3 Fonteinen Doesjel

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

Bottle. Strong aroma of barnyard pungency and slightly sweet fruitiness (pear, apple, peach) with a dominate lactic note. Clear and nearly still pinkish-orange. Impressive mouthfeel, full-bodied but wholly lacking in carbonation. The flavor is a simple tartness with a touch of fruit character. Enjoyable. There is a lack of depth, especially in regards to the rounded funky/barnyard flavors common to the style.

@ a tasting, pours orange with no head, acidic& wet aroma with notes of cucumber, olives & white wine, flavor is dry with some lemon, leather, wet leaves, barnyard, white wine and mold, complex body, nice & gentle lambic.

Purchased at Perry’s in Livermore. Bottled on 02/23/2006. The cork had this dried brown material at the rim of the bottle. Cork comes out without any sort of pop. Pours with virtually no carbonation. Mostly transparent apple juice color with no head. Aroma has some sour and acetic notes, with a little floral character, too. A little cidery. Starts initially tart, sour, and acetic. Not too over the top, though. Becomes a little sweet in the middle. Finishes with a rather pleasant saltine cracker-like flavor. No carbonation on the mouthfeel, which is unfortunate.

12 oz. at Beer Engine into tulip. Beautiful golden pour (kind of like a cloudier version of the Viking Blod mead), flat of course. Aroma like a slightly funkified apple cider, taste has that same clean bite. This was delightful.

At a tasting, many thanks DSG, no head, murky orangy colour, aromas of lemon vinegar, white fruits, moss and manure, quite sour with some white fruits but a bit one dimensional. Very pleasant lambic.

Bottled. The aroma is tart, has dusty yeast and citric fruitiness. hazy, orange coloured beer with a medium, white head. The taste is acidic, tart and has horse blanket, citrus. Tartness is medium, not a too heavy gueuze this is. Nice one.

Bottle: that was great, thanks zvika, musty, wet wood, lemon peel bitterness, hay, some tannin, one of the best lambic i tasted so far.

Orange color, slightly hazy, with a very small head. The smell is fruity with lots of funky notes and some acidity. It has quite a mild taste. The flavor is tart with some added sweetness. Mild fruit notes of lemon and green apples. Hints of wood. Rather clean character. The finish also clean with a very gentle bitterness and mild tartness. Medium body, basically no carbonation. Good, but slightly uninteresting. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)