New Lambic - 3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera

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Forgetfu
09:34 Mon 8/31/2015

Today, 3 Fonteinen announced a new beer, together with master sommelier Andy De Brouwer of Bistronomie Les Eleveurs.



Zenne y Frontera is a sherry barrel aged lambic that will be available at select restaurants within Belgium. Additionally, a limited number of bottles will be available to go at 3 Fonteinen’s Open Beer Days, which starts this Thursday, September 3. More information on the beer can be found at: http://www.lambic.info/3_Fonteinen_Zenne_y_Frontera

 
GT
beers 10001 º places 672 º 10:59 Mon 8/31/2015

 
b3shine
beers 12115 º places 371 º 11:22 Mon 8/31/2015

ISO!

 
AdamChandler
beers 6124 º places 278 º 12:13 Mon 8/31/2015

Would also love to try this. No Fall trip to Belgium planned but it sounds great! Maybe I’ll still be able to find some when I go in March.

 
charule
beers 2306 º places 121 º 17:05 Mon 8/31/2015

Should be there when I get there Fri, right? Are Belgians as psychotic at Chicagoans?

 
brokensail
admin
beers 21480 º places 1691 º 17:28 Mon 8/31/2015

Originally posted by GT2

 
bartlebier
beers 4526 º places 177 º 18:24 Mon 8/31/2015

Originally posted by charule
Should be there when I get there Fri, right? Are Belgians as psychotic at Chicagoans?

Quite au contraire. Good chances to go hoard and salivate at source.

 
tderoeck
beers 14777 º places 247 º 03:45 Tue 9/1/2015

Originally posted by bartlebier
Originally posted by charule
Should be there when I get there Fri, right? Are Belgians as psychotic at Chicagoans?

Quite au contraire. Good chances to go hoard and salivate at source.


Armand 4 was available for months in Belgium. Most of us still have a problem with the ridiculous prices for "one-offs", which are basically also just lambic. All lambics are aged in wine barrels, sherry barrels, etc... Just the mention of the name and suddenly, BOOM price x 5. Guess I’ll buy one or two if I come across them, just to try and one to age maybe.

But I’m sure there’ll be hoarders buying up the lot just for trade, not because they like lambic. Like Dutchies bringing in their parents and kids in a van, just to get more, because of the #bottle pp limit. The dirty side of beer geekism. I don’t like it.

 
MarcoDL
beers 9556 º places 213 º 04:16 Tue 9/1/2015

Originally posted by tderoeck
But I’m sure there’ll be hoarders buying up the lot just for trade, not because they like lambic. Like Dutchies bringing in their parents and kids in a van, just to get more, because of the #bottle pp limit. The dirty side of beer geekism. I don’t like it.


Why Dutchies specifically? Are the Belgians really not guilty in this or is this just old school Dutch-Belgian rivalry.

 
Maakun
beers 10309 º places 319 º 04:43 Tue 9/1/2015

This Dutchy will probably come alone by train, so no chance of me hauling loads of bottles....

 
ElManana
beers 2078 º places 3 º 06:05 Tue 9/1/2015

We have heard more than enough stories about Dutchies not being able to drink one glass of lambic, but coming to hoard boxes full just to trade away. You probably know who we’re talking about.

That’s why I think he mentioned Dutchies. Off course there are more than enough Belgians guilty of this as well.