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3 Fonteinen Doesjel

3 Fonteinen Doesjel

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A Lambic - Gueuze brewed by
3 Fonteinen

Beersel, Belgium

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1813.76/5.03.75/5.06%58.7Flute, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old lambic. Fermented and lagered in oak vessels. In this bottle the young yeast is brought to sleep ('ingedoesjeld') so the original lambic flavors are preserved. This beer has no head, just like lambic. The lambic is brewed with 60% barley, 40% wheat, last years hop

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 MartinT (4377), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20

May 30, 2008  
My Bottom Line:
A farmy lambic nose announces its colours before lemony fruitiness and wild yeast lead to a long, puckering sourness. This Gueuze is not the usually wondrous blend I expect from Drie Fonteinen, but it’s sure to please the lambic lover in you anyway.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-Headless, the cloudy orange blond looks like a glass of grapefruit juice.
-The body is rather slender, an impression enhanced by the low carbonation.
-A more active carbonation might have made this more enjoyable a lambic; as is, it is all you expect from the style, but it’s not as drinkable as the regular DF Gueuze.
-Even though the flavor profile is off-the-wall (like most lambics), this one did appear more linear than usual.

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 BeerandBlues2 (2514), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/57/103/513/20
Oct 6, 2008  
Bottle. Pours clear dark yellow with a spare, fizzy, white head, mostly diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is average malt (bread, hay, straw, meal), average hops (flowers, grass), heavy yeast (barnyard, earth) with notes of wood, pepper, and coriander. Medium bodied, thin texture, flat carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, light sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness. Toasted sesame notes.


 MrChopin (206), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Dark golden color, almost amber, no head. Nose is sour citrus and hay, some funky urea in the back. A little straightforward. Mouth is pretty flat and disappointing, almost watery. Acidic flavor and a little dusty, but very simple. Short lived palate, citrus outlasting the slightly creamy lactic notes and texture. Not very impressive in its lack of both complexity and aggression, but it’s still a lambic.


 vyvvy (1756), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 28, 2008  
Just another part of a string of great beers. Pours orange with very little head. The aroma is very sour, funky yeast, citric, lactic, smooth and malty with a touch of sweetness balancing the sour and a is a touch lemony. Medium smooth lush body with no carbonation. The flavor starts with the balance of maltiness, funky wild yeast and sourness. All are apparent, but none overpowers. There is also some tangy citrus. The finish is very tart and refreshing. Another big winner from 3 Fonteinen.


 Cornfield (4343), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Sep 22, 2008  
I picked up a 12.7 oz bottle of this at the Sam-apostrophe-s in Downers Grove, IL. It poured a golden amber body, clear and headless as advertized. The aroma was wet hay, a bleu cheese, some watered pink grapefruit juice, and potting soil. The flavor had more acidity than the nose suggested and a taste of vinegar was added along with some green grape skins. The finish was sour and dry but not overpowering. Nice.


 NobleSquirrel (686), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/512/20
Sep 21, 2008  
Bottle from West Lakeview. Beer pours muddy orangey gold. No head, no carbonation, which I think hurts this one. Nose is a bit cheesy and barnyard, earthy and sour like vomit, but in a good way. Taste is much the same, a bit one dimensional, pretty sour, though nothing amazing. Okay.



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