3 Fonteinen Braambes

Description

3 Fonteinen Braambes is a blend of young lambic and hand-picked organic blackberries. It is bottled in 75cl bottles and is listed as 6.2% ABV. It is the first large scale commercial release of a blackberry lambic by 3 Fonteinen after previously making various appearances as part of the Twist of Fate series.

History / Other Notes

Braambes was first released in 2019. The maceration ratio is 1 kilogram of fruit per liter of lambic and was macerated in the barrels. This release is a continuation of the cooperation between 3 Fonteinen and Ferme Framboos.

Bottle Log

Bottle Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	Bottle Size	Label / Notes	Image Link
02/12/2019	750ml	38th blend of the 2018-2019 season. This specific blackberry lambic macerated for 4.5 months on fruit. The final fruit intensity is 426 grams of fruit per liter of blackberry lambic. This lambik comes from four barrels and four different brews. 75% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic and 25% Lindemans brewed lambic.
01/26/2021	750ml	21st blend of the 2020-21 season. For this Braam, we sourced hand-picked blackberries from Ferme Framboos in Huldenberg, Vlaams-Braban, Belgium. We macerated these for three months in a 50/50 cut with lambikken from five different barrels and five different brews. Before bottling, we added lambikken from another barrel and two different brews. The majority of the lambikken that we used are 3 Fonteinen brewed, and one quarter of those are from our own Braban farmers' collective. The final fruit intensityy is 384 grams of blackberries per litre of Braam.