Drie Fonteinen is known for the amazing Lambic beers they produce. But those beers take time, so it makes sense that the lambic brewers supplement their sour stocks with some more traditional beer.
And a sour porter is about as traditional as it gets for Armand at the 3F brewery. (Well that’s not quite true, as he makes a blond and also a lager too.)
A normal porter is made, using the yeast from the Beersel Blond beer. It is then refermented in the bottle using a lambic yeast which includes a Brettanomyces strain.
The result is a dark beer with an inviting smell of roasted malt, chocolate, dark stone fruits and yeast. The flavour combines these attributes so that the beer is very porterish, with justthe subtle character of the lambic yeast.
A smoked robust porter, hopped a little more than normal with a mix of Slovenian and US hops
The traditional style Porter from BBNo - no fancy additions, just a good ol' fashioned English Porter
An American style Porter with all the traditional porter characteristics plus a definite fruit and grassy hop character
A simple, traditional style porter 'made they way porters used to be'
De Molen's Imperial Porter - all the sweetness and complexity of an imperial stout, without the roasted bitterness
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
Smooth roasted malt, with hints of chocolate and coffee
An old 19th Century beer style, dragged into the current craft beer world by a creative and talented brewer
A classic English style porter, full of roasted malts and hints of chocolate
A delicious English style porter, with the addition of a subtle smoked malt