3 Fonteinen Doesjel

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

hazy apricot pour with no head or carbonation whatsoever. Acidity on the nose is less aggressive than many other lambics, and has notes of citrus, cider, spices- perhaps clove, and a definite overarching tart quality. Flavor maintains the sour lambic quality, and has grass, hay, and a woody note. Tartness is clearly present, but not overdone, and lingers nicely. Quite a nice lambic.

Pours to a flat looking apple juice body with no head. The aroma is pretty phenomenal. Sour starfruit, rhubarb, oak, lemons, and funky barns. The flavor is sweet and tangy. Oaken lemon zest and lemon water. Surprisingly not extremely tart. Some funky horse blanket things but mostly a clean lambic. Subtle flavors. Some nice malt shines through in some sips. The palate is flat and velvety and very easy drinking. Mild aftertaste and very subtle sourness.

Bottle. Poured a lightly hazy bright golden-yellow color with a 1/4 inch, bubbly white head that eventually faded to a soft layer of bubbles. Aroma of dusty, earthy barnyard, leather, oak, funky horse blanket, and a yeastiness with some tart fruit (mostly lemon). Smooth, crisp entry with some tart citrus fruit (mainly lemon, like the aroma) with undertones of barnyard funk and horse blanket transitions into a moderate yeastiness with some dryness that lingers into the finish with some light notes of oak and earthy leather. Low carbonation, but the tartness and oak provide I nice dry, crisp bite on the palate. Overall a different, but still enjoyable gueuze that displays some complexity, but may have been a bit more enjoyable with some more carbonation.

Thanks be to The Cheeseman. Copper color. Aroma of funk, oak, dust and tangy citrus. Flavors are more of the same. Fruity, funky, sour and dusty. Very good.

Pours a hazy orange with a few bubbles, then no head. Elegent in it’s purposeful lack of carbonation. Aroma is out there for sure with oak, lemon, mustard, dusty library, attic, and definitely tangy on the nose. Tastes sour for sure with lemon, oak, dirt, dust, mustard and finishes lemony here as well. The oaky dry finish that I expected is greatly minimized here and the aftertaste is totally cleared up. Slick medium body, I feel like there’s SOME carbonation, but it’s tough to tell amidst the sourness. Funky for sure, and a little more citrusy than most lambics. It’s definitely sour enough for me.

Wow - what a remarkable beer. Pours golden cider, hazy with no head. Nice apple vinegar and barnyard aroma, not so overwhelmingly strong, just appealing. The flavor is highly accessible and yet richly complex, easy to drink without overly harsh acidity or even particularly challenging barnyard/mustiness -- yet it’s so intense and so much is going on, lemon juice and capers, salted apple - wow. I can’t enough good things about this beer. Baffling to me the low rating it has picked up. Flavor could easily be a 10.

Courtesy of northernbrews at his November ’08 sour tasting

Bottle: The aroma is slightly funky with sour apple and lemon. It pours a slightly hazy gold with a minimal large bubbled head. The flavor starts with mild apple up front with a light-moderate wour lemon finish along with some faint oak. Light bodied with a flat mouthfeel.

Bottle pours out a cloudy gold topped with a small head. Aroma of wood, some fruit and grain. Tast was fruit green apple. citrus grapefruit and some oak. Pleny of the pucker on this one. Thanks Jake