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In December 2016, in a collaboration with the Belgian specialty store Tasttoe Two, 3 Fonteinen released 150 gift packs (75 available at the brewery and 75 available at Tasttoe Two) called "The Perfect Date" which contained one bottle of the first batch of Zenne y Frontera, one bottle of Bodegas Tradicion Oloroso (30 year Sherry), and one bottle of Bodegas Tradicion Pedro Ximinez (20 year Sherry). The price was 195 euro.
The second batch of Zenne y Frontera is limited to approximately 3,000 bottles. This batch contains lambic that has been in the barrels since the spring of 2013 as well as younger lambic that had been used to top off the sherry barrels that were not fully emptied in a type of Solera method. The average age of lambic in the second bottling is more than 45 months. Batch 2 of Zenne y Frontera remains the only batch to have been produced using the Solera method.
In March 2017, the brewery received 21 more Oloroso sherry and 9 more Pedro Ximénez sherry barrels.
<!-- Between 2017 and the late summer of 2019, no new batches of Zenne y Frontera were released. However, four new batches were blended and bottled in 2018, two of which (batches 3 and 4) used the Solera method extending the average age of the lambic used to as old as 60 months. For [[3_Fonteinen_Open_Beer_Days|Open Beer Days]] 2019, these four batches were released as a boxed set. -->
== Bottle Log ==
==Batch 1 Label==
[[File:Label 3F Zenne y Frontera.jpg|600px|frameless]] <br> <br>
'''<u>Label Text (Dutch):</u> <br>'''
'''''Zenne y Frontera''''' is een unieke creatie van meesterbrouwer en -geuzesteker Armand Debelder en maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer.
Dit natuurlijke millésime bier is een assemblage van jonge lambieken die nog eens 12 maanden gerust hebben op 40 jaar oude Oloroso en PX sherry vaten. Door de lange rijping worden de geuzige toetsen van onze authentieke 3 Fonteinen lambiek geaccentueerd door de typische, fijne Oloroso en Pedro Ximénez karakterteristieken. Door de Zenne y Frontera voorzichtig te karafferen evolueert het aroma en de smaak van deze unieke lambiek van fris zurig naar een complex notig en vol fruitig boeket.
'''<u>Label Text (English):</u> <br>'''
'''''Zenne y Frontera''''' is a unique creation from master-brewer and geuze-blender Armand Debelder and maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer.
[[File: Label_Zenne_y_Frontera_Solera.jpg|600px|frameless]] <br> <br>
'''<u>Label Text (Dutch):</u> <br>'''
Voor de eerste versie van Zenne y Frontera werden 9 Oloroso vaten en 3 PX vaten gevuld met jonge lambik. Na een jaar rijping werden de karaktereigenschappen van de fijnste de sherries en de 40 jaar oude fusten langzaam opgenomen door de 3 Fonteinen lambik. Van alle vaten werd de helft van het volume samen geassembleerd en gebotteld en de tonnen werden terug opgevuld met jonge lambik - onze interpretatie van de "solera" methode.
Voor deze tweede tirage werd opnieuw slechts de helft van alle vaten geassembleerd en gebotteld. Na nog eens 17 maanden rijping op de fles bedraagt de gemiddelde leeftijd van dit natuurlijk en verfijnd traditioneel lambiekbier meer dan 45 maanden. De oplage van deze batch is 3,000 flessen.
'''<u>Label Text (English):</u> <br>'''
With the first version of Zenne y Frontera, 9 Oloroso barrels and 3 PX barrels were filled with young lambic. After one year of oak maturation, the characteristics of the finest sherries and the 40 year old casks integrated with the 3 Fonteinen lambic. Only half of the volume of all casks was blended and bottled and the barrels were filled again with young lambic - our interpretation of the "solera" method.
For this second edition, again only half of all barrels was blended and bottled. After another 17 months of bottle maturation, the average age of this naturally refined traditional lambic beer is more than 45 months. This batch is limited to 3,000 bottles.
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==Batch 3 Label==
[[File:Zenne y Frontera 750 - B3 - 26 01 2018.jpg|475px|frameless]]
'''<u>Label Text (Dutch):</u> <br>'''3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is een unieke creatie van Armand Debelder en maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. Dit natuurlijke millésime bier is een assemblage van jonge traditionele lambikken die verder gerust hebben op veertig jaar oude authentieke Oloroso en Pedro Ximénez sherryvaten. Zenne y Frontera is de perfecte symbiose van enkele koppige karakters, vele wilde ideeën, immens fijne aroma’s en twee mooie streken.
'''<u>Label Text (English):</u> <br>'''3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is a unique creation of Armand Debelder and maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. This natural millésime beer is a blend of young traditional lamics that have aged on forty-year old authentic Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. Zenne y Frontera is the perfect symbiosis of a few stubborn characters, a lot of wild ideas, a vast palette of aromas, and two beautiful regions.
'''<u>Blend Details: </u>'''Batch 3: From the original 12 barrels purchased in 2012, only seven survived after two solera cycles. This batch is a blend of five of these barrels, back blended with a small portion of young 3 Fonteinen lambic. Hence, the average age of these lambics is over 60 months. Because of the sensitivity of the lambic pellicle compared to that of sherries, the solar method will be discontinued.
==Batch 4 Label==
[[File:Zenne y Frontera 750 - B4 - 31 01 2018.jpg|475px||frameless]]
'''<u>Label Text (Dutch):</u> <br>'''3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is een unieke creatie van Armand Debelder en maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. Dit natuurlijke millésime bier is een assemblage van jonge traditionele lambikken die verder gerust hebben op veertig jaar oude authentieke Oloroso en Pedro Ximénez sherryvaten. Zenne y Frontera is de perfecte symbiose van enkele koppige karakters, vele wilde ideeën, immens fijne aroma’s en twee mooie streken.
'''<u>Label Text (English):</u> <br>'''3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is a unique creation of Armand Debelder and maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. This natural millésime beer is a blend of young traditional lamics that have aged on forty-year old authentic Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. Zenne y Frontera is the perfect symbiosis of a few stubborn characters, a lot of wild ideas, a vast palette of aromas, and two beautiful regions.
'''<u>Blend Details: </u>'''Batch 4. From the original first 12 barrels purchased in 2012, only seven survived after two solar cycles. This batch is a blend of two of these barrels, blended with lambics from the second run of sherry barrels and back blended with a small portion of young 3 Fonteinen lambic. Hence, the average age of these lambics is still over 45 months. Because of the sensitivity of the lambic pellicle compared to the sherries, the solera method will be discontinued.
==Batch 5 Label==
[[File:Zenne y Frontera 750 - B5 - 11 04 2018.jpg|475px||frameless]]
'''<u>Label Text (Dutch):</u> <br>'''3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is een unieke creatie van Armand Debelder en maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. Dit natuurlijke millésime bier is een assemblage van jonge traditionele lambikken die verder gerust hebben op veertig jaar oude authentieke Oloroso en Pedro Ximénez sherryvaten. Zenne y Frontera is de perfecte symbiose van enkele koppige karakters, vele wilde ideeën, immens fijne aroma’s en twee mooie streken.
'''<u>Label Text (English):</u> <br>'''3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is a unique creation of Armand Debelder and maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. This natural millésime beer is a blend of young traditional lamics that have aged on forty-year old authentic Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. Zenne y Frontera is the perfect symbiosis of a few stubborn characters, a lot of wild ideas, a vast palette of aromas, and two beautiful regions.
'''<u>Blend Details: </u>'''Batch 5. Beginning of 2017, we acquired a second set of 21 Oloroso and 7 PX barrels and aged young lambic on them for another year. We lost 4 barrels along the way and we blended 12 barrels for this blend and 12 barrels for batch 6 (blend 50). Average age of over 2.5 years upon release, no backblending. 100% 3 Fonteinen lambic.
==Batch 6 Label==
[[File:Zenne y Frontera 750 - B6 - 11 04 2018.jpg||475px||frameless]]
'''<u>Label Text (Dutch):</u> <br>'''3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is een unieke creatie van Armand Debelder en maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. Dit natuurlijke millésime bier is een assemblage van jonge traditionele lambikken die verder gerust hebben op veertig jaar oude authentieke Oloroso en Pedro Ximénez sherryvaten. Zenne y Frontera is de perfecte symbiose van enkele koppige karakters, vele wilde ideeën, immens fijne aroma’s en twee mooie streken.
'''<u>Label Text (English):</u> <br>'''3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is a unique creation of Armand Debelder and maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. This natural millésime beer is a blend of young traditional lamics that have aged on forty-year old authentic Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. Zenne y Frontera is the perfect symbiosis of a few stubborn characters, a lot of wild ideas, a vast palette of aromas, and two beautiful regions.
'''<u>Blend Details: </u>'''Batch 6. Beginning of 2017, we acquired a second set of 21 Oloroso and 7 PX barrels and aged young lambic on them for another year. We lost 4 barrels along the way and we blended 12 barrels for this blend and 12 barrels for batch 5 (blend 49). Average age of over 2.5 years upon release, no backblending. 100% 3 Fonteinen lambic. -->
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