Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Strenge Winter

Strenge Winter

 

Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen in Lot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lambic Style - Faro Special
Score
7.72
ABV: 7.1% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Strenge Winter – previously known under a slightly different name – is a special brew and blend. On January 19th 2018, we brewed a full barley malt beer wort, with pilsner, amber and munich malt (but no raw wheat). Whilst on the coolship, we added brown candi sugar. We left this beer to age for over two years on both barrels and small foeders. Prior to bottling, we blended the beer with some young 3 Fonteinen lambic and added a tad more candi sugar. This beer is brewed to Armand’s original recipe! (but #notlambic)
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bouteille 75cl partagée avec Isaac, Sergi, Costa, Bernat, Tavo, Iñaki, Nacho, Trota - El Birrot & Basque region friends mega tasting. Merci! Bottled 27/02/2020, BB 26/10/2040.
Couleur cuivre-ambre, col fin blanc-cassé.
Une sorte de revisite de la Straffe Winter - arôme délicat de sucre candi, plus un léger parfum de funk des lambics - qcq notes de fruits noirs et un rappel un peu de raisins secs.
Palais est sur une petite note douceur sucra candi résiduel repris de suite par un caractère de funk de lambics - raisins secs, barrique. Retrouve un côté un peu cristallisé du sucre candi qui se prête bien aux lambics.

Tried from Bottle at Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen & lambik-O-droom on 15 Nov 2025 at 16:33



8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Cloudy amber with a small short-lived head. Basement, vinegar, lemon, horse blanket, honey, a hint of caramel, funk, leather, old hop. Medium sour, light bitterness. Highly smooth. Nice stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2025 at 08:57


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Backlog
Flaska från Beergium drucken med ölföreningen julölsprovning 2023. Söt och syrlig med fin lambickaraktär i annan tappning. Söta äpplen, fat och honung. Mycket gott

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2025 at 13:39


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

75cl bottle from the brewery shop.
F: no.
C: coppery, hazy.
A: nice fruity funky, apples, mandarin, grapes, caramel touch, lemon, woody, candy sugar.
T: full malty base, woody, bit lactic, old lemon, bit herbal ended, dry on the palate, tarty, very intensive aroma and taste, no carbonation, very nice, fully enjoyed.

Tried from Bottle from 3 Fonteinen - Brewery / Shop on 06 Jun 2025 at 17:59



8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

(season 19 - 20) Blend No. 53 Hazy orange with medium white head. Fruity, some sugar notes, funk, caramel, musty. nice pleasant sourness works great with moderate sweetness. 8/4/8/4/17

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2023 at 22:00


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Säuerlicher, dennoch ausgesprochen weicher Beginn. Süffig, angenehm holzig, minimal Karamell. Holzig-säuerlich bleibend mit Nuancen von Beeren, weich, geringe Bitterkeit. Langer weicher Abgang und Nachgeschmack. 10/12/12/12/11/12

Tried on 22 Apr 2022 at 20:33



8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared. Clear amber to mahogany, small beige head. Quite some funk, oak, caramel, indeed some candi sugar but it’s more citrussy and mineral than sweet. Lots of cellar funk, leathery too. Medium sweet and a bit more sour. Also some not-lambic bitterness. Over medium bodied. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2022 at 19:47