3 Fonteinen Framboos

Description

3 Fonteinen Framboos is a lambic blended with raspberries from the Pajottenland. It is bottled in 750ml bottles and was labeled as 6% ABV until the 2018 release. As of 2018, exact ABV is reported on the label and varies from batch to batch.

History / Other Notes

3 Fonteinen Framboos has been released sporadically by the brewery since at least 1990. Bottles of the 1990 Framboos were sold at De Heeren van Liedekercke as recently as 2014. According to Armand Debelder, batches of Framboos were produced throughout the 90s for consumption in the restaurant and never officially released for sale. These bottles were not labelled, but marked with the traditional pink chalk mark, indicating a Framboos. The most recent major release of Framboos was bottled in 2014 and released at the brewery and through online shops in early 2015. The 2011 batch was released at the first Sour & Bitter Festival in 2012 where it was available to drink on-site as well as to take away for 200Dkr or about $35USD. The 2011 version was also available for sale for short periods of time through various online vendors.

In 2015, the new batch of Framboos received label approval for distribution in the United States.^[1]

In 2018, 3 Fonteinen released a new batch of Framboos at Open Beer Days. This batch was a labeled as a lower ABV than previous bottlings. It used certified organic raspberries from the 2017 harvest produced by Ferme Framboos in Huldenberg, Belgium.

Since 2018, 3 Fonteinen Framboos is part of the regular lineup of releases.

Bottle Log

Bottle Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	Bottle Size	Label / Notes	Image Link
05/xx/1997	750ml	Purple chalk line on bottle
05/25/1999	750ml	Cream colored label	-
05/31/2011	750ml	-
06/18/2014	750ml	-
01/17/2018	750ml	16th blend of the 2017-2018 season. This specific Framboos macerated for 5 months on fruit. The final fruit intensity is 37% (so 370 grams of fruit per liter of finished lambic. The organic raspberries come from Ferme Framboos.
06/19/2018	750ml	64th blend of the 18/19 season. With this specific Raspberry we have tackled it slightly differently to find a different balance: a shorter maceration period of 2.5 months and lower final fruit intensity of 268 grams per liter of raspberry. The maceration was done in Bordeaux wine barrels
07/25/2018	750ml	70th blend of the 17/18 season, 6 months maceration on organic raspberries	-
01/15/2019	750ml	28th bl3nd of the 18/19 season. This specific Framboos was macerated for 5.5 months with organic raspberries. The final fruit intensity is 358 grams per liter of finished Framboos. 100% 3 Fonteinen young and semi-young lambic from 3 different barrels and 3 different brews.
01/15/2019	750ml	29th blend of the 18/19 season. This specific Framboos was macerated for 5.5 months with organic raspberries. The final fruit intensity is 354 grams per liter of finished Framboos. 100% 3 Fonteinen young and semi-young lambic from 3 different barrels and 3 different brews. Finished with fresh wort.
01/16/2019	750ml	30th blend of the 18/19 season. This specific Framboos was macerated for 5.5 months on fruit. The final fruit intensity is 358 grams of fruit per liter of finished Framboos. Young and three year old lambics originating from three barrels and threebrews. 30% 3 Fonteinen lambic and 70% lambic brewed by Brouwerij Lindemans
05/14/2019	375ml	74th blend of the 18/19 season. This specific framboos has a final fruit intensity of 403 grams of organic raspberries per liter of Framboos. This blend comes from 2 foeders and 4 different brews, 60% from Brouwerij Lindemans and 40% of our own.
08/22/2019	750ml	102nd blend of the 18/19 season. For this specific Framboos we used summer raspberries. The maceration was kept short in order to fuse the fruitiness, fruit acids, and soft lambics. The lambics used in this blend came from 3 different barrels and 5 different brews, two from Lindemans (80%) and three of our own (20%)
09/12/2019	750ml	109th blend of the 2019-2020 season. For this specific Framboos we macereated a final fruit intensity of 333 grams of summer raspberries per liter of lambic and no more lambic was added before bottling.
10/08/2019	750ml	115th blend of the 18/19 season. For this specific Framboose we used summer raspberries. The maceration lasted months. The one and two year old lambic comes from 3 differnet barrels and 3 different brews. The final fruit intensity is 332 grams of raspberry per liter of Framboos. Some honey was added at bottling (2 grams per liter)
10/08/2019	1.5L	115th blend of the 18/19 season. For this specific Framboose we used summer raspberries. The maceration lasted months. The one and two year old lambic comes from 3 differnet barrels and 3 different brews. The final fruit intensity is 332 grams of raspberry per liter of Framboos. Some honey was added at bottling (2 grams per liter)
11/15/2019	750ml	New label, non-screen printed bottle. 3rd blend of the 2019-2020 season. For this batch of Framboos, we used rapsberries from Ferme Framboos, located in beautiful Huldenberg, Flanders. These raspberries, hand-picked in teh summer of 2019, macerated for more than three months on a single oak barrel. While macerating, we only used lambik originating from one brew and one barrel, and we used another single lambik from one barrel for blending. The final fruit intensity is 378 grams of raspberries per litre of Framboos.
12/12/2019	375ml	New label, non-screen printed bottle. 11th blend of the 2019-2020 season. This specific Framboos has a final fruit intensity of 310 grams of raspberries per liter of finished Framboos. The lambikken used come from three barrels and six different brews. We used a bit of our own lambik wort to start the fermentation in the bottle.
12/18/2019	375ml	New label, non-screen printed bottle. 14th blend of the 2019-2020 season. This Framboos was created with raspberries from Ferme Framboos from beautiful Huldenberg. We macerated these for three months on jonge lamik from three different barrels and three different brews. We blended with another two jonge lambikken from two different barrels. The final fruit intensity is 284 grams of reaspberries perl iter of Framboos 100% 3 Fonteinen.

Label

Label Text (1999 version):
Young lambic with Belgian raspberries added. Unfiltered. Spontaneous refermentation in the bottle. No artificial colors or flavor enhancers added. O.B.P. Trophy 1993

Label Text (2011 version):
Oak aged lambic with 30% raspberries of Pajottenland area. Spontaneous fermentation in the bottle, not filtered. Lambic is brewed with 60% malted barley, 40% wheat, aged hops and water. OPEN CAREFULLY. This beer was created on special request from Jeppe and Henrik (Drikkeriget) whom assisted Armand Debelder in the selection of the lambic which this Framboise is made of.

Label Text (2014 version):
One year old lambic brewed at 3 Fonteinen, with an addition of 30% whole fresh raspberries from the fabled Payottenland. No artificial colors or flavor enhancers added. Lambic is brewed only from 60% barley malt, 40% unmalted wheat, hops, and water.

For decades, Armand Debelder has worked as a Geuze blender - as did his father - mixing young and old lambics from other lambic brewers to create a classic Belgian beer. Recently, Armand has started brewing his own lambic. The 3 Fonteinen beers are among the very few traditional and authentic Geuzes and Lambics being made in Belgium today.

Label 2018