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

3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot VIII.iii: Schaarbeekse (+ Framboos) on a Toast – Blended & Alive

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.3%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°48, Season 17/18. Number of bottles – 2431

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 8th version features the maceration of Schaarbeekse cherries on charred/toasted barrels. These noblest of sour cherries have been sourced in the gardens of and hand-picked by more than 50 families around Brussels. This Schaarbeekse On A Toast has macerated for 266 days (over 8.5 months) on a fresh 1,000 liter medium toasted French oak barrel… and we added the same proportion of organic raspberries from the Ferme Framboos. After the maceration, the fruit lambic was blended with young lambic for a continued fermentation in the bottle. The total fruit intensity is 278 grams of fruit per liter of bottled fruit lambic. 100% 3 Fonteinen lambic.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.19
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°48, season 17/18, bottled on 5th April 2018. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy strawberry red, with a very thin white head that disappeared almost immediately, while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Cherry, raspberry, slightly jammy, dusty, wood, straw, funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherry, cherry pits, raspberry, lemon zest, wood, with a touch of vinegar.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft to no carbonation.
Overall: Good cherry and raspberry notes, but I do prefer more carbonation, and it was a bit lacking here.

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

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

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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.

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

3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot IX.ix: Aardbeiiteraties: Aardbei + Kriek – Blended & Alive with some wort

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 5.9%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°47, Season 18/19. Number of bottles – 939

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 9th version features a range of strawberry maceration iterations aiming at balancing the intense fruitiness of strawberries with the subtleties of traditional lambic while minimising the unpleasant phenolic characteristics of the small pits. For this fruit lambic we barrel macerated sour cherries on a previous barrel macerated strawberry lambic (featured in the ToF IX.viii). The proportion is 70% strawberries to 30% sour cherries, while the final intensity is 462 grams of fruit per liter of finished fruit lambic. Additional maceration took another 4 months, and while blending, we primed with fresh wort instead of refined sugar.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.48
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.4

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°47, season 18/19, bottled on 1st March 2019. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy amber pinkish orange colour with a two finger white head that had pretty good retention and eventually settled to a nice replenishing cap, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Zingy, strawberry jammy, strawberry seeds, light cherry, orange peel, wood, hay, funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, strawberry, yoghurt, lemon, cherry, wood, straw, funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable aroma and flavours. The strawberries really shine through which is rare in most beers that have tried incorporating strawberries.

5 - Excellent (must buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Lambic - Fruit

3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot XVI.v: Intense Schaarbeekse

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.8%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°23, Season 20/21. Number of bottles – 1306

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This Speling van het Lot features an intense version of Schaarbeekse Kriek. In the summer of 2020, we had a good yield from the harvest with more than 70 local families. We split the maceration over different larger and smaller barrels and tanks. This maceration is the same as the 22nd blend, but we only added a small portion of young lambik prior to bottling. This way, the final fruit intensity clocks at 545 grams of Schaarbeekse sour cherries per litre of finished Intense Schaarbeekse. 100% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambik.

My rating: 5
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.94
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.9

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°23, season 20/21, bottle 658/1306, bottled on 28th January 2021. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very attractive dark ruby red colour with a two finger pinkish head that had good retention and eventually settled to a thin replenishing cap, while leaving nice lacing.
Aroma: Juicy, cherry, marzipan, almond, vanilla, oak, lemon zest, with a touch of funk.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, cherry, marzipan, almond, oak, lemon zest.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Wow, this really works for me, and reminded me a bit of SVHL II.ii: Robijn Blended & Alive, which I think was my favourite 3F, but this might just take the cake. Really intense cherry and marzipan flavours, which I enjoy, and just balanced and really great to drink.

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

3 Fonteinen Speling van het Lot X.xv: Druif: Riesling II

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Brewery: Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8.6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Blend°36, Season 20/21. Number of bottles – 592

Brewer Description: (from bottle) In the summer of 2020, we received a few hundred kilos of beautiful Riesling grapes from Harth + Harth, a small organic winemaker from the wonderful Rheinhessen region in Germany. We macerated the full grapes with jonge lambik during five months on an ex-Bordeaux barrel. We blended with some 15-month oude lambik before bottling. The final fruit intensity clocks at 674 grams of grapes per litre of Druif. Of the used cereals for the lambikken, almost one quarter was sourced in Pajottenland. All lambikken were brewed by 3 Fonteinen. Thank you Henning and Harth family!

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.34
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°36, season 20/21, bottle 227/592, bottled on 16th March 2021. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy golden colour with a half finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Tart, spritzy, Riesling vinous, green vines, woody, light funk.
Taste: Lightly sour, white wine vinous, Riesling, grape skin, lemon zest, leather, green vines, woody, funk.
Mouthfeel: Dry, medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Good enjoyable aroma and flavours that made it really easy to drink.