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3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot XII.i: Braam On A Toast – Blended & Alive

Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.9%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°15, Season 18/19. Number of bottles – 1088

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen “Speling van het Lot” (Twist of Fate) is a series of small batch experimental brews, barrel maturations, fruit macerations and/or blends. This 12th version features a 10.5 month maceration of blackberries on a medium toasted 1,000 litre barrel. The total fruit intensity is a staggering 843 grams of fruit per litre of finished blackberry lambic.

My rating: 4-
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.12
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°15, season 18/19, bottled on 13th December 2018. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy dark amber crimson colour with a very thin white head and pretty much no lacing.
Aroma: Blackberry seeds, blackberry jam, wood, with some light funk.
Taste: Tart, lightly sour, blackberry, blackberry seed, lemon zest, wood, and light funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to no carbonation.
Overall: Good blackberry aroma and flavours, but my preference is for some carbonation, and there is a distinct lack of it here.