3 Fonteinen Hommage

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

Courtesy of kramer17801. Cloudy, hazy ruby red body with a small beige head with a slight pink tint. Sour pie cherry nose with cheese, lactic acid, light berry and horseblanket. The flavor is lightly sweet, moderately sour with an enormous amount of sour pie cherries, lots of raspberry, some yogurt, cheese, melon and lemon. Medium body is soft with moderate carbonation. Finish is very long with a lasting pithiness.

Bottle pops open with a bang. Pours murky red/copper, when held to the light reveals itself an absolute blood red, hazy, fizzy, nice small lacing. Big sour nose with earth, must, grass, raspberries, pomegranites, cherries, lemons. Flavor is an impressive montage, first of a noble geuze, hay, lemons, grass, soil, giving rise to elegant assortments of fresh raspberries, sour cherries, pomegranite, and lemon rind. Acidity is pretty high, sometimes too much so. Otherwise, a really impressive framboise, soft, fruity, and complex.

Thanks a ton miketd. Pours a very nice ruddy pink with a flurry of carbonation and a thin pink fizzy head. Very pretty in the glass. The nose is very very tart, raspberries and cherries show through, spicy, woody, some earthiness. The flavor is very tart and acidic, fruity, spicy, woody. The palate is very lively from the bottle conditioning and leaves a long sweet tart finish. Wonderful brew.

Bottle shared by sliffy. Deep ruby pour with a white film. Aroma of funk, wood, sour vinous fruits, and barnyard. Flavors were sour/tart berries, oak, pale malt, and funk. Light body, sour/tart/woody with a woody/sour finish. Nice stuff!

Bottle @ LCRBM 08: Poured a pinkish red with a pink-white head. The aroma was sour fruit of cherries and raspberries. The taste was soft sour fruit with a bit acid and malt. I’m not at all a lambic fan, but I am sure I could have drank a whole bottle of this!

750ml, thanks cmubeerman - dated Feb., 14th, 2007. Cloudy pink color with a pinkish head. Aroma is awesome. Super sour and tart, light berry notes, musty, woody, wet hay/wool. Flavor of sweet tarts and sour cherries and raspberries. Finish is almost painful and lemony. Light drinking and superb.

Bottle: (Thanks ygtbsm94!) Pours a deep hazy red with a pinkish head. The aroma is both fruity and funky/sweet and tart with tart raspberry, sweeter notes of cherry (almond-like) notes along with a crisp earthy acidity, barnyard/horse blanket, brie cheese funk and leather. Has a medium acidity on the palate. Flavor is very tart/almost sour. Acidic raspberry skin character is evident, followed by a subtle sweet note from the cherry which is marzipan-like. Then lots of funk come out with cork, leather, mild salty notes, barnyard and residual acetic flavors. Has a mineral-y note into the bone dry finish. Very well integrated fruit notes; this is great stuff.

Pours ruby red with an light red head bubbly head that dissapates quickly. Aroma of barnyard, wood, cherries, and raspberries. Taste is wood to start with the cherry and raspberry showing up in the middle with a nice tart ending. What a great balanced mix of flavors without anything overpowering the other. Thanks Grim!!!