| Description: | Plum Lambic • 6.8% ABV • Lot, Vlaanderen
Blend n° 21 • seizoen 19|20 • bottle count: 684 For the last
two summer seasons, unfortunately, peach harvest was
almost non-existing with Ludo Rosseels, the last peach
grower of importance in Belgium. Luckily, he also has some
plum trees that we are fortunate to be able to harvest from.
Last summer, we were able to harvest about 250 kilos of
Sultana plums from his fields. We macerated these on an
ex-Bordeaux barrel with young lambik for five and a half
months. We blended with some jonge lambik prior to
bottling. This way, we used lambikken from four different
barrels and four different brews. The final fruit intensity is at
500 grams of plums per litre. 100% 3 Fonteinen. Brouwerij
3 Fonteinen “Speling van het Lot” (Twist of Fate) is a series
of small batch experimental brews, barrel maturations, fruit
macerations and blends. This 11th version features a range
of plum(-like) fruit macerations. About 60 years ago, there
were more than 200 ancient plum varieties in and around
Belgium, now almost extinct. The ambition is to track down
and experiment with such old local varieties and have them
grown again with local farmers and enthusiasts.
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