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Saturday, June 14, 2014

3 Fonteinen Golden Doesjel

2 more cases arrived





3 Fonteinen Golden Doesjel....$18.99 / 375ml
"A blend of one, two, three and four-year old lambic, fermented and matured in oak casks by wild yeasts carried on the open air.  During re-fermentation the younger yeasts have inexplicably gone dormant - knocked off early for a long snooze, you might say - which halts the fermentation, assuring that you will taste the original flavors of the lambics in their purest form.  Doesjel, in Flemish, means, roughly, "Snoozer."    This Doesjel will pour without a foamy head, exactly like unblended lambic.  Lambic is brewed 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 the classic beer of Belgium.  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.


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