Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8.2%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°44, Season 22/23. Number of bottles – 865

Brewer Description: (from bottle) For this Druif, we macerated hand-picked Austrian Blaufränkisch grapes for about five months on an oak barrel and on three-year old lambik, before blending it with two- and three-year old lambikken. This grape lambik has a weighted average age of more than 28 months at the moment of bottling. The final fruit intensity is 371 grams of grapes per litre.

A few years ago, we started working with the most progressive low-intervention winemakers around Europe. Claus Preisinger is renowned for his innovative approach in his vineyard, involving natural and regenerative farming. His Weingut is located in Burgenland, Austria.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.59

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°44, season 22/23, bottled on 9th February 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very nice cherry red colour with a slight purple tinge, and a half finger pinkish head that had pretty good retention, while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Grape skin, red wine vinous, blackberry, oak, with light dusty notes.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, blackcurrant, blackberry, grape skin, red wine vinous, oak, and a touch of funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Loved the flavours in this, as the blackcurrant, blackberry and red wine vinous notes just worked really well together. Really tasty and just works for me.