3 Fonteinen Hommage

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

Bottle at Novare Res. Pours a cloudy reddish tan with a little white pinkish head. Aroma is fruits and leather. Flavor is what this baby brings to the table though. It’s got a initial bite of sweet and sourness from the yeast and fruit and has almost a fig-like flavor in malt backbone. Not an overwhelming yeast at all though, very mild mannered for a lambic...or maybe i’ve just had too many :-P Unlike most raspberry dominated lambics this one has a flavor of overripened fruits rather than unripe ones. This is a strange and unique one, a must have for sure.

Immense funky barnyard aroma typical of a solid Lambic that also is lively with a potent fruit complexity. Raspberries are most dominant here with a slight lingering of cherries settling. A pleasure to drink while enjoying all the layers.

I nearly crapped my pants when Sparky27 busted this out for Black Friday, so huge thanks to Eric! Pours ruby in color with a pink head -- very pretty for a beer. Very barnyard -- loaded with the aroma of funky yeast and underripe raspberries. Tastes aggressively of Worchestire sauce at the front of the palate followed by an almost Kool-Aid-like tart cherry/raspberry flavor on the finish. Unique and memorable. Glad to have had this one.

Sample think that sparky 27 was responsible for this one two. Raspberry sour aroma with what seemed to be winter silage aroma from the old cold Wis days. Good raspberry flavor with a sourness to it. Also something in there couldn’t quite figure out what it was. So will just call it the funk you guys talk about.

pours a reddish pink white head aroma raspberry kool aid vinegar. flavor is rasp berry medicine wet dog mold acidic sourness lemon funk. good sour.

Bottle dated 14/02/2007, bought at the brewery store in July 2008, consumed on 21/11/2009. Appearance is bright purple, starts clear and progresses to cloudy/chunky due to my poor pouring skills. Soda-pop head that starts vigorously but disappears in seconds to leave no bubbles or lacing. Smell changes every nanosecond. Vinegar, sour cherries, horse, raspberries, dust, and about a million other things - all at the same time. Taste was amazing. Defies words. Sweet and sour all at once. Evident fruit. Must, dust and mold, and sweaty animals. Vinegar, the high end balsamic type from Modena. Mouthfeel is orgasmic. Drinkability is top of the line, not just for lambics, but for all beer. Nothing short of miraculous.

750...capped. wow. thanks, sprinkle, among others, for sending one out. this is a frickin incredible beer. pours a murky raspberry red with no head or lace. humongous tart raspberry nose. some wood showing. creamy medium body, fairly flat. berries and wood on the mid palate...not insanely complex, but thoroughly delicious. long tart finish.

750ml foiled, corked, caged and dated 2/14/2007; shared by after4ever. Hazy rose with beautiful lacy small bubbles. Horse blankets, raspberry, oak, minerals, awesome! Super effervescent up front with earthy wood, minerals, aspirin, tart berry...so f’ing good. Barnyardie funk as well...thanks Tom, I love this!