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3 Fonteinen Druif Sylvaner (Harth+Harth)

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8.1%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°42, Season 22/23. Number of bottles – 1315

Brewer Description: (from bottle) For this Druif, we macerated Sylvaner grapes from Harth+Harth, for more than four months on an oak barrel. We used two- and three-year lambikken only, rendering the weighted average age of this blend to more than 26 months. The final fruit intensity clocks at more than 584 grams of grapes per litre. Almost 80% of the cereals for the five brews were sourced with our local farmers.

A few years ago, we started working with the most progressive low-intervention winemakers around Europe. Harth+Harth is a family-owned Demeter-certified organic winery from Saulheim in the German wine region of Rheinhessen.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.25

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°42, season 22/23, bottled on 9th February 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very nice clear golden colour with a half finger white head that had pretty good retention, while leaving only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Grape must, grape skin, peach, crisp green apple, oak, with light funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, vinous, grape skin, grape pomace, apple, oak, musty, funk, and a splash of lime.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Good aroma and flavours make it enjoyable and easy drinking.

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Pellicle Collision: Gelber Muskateller

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Brewery: Pellicle Vergistingen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2024 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This beer is a blend of 1 & 2 year old lambics and our very first self brewed beer from 2,5 years old. It was macerated on Gelber Muskateller grapes from Nahe, Germany and blended with 30% of wine made from the same grapes. Aged on ex-Bordeaux barrels.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.49

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, with a best before date of May 2027. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A mostly clear golden colour with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Lightly tart, yellow stone fruit, peach, apricot, sweet fleshy white wine grapes, citrus orange notes, with some vinous notes.
Taste: Sour, tart, white wine grapes, yellow stone fruit, apricot, nectarines, citrusy, orange peel, a touch of honey, and light vinous notes with a slight funk on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Great aroma and flavours, and just drinks really well.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, Pellicle Vergistingen

Pellicle Satureja

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Brewery: Pellicle Vergistingen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2024 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) In 2022 we macerated Gorsem cherries on 2 year old lambic and barrel aged it after 6 months of maceration for another year. In 2023 we did the same; maceration of Gorsem cherries on 2 year old lambic for 6 months. We blended these 2 cherry lambics together and added fresh Satureja herb to them.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.37

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2024 vintage, with a best before date of January 2027. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very nice deep ruby red colour with a one finger pink head that had good retention, and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, cherry, blackberry, sweet mandarin, lemon zest, with a hint of thyme.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherry, marzipan notes, almond, lemon zest, and a hint of herbal like thyme (which I’m guessing is from the satureja).
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nice aroma and flavours with an interesting herbal touch that works well with the cherries.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Bofkont, Lambic - Fruit

Bofkont Barbera (White Label)

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Brewery: Bofkont
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2021 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Blend of 1, 2, 3, years old lambic with Barbera grapes from Piëmonte in Italy. The blend is a collaboration with our friends from La Carlina Winery near Alba. This blend had a second fermentation in the bottle.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2021 vintage, bottled on 16th December 2022. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A deep reddish purple colour, with a one finger pink head, that had decent retention, while leaving sparse lacing.
Aroma: Tart, grape skin, red wine vinous, cherry, light funk, lemon zest.
Taste: Light sour, tart, red wine vinous, grape skin, cherry, with a slight hint of booze.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Very vinous with good enjoyable aroma and flavours. But perhaps one of the few beers I prefer less carbonation.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Lambic - Fruit

3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot XIV.iv: Langste Nacht 2019 Krieken Op Het Koelschip

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.8%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°47, Season 20/21. Number of bottles – 1229

Brewer Description: (from bottle) On the Longest Night of 2019 on December 21st – as we do every year – we experimented around the brewhouse and the coolship. Aside from the three blends featured in this Twist of Fate-series, that day we also put some sherry barrel staves directly on the coolship to macerate in the cooling lambik wort. We used that lambik in an Oude Geuze blend (season 20|21, blend n° 44). For this Speling van het Lot, we blended a lambik that was macerated with sour cherries on the coolship during that same Longest Night. The weighted average age of the blend upon bottling is about sixteen months. More than 20% of the cereals used was sourced in the Pajottenland. 100% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambik.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.13
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°47, season 20/21, bottled on 13th April 2021, bottle number 0902/1229. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark orange colour with a slight pinkish tinge, and a thin white head that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Cherry skin, cherry, oak, lemon, sherry, musty, damp wood, funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherry skin, cherry, almond, oak, lemon zest, candied lemon, funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Overall: Nice and easy drinking, although the cherries are not as intense as the regular Kriek.