this!

Bottle at "30 år av surt", on May 5, 2012 in Göteborg. Bottled 14 dec. 2007. Couleur pourpre/acajou, col fin beige léger. Arôme est terreux, framboise garde un très beau bouquet fruité entre framboise et cerise qui prennent le dessus. On se rend tout de suite compte que 3F laisse loin derrière les qcq coupeurs qui eux préfèrent rajouter du sucre. On a donc ici, du vrai avec les fruits qui contribuent grandement au bouquet de cette bière, et garde même avec les années un bouquet très frais. En bouche, aigreur prenante au palais avec ce profond profile framboise qui est divin, oscillant entre un côté champenoise et fruité de lambic donnant pleine vie aux framboises pour se développer. Ces dernières laissent une fin de bouche en picotement ui couvre le dessus du palais et la gorge. Vraiment une bière à déguster, et ces notes ne lui font pas vraiment justice. Au delà de la difficulté de la trouver, cela reste une très belle expérience gustative du début à la fin.

Bottle (75 cl), courtesy of sebletitje. Cloudy ruby, medium pink head. Splendid fresh raspberry aroma, with clear notes of cherries, and some grapefruit. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation. Bone dry, extremely sour.

Bottle at "30 år av surt" on May 5, 2012
75 cl, Bottled 14/02/2007
Murky copper color, very small pink head. Extremely sour scent, might just be the most sour beer I have ever smelled. Very sour, dry, yummy taste. Gut killing sour, so f***ing nice! Mouthpuckering sour and smooth mouthfeel, very low bitterness.
One of the best beers I’ve tasted.

Bottle with great thanks to the Wolf. Pours a hazy light copper colour with subtle red tinges. Smallish billowy light pinck head. Amazing complex earthy aromas of raspberries, brett and plenty of funk. Sublte acidity in the back ground. This is very good. Flavours are sweet thanks to the raspberries with a balancing tartness. Plenty of lambic sourness comes through in a very dry finish. Brilliant beer. Thanks heaps Rene.

30 år surt. Pours murky raspberry amber with a small pink beige head. Aroma is sour raspberries cherries malty a bit sweet. Flavor is great; fruity sweet, sour tart, so much berries, lemon buice, pungent slightly bitter. Great sour berry aftertaste.

Sampled at 30åravsurt Hazy dark red. Some asparagus in the aroma along with fruits; raspberries. Sour. Fruity flavour along with high sourness.

thanks to Bluebetty for the bottle pours a darker cherry color with a thin white collar. Not very impressive but it works. Nose however is another deal. Earthy raspberry and wood. Very nice and not in your face like others. Good raspberry taste. Slightly dirty and slightly funky. Not over the top at all. nice sour dry finish. WOW thanks for this

A: Poured a bright reddish crimson body with a thin white cap S: The nose brings forward some Earthiness, puree raspberry and mustiness with some old spent wood T: Light funk, fresh and puree raspberries, woody and dirt with a hint of wood M: Mouthfeel is light to medium with a sour, dry finish. O: Very good

Bottle shared by madtowndmb1...thanks Kyle! - Pours reddish and hazy, with a thin ring of off-white head. Nose is funky, with lots of stinky cheese, rotting raspberries, a touch of sulfur, and a layer of oak.There’s some plastic in there as well that I can’t ignore, as it detracts from the nose overall. Taste is very similar, with rotting raspberry, cheese, and a bit of oak. It’s got some plastic on the finish when it’s cold, but as it warms it smooths out nicely and the plastic recedes. There’s lots of fizzy carbonation that bites a bit. A bit of burn on the finish. Soft fluffy body. Really interesting, and I’m glad I got to try it, but it’s waaay funky. A little too much for me, as I’m not a stinky cheese sort of guy, but still good stuff.