3 Fonteinen J & J Oude Geuze Blauw

Formerly brewed at 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Beersel, Belgium

I originally had a nice big sample of this at De Heeren back on September, 5 years from the date this beer was bottled. I was lucky enough to share a full bottle of this with my cousin (krkearney), my brother and other family on Christmas Day. In addition to what I note below, I think the taste of the blauw is a bit more tart than the roze but it works very well in this fantastic beer. I was hoping to find a bottle of this on a recent trip to De Heeren but was suprised to find it available there for sample at a beer fest they were having behind the restaurant. Wow! For the price of about $3 a got a nice sample of about 6 oz or so. The beer poured a slightly hazy golden color with a nice thick bubbly head. The nose was a bit sour and citrus, funk. The taste was tart and funky with some definite yeast notes. There was also a nice wood character to the beer and overall this was one refreshing and beer worth savoring.

Shared by Ygtbsm94. Thanks Brad. Smells like a good geuze should. Definately more mellow than I was expecting based on the aroma. Very balanced sourness and acidity. Rerate: I enjoyed this one more than I did the last time. Perhaps it was the serving temperature?

[Huge, huge thanks go to ygtbsm94 for bringing this retired gem to argo0’s tasting!] Pours reddish-amber with a huge off-white head that leaves great lacing on the glass. Beautiful aroma. A little funky, a little dusty, and very citrusy. Taste is tart initially, and highly citrusy--particularly grapefruit. Outstanding. Very dry finish, good mouthfeel, sour citrus finish. Not as funky as some gueuzes that I have tried, as the citrus tends to be more dominant, but it really works for it. This is the best gueuze that I have ever tried and one of the best beers overall...if only it was still being made and widely available.

Pours bright golden with a three finger off white head. The nose is funky and oak with some subtle grapefruit and other citrus notes. The flavor is quite the same with some heavy acidic sharpness. Lively on the palate with a great oak finish.

(sample at the woodshop tasting)gold body with a white head.nice funky aroma and flavor with hints of fruit,and acid.it a really hardcore lambic.but even for me,its a swesome brew.

75cl bottle courtesy of ygtbsm94. Hazy gold with a huge white head. Huge aroma, with razor sharp cheese, dust, and biting acidity. Hugely sour in a grapefruit juice way, almost crossing into peel-bitter character; sharp yoghurt acidity as well. Medium-light bodied with ample, spritzy carbonation. The aroma was almost to sharp, but the flavor and finish were amazing on this one. A burly gueuze that I really enjoyed.

Bottle, 6.5%. Well-balanced fruity and dry aroma, grapefruity and refreshing. Like dry wood with a little acid. Cloudy orange colour. Very big stable white head. The flavour is much of the same with the fruit, grapefruity and dry wood, only with more acid, so it is even more refreshing. I had high expectations for this one, and I was not disappointed. Very balanced and drinkable. I could drink this for a long time and not get tired of it.

(75cl bottle, thanks ygtbsm94) Large white head atop lightly hazed light amber. Aroma is mild sweet, orange/grapefruit, some yeast, faint straw. Taste is mild sweet, grapefruit rind. Low carbonation, light-medium body, some effervescence.