3 Fonteinen Beersel Tarwebier

3 Fonteinen
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Beersel, Belgium

60% malt, 40% wheat. Bottle. Blonde, cloudy, lasting creamy head. Cheezy aroma with traubenzucker and hints of brett. Flowery and earthy hops, a light upcoming sourness, fresh cheese and brett in the flavor. Citric, flowery aftertaste. Excellent!

Bottle conditioned, bottled on 10/05/03. Hazy Gold, good lasting white head and good condition. Good spicy grain, honey and apples in the nose with the yeast contributing an interesting tartness. In the mouth it was spicy with slight tart apple notes and a good yeastiness although it had some phenolic notes. Spicy grain and hints of plastic in the finish but not to its detriment. Reminded me of Beiaard Witte Ros that is sold in De Bekeerde Suster in Amsterdam, and brewed by a "Belgian" brewery, although not this one.

Bottle from The Wine Company, Slough. Very interesting beer. Aroma of apples. Sweet taste, cider like taste This is almost like a medium dry cider. Interesting if this is indeed the basic lambic brewed in a conventional top fermenting manner.

Bottle. Hazy pale golden wih an eggwhite-like head. Fruity and yeasty aroma, also promising spices. Some alcohol as well. Sweet, bready flavours, hints of bananas and spices. Well-carbonated, full-bodied. An original wheat beer, wanting to a be a Belgian blond ale.

A mellow, flavorful witbier with moorish qualities. Interesting history too, as it is made by Proef for 3 Fonteinen. Tim Webb claims that it is a witbier "brewed to a lambic recipe."

Blond treble colour, white head. Alcoholic spicy aroma. Interesting sweet-spicy flavours.

Slightly yellow-coloured good head, large bubbles; heavily carbonated, deep-golden beer. Musty, sourish smell, aged & wrinkled apples. There is some oxydation (beer is indeed 1.5 year old) Slight oxidation in the taste; chaff and wet, not quite mouldy malt. A very fine herbal-perfumey flavour. Just a hint of wheat, no sourness here. Slight peppery finish. Carbonation only heavy at the start, drops fast. Some burning (malt?) giving a false alcholimpression. Quite dry. The bottle was unintentionally purchased aged. As it is, it seems to benefit the beer. I was underwhelmed by an earlier fresh sample.

Bottled. Golden colour with huge creamy slightly off-white head. Aroma is caramel, fudge, some citrus fruit and mild spices. Also some notes of wheat and yeast are there. Flavour is citrus, wheat, some spices and toffee/fudge. Different witbier, and I quite like this one.