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

3 Fonteinen Rabarber

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°24, Season 20/21

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This Rabarber is the result of a six-month barrel maceration of local rhubarb, of which a small part was sourced with a Halle resident but most comes from De Groentelaar, one of our cereal farmers (and also specialized in organic vegetables, fruits, … and rhubarb). We used two different lambikken from two different barrels, equally split between a young lambik for macerating and a two-year old lambik for blending. The final fruit intensity is at 328 grams of rhubarb per litre of rabarber. 100% 3 Fonteinen. Bottle count: 726.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.14
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°24, season 20/21, bottled on 8th February 2021. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy golden orange colour with a very thin white head that dissipated quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving pretty much no lacing.
Aroma: Tangy, zesty, lemon, earthy, rhubarb, funk, and wood.
Taste: Lightly tart, lemon, citrus zest, stone fruit sweetness, peach, rhubarb, apple peel, woody, funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable sweet, woody and funky flavours with a nice stone fruit and rhubarb mix.

4 - Good (buy), American Strong Ale, Beer Reviews, The Lost Abbey, USA

Lost Abbey Box Set Track #11 (Devil Went Down to Georgia)

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Brewery: The Lost Abbey
Country: USA
ABV: 12.5%
Style: Strong Ale – American
Other Notes: Bourbon barrel-aged ale with peaches & black tea

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Henry Jones Sr. and his son loved to fiddle each evening at dusk; their notes sweetly carried through the wooded acres. Their farm, Jones Peaches, was a southern institution. Many whispered their fiddling coaxed sugars from the earth making them the juiciest peaches known to man. Heaven smiled daily on the Jones’ until tragedy struck, summoning Henry Sr. to his final resting place. Henry Jr. assumed his father’s farming, but the peaches slowly became less sweet. Sales plummeted as bills piled up. One evening a curious banker in an orange suit arrived with an offer… One song, two fiddles – a duel with the land deed in the balance. Neighbors witnessed an evil thrashing and heaven guided harmonics that night. The man in orange left his gilded fiddle on top of the deed, never to be heard from again. Soon the whispers of JP’s greatness returned as Henry Sr. smiled down from above.

My rating: 4-
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.05
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A corked and caged 12.7 fl. oz. bottle, 2017 vintage, poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A dark brown colour with pretty much no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Chocolate cake, caramel, toffee, bourbon, dark rum, vanilla, black tea, dark fruit, and peachy notes.
Taste: Chocolate, caramel, bourbon, lightly herbal, black tea, oak, and a lasting bittersweet finish.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with soft to no carbonation.
Overall: An interesting and enjoyable sipper. The black tea is there and I can even imagine the peaches at times. It makes me wonder if the peaches were more noticeable fresher, and what it would have been like.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Flanders Red Ale, The Lost Abbey, USA

Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme

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Brewery: The Lost Abbey
Country: USA
ABV: 12.5%
Style: Flanders Red Ale
Other Notes: Barrel-aged wild ale with sour cherries

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Bourbon & wine barrel-aged wild ale with sour cherries. You are holding in your hands one of the most elusive and sought after small batch beers known simply as Cuvee. Our Cuvee de Tomme is a blend of Old World brewing traditions and New World brewing processes. It is made from our Judgment Day ale, then aged in American bourbon and French oak wine barrels. We add some fantastic wild yeasts and sour cherries to the barrels, creating a secondary fermentation. After one year, our brewers then get together to work out the final blend. This means that each batch of Cuvee will vary slightly between bottlings. Yet, the result will always be a memorable drinking experience.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.55
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.4

Intro: A corked and caged 1 pint 9.4 fl. oz. bottle with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: It was a dark brownish red colour, with a thin beige head that dissipated quickly, while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Cherry, vanilla, blackcurrant, oak, graphite, cabernet sauvignon.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry, vanilla, oak, with light notes of caramel, chocolate and bourbon, and a lightly acidic finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Complex and enjoyable. Loved the aroma, while the taste was good but perhaps just a touch acidic.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Kaki Lambic

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Brewery: OWA Brewery SPRL
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Brewed at Brouwerij De Troch

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Persimmon.

My rating: 3-
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.42
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.4

Intro: A 375ml orange paper wrapped cap bottle, 2019 vintage. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy golden orange colour with a thin big bubbled white head that dissipated quickly, while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Persimmon, green vines, raw cabbage, lemon zest, funk, dusty.
Taste: Sour, tart, lemon, persimmon, earthy, acidic, vinegar.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Persimmon was there, but a bit lost at times, as the aroma was more green and vegetal, while the taste was more sour, citric, and vinegar.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Lambic - Fruit, OWA Brewery SPRL

OWA Lambic Rose

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Brewery: OWA Brewery SPRL
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Brewed at Brouwerij De Troch

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Lambic Rose was made by immersing real rose flowers. And this romantic color comes from rosehip and hibiscus flowers. Lambic is fermented wild yeast and matured wooden barrel. Not added perfume, pigment, even yeast. The flower language of red rose is “Love” and “Passion”, and hibiscus “Femininity” and “Beauty”. The extract of rosehip gives piece of mind and beautiful skin. Lambic Rose with your lovely time…

My rating: 3-
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.59
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.5

Intro: A 375ml corked and red paper wrapped cap bottle, 2018 vintage, with a best before date of October 2023. Poured into an OWA short stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy copper amber colour with a two finger beige head that had decent retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Funky, damp wood, sweat, gooseberry, apple peel, leafy, green vines, grass, dry floral petals.
Taste: Sour, lime, lemon, citrus peel, floral tea, hibiscus, light funk, wet wood, and notes of grapefruit.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: The pour and mouthfeel was good, but the floral notes in the aroma and flavour were not really my thing.

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