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5 - Excellent (must buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brasserie Cantillon, Lambic - Fruit

Cantillon Sang Bleu

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Brewery: Brasserie Cantillon
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Previously known as Camerise Lambic

Brewer Description: (from Untappd) Lambic blend with blue honeysuckle, or haskap, berries.

For the past two years, we’ve been making a fruited blend with Camerise berries in small quantities. These berries are slightly sweet with a beautiful acidity.

We didn’t have to look very far for a its new name… a blue fruit that makes a blood-red beer: Sang Bleu. Our friend Ammo has outdone himself once again, creating a superb new label to go with its new name.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.5
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.4

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2022 vintage, with a best before date of January 2032. Poured into a Cantillon ballon glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy cherry red with a purple tint, and a thin half finger pinkish head that dissipated fairly quickly, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Blackcurrant, blueberry and oak.
Taste: Lightly sour, a touch tart, blueberry, blackcurrant, and oak.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: While it doesn’t have the complexity of some other Cantillon blends, the aroma and flavours here are what I enjoy. Super fruity, balanced and drinks real easy. Great for a hot summer day.

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

3 Fonteinen Druif Spätburgunder

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7.9%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°22, Season 21/22

Brewer Description: (from bottle) For this Druif, we macerated Spätburgunder (the German Pinot Noir) from Weingut Harth + Harth. Freshly picked in Rheinhessen. Maceration took almost four months. We only used two-and three-year old lambics, which brings the weighted average maceration upon bottling to almost 21 months. The final fruit intensity clocks at 500 grams of grapes per litre of finished Druif. Thank you Henning & family!

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.28
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°22, season 21/22, bottled on 25th January 2022. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy strawberry pinkish orange colour, with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Grape must, grape skin, redcurrant, gooseberry, dusty, wood, funk and light leather notes.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, grape skin, redcurrant, lemon zest, oak, funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Balanced enjoyable aroma and flavours.

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

3 Fonteinen Druif Müller-Thurgau

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7.9%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°27, Season 21/22

Brewer Description: (from bottle) For this iteration of Druif, we macerated the Müller-Thurgau variety. Maceration took place on a 500L barrel and lasted for four months. We used but two-year old lambics, making the weighted average age of this blend end at a good 24 months upon bottling. We used lambics from two different barrels and eight different brews. The final fruit intensity is 625 grams of grape must per litre of finished Druif. The grapes were manually picked with Weingut Harth+Harth, a biodynamic winery in Rheinhessen, Germany. Bottle count: 514 bottles.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.23
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°27, season 21/22, bottled on 3rd February 2022. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A mostly clear golden orange colour, with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Light aromas of grape must and grape skin, white wine, lemon zest, lime zest, oak, dusty, wet wood, funk.
Taste: Lightly sour, grape skin, grape, white wine vinous, citrus zest, oak, funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: First time I’ve heard of this grape variety, but the aroma and flavours of this blend were balanced and enjoyable.

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

3 Fonteinen Druif Sangiovese

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 7.8%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°44, Season 21/22

Brewer Description: (from bottle) For this Druif, we macerated Sangiovese grapes from the Siena region in Italy for almost five months on a small wine barrel. We used two-year old lambics originating from two different barrels and five different brews. The weighted average age of this blend upon bottling is almost 27 months. The final fruit intensity is 626 grams of Sangiovese grapes per litre of Druif. Bottle count: 514.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.27
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°44, season 21/22, bottled on 25th February 2022. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A mostly clear strawberry red colour, with a one finger white head that had pretty good retention while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Grape skin, red berries, lemon zest, oak, earthy, leather, funky.
Taste: Lightly sour, grape skin, red berries, lemon zest, funk, earthy, oak.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable aroma and flavours with a good balance of fruit, oak, and funk.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgian Quadrupel, Funky Fluid, Poland

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Brewery: Funky Fluid
Country: Poland
ABV: 11%
Style: Belgian Quadrupel
Other Notes: Bourbon BA Quadrupel with maple syrup & vanilla

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Quadrupel aged in bourbon barrels with addition of maple syrup & vanilla.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.32
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 330ml navy blue with glitter waxed bottle, 2022 vintage, with a best before date of 30th December 2023. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: A dark brown colour with a very thin beige head that dissipated quickly, while leaving sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Sweet, bourbon, vanilla, dried dark fruit, raisins, prunes, caramel, with notes of maple syrup.
Taste: Sweet, bourbon, raisin, prunes, figs, oak, caramel, vanilla.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: A very enjoyable sipper. The maple syrup didn’t really turn up, but the overall flavours were good.