3 Fonteinen Straffe Winter

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

75cl green glass bottle that is gold foiled, caged and corked with a bottled on date of 25/01/2008 and best by date of 01/2012. I’m drinking this March 18, 2013 so it has had time to funk right up, hopefully. It pours copper with a slight haze and supporting a light tan colored head of foam. The aroma is a mix of aged cherries and wet old wood with a good dose of earthy moldy basement every now and then. A few more tugs and I get an additional light note of sweet something, malts maybe. This smells like a slightly soured barleywine, I like it. The taste is woody tart aged cherries that leans into a blunted basement wet plank of wood like sensation. It is smooth and blunted and blended and a little thin on the palate. Nice stuff.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

750ml bottle shared by Dallas
Appearance: Clear golden with a small off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Tart fruit, caramel, woody and cherries
Taste: Tart cherries, caramel and woody
Very nice and easy drinking.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

75cl bottle from Vinmonopolet, Vika. Pours clear amber with almost no head. Not much carbonation left (BB: 01/2012). Aroma of barnyard, horse blanket, raisins, honey brown sugar, balsamico and a hint of citrus. Delicious smell! Quite sour with some sweetness, but far less than expected. Nice intense sourness with some acidity. Very dry finish followed by a quite long aftertaste. Quite different, but very nice!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle shared thanks to Wingmane, a bloody Faro tick: Poured a caramel orange with a bubble head. Aroma is dusty, funky, berries, acidic, musty, woodsy. Taste is sour tart, fruity, berries, oaky, woods, mild acidic.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Sample from bottle at HaandBryggeriet Beer Festival, Drammen. Slightly cloudy brownish golden colour, moderate white head. Lovely complex aroma of sour fruits, horseblanket and farmhouse. Sour & sweet flavour, sour fruits, white wine vinegar, some kandij sugar.