3 Fonteinen Doesjel

Brewed by 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Beersel, Belgium

Bottled at home. Bottle date 17-02-2006. Hazy orange/golden coloured, no head. Typical lambic-nose, smells like a farm, fruity notes. Sour flavour, very "old", complex, but not extremely. Somewhat thin mouthfeel, perhaps because of the lack of carbonation. Lasting sour and somewhat tart finish. Nice lambic, but nevertheless i think better gueuzes are out there.

Bottled Feb. 23,2006. This golden lambic ale poured with a thin off-white head and a sharp citric aroma. There were bubbles rising from the bottom to the top of my geuze tumbler. Thre is a sour fruit flavor witha a bitter yeast finish and oak undertones.

Splendida gueuze atipica con un nome che non riuscirò mai a pronunciare: grazie mille Sergio (Mr. Chiodi) per aver condiviso con me questa fantastica bottiglia dopo una jam session leggermente ubriaca.

Bottle from the brewery. Cloudy yellowy brown with no head at all. Nose is nice and tart, punchy, slightly dusty. Mouth is - wow - tart, sharp, fruity, lemony, orangey. No fizziness in here, in fact the cork took long enough to remove. Finishes oaky, slightly fusty again, and with a lasting sour tone. Very good indeed.

375 ml corked and caged bottle my Dad picked up for me at Zipps in Minneapolis, set aside by tytoanderso. Feb 23, 2006 bottling date - that would make this 18 months old at time of tasting. Cork was quite difficult to pull. Opens with a loud pop, and there is immediate sour funkiness. Pour is hazy yellow orange with only a few soapy looking bubbles for a head. Aroma is nice, soft Brett yeastiness. Very wild and delicate smelling. Some tart sour lemon citrus present as well. Floral notes. Taste is flat, really no carbonation to speak of, the wild earthiness of the nose is in the taste, but even more muted. The sour tartness picks up in the middle, and is nicely integrated with the funkiness. Very much lemon. The aftertaste is woody, dry and a bit cardboardy. The oakiness lingers a bit. Thanks for making this happen Tyler.

Had at Oud Arsenal in Antwerp on 6/20. Pours gold body with no head. Nose of lemons and sour apples. Initial taste balances sweet fruit malts with tghe sour elements, but the sour elements take over, and last a long time. Very nice beer.

375mL bottle, Feb 23 2006, drunk from a Duvel snifter on Bastille Day 2008.
A surprisingly dark color for a gueuze, with deep orange and tangerine shades playing about a strong copper background. Sparse bubbles appear on the very edges and the clarity is medium-high, leaving the sediment behind, as always.
Heavily lactic in the nose, with light mushroom suggestions and less tartness/sourness than I would expect. I must admit to reading David’s review before trying this and some residual sugars, that he mentions, certainly seem to be prominent in the nose, for a gueuze. They somewhat dull the resulting phenol bouquet, but I’m still hopeful for the flavor....
Hmmmm, very sweet for a real lambic, and without as much of the dry, oily woodiness that is presented in the Grand Bruocsella. Not to say it dosen’t taste mostly proper for a flat lambic, but there is a quick transition from sweet malts to a watery, overly loose finish. No flaws though, I don’t even get any obnoxious rubber or sulfur. Could just be my tolerance to it though. You want to score this one high, but it just dosen’t seem to be nearly as complex as, say, a 2001 oude gueuze or any Cantillon Gueuzes. More sourness please.
Will compare this side-by-side to a Loerik after a few more years. Loerik has the last word on lazy gueuzes, at this point.

Appearance: Pours a crystal clear, gold body with, well, no head to speak of. Smell: Zip of sour lemonade made from lemons just as sour. Notes of vinegar, abandoned basements left in disrepair, and discarded, retired horseblankets. A dear friend of mine described it thusly: "Gasline Lemonade, baby!" Yes, he’s quite the character. Taste: All at once it’s sour and it’s tart with only minor hint of sweetness and malt on the underside. It really goes beyond puckering and leaves you making hissing lizard faces. Cobweb-coated, musty, and with a distinct damp cellar taste. Throw in a few sour lemons, maybe a drizzle of vinegar. Finishes crisp and fairly dry. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Really lacking any carbonation. Drinkability: Fairly nice and about as refreshing as a gueze can get (for me). I’d say it could use a touch more carbonation, but really it could use any carbonation.