3 Fonteinen Hommage

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

Bottle (750ml) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a lovely cherry red with an average size pinkish-white head. Aroma: Oh yeah! Sweet malt, funky yeast, tart raspberries, light spices, oak and light hops -- just awesome. Flavour follows the aroma -- well balanced tart-ey goodness! Medium bodied. Fantastic stuff, a great example of the style. Thanks for sharing Harry!

[1461-20080531] 750mL bottle. Tart raspberry aroma has lots of wood barrel sourness. Murky, dark red brown body with a medium-lasting foamy light pink head. Sour cherry flavour has some raspberry tartness a bit of pleasant dry acidity. Medium body is sour. Wonderful beverage, lovely balance, perfect state of sourness.
(Post-Mondial Tasting)

Bottle while in San Diego on 08/01/2008 for the RBSG Friday Pub Crawl. Slightly hazy red body with a small pink head. Sour, cherry aroma with some funk aroma. Very sour cherry flavor, hints of raspberry. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation.

thanks andrew. plum inside color. white head rim. nice. smells better than it tastes. smells really funky. like portabellas. nose changes a lot as you sit there, gets better, sweeter. it’s pretty drinkable and balanced. nick thinks it’s the most amazing beer ever. i don’t quite get more than 1 dimension, but i can’t ever with this style.

Pours red with a small pink head. Aroma is funky, woody, and raspberry. Very nice flavor, sweet tart and sour all balanced nicely.

750 mL bottle purchased at Liquor Max in Loveland, CO. Pours hazy ruby with an average, fizzy, off-white (ruby) head, mostly diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, hay, straw), average hops (flowers, grass), heavy yeast (horse blanket, barnyard) with notes of raspberry. Light bodied, sticky texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, light sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness.

On the RBSG 2008 bus - also served by Dr. Bill (if I remember correctly). Pours cloudy dark amber reddish pinkish brown with a white head. Nice tart, berry-like funky/horsey nose. Whoah, pretty damn puckering sour - notes of lemon, citric acidity, berries, strawberry and no shortage of brett funkiness. Very well-attenuated, light bodied with moderate carbonation. Very good.

At RBSG, one of the earliest tasted, and I’m glad of that because I still remember it well! Beautiful bright pink pour with no head. Nose and flavor were tart cherries and raspberries that finished smoothly with toasted almond and oak dryness. A real treat!