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3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Vintage (all from 2002-*) 4.04 211

3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Vintage (all from 2002-*)

Percentile
100
overall
Brewed by 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Gueuze

Beersel, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2114.07/5.04.04/5.0Special6%87.8Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Vintage 2002: released beginning 2006
Vintage 2003: released autumn 2006
Vintage 2004: released summer 2007
Vintage 2005: released summer 2008

Editor’s Note: There is a lot of confusion on this one. Please look at your bottle. It belongs here only if it says "Vintage" on the label. If it does not, it belongs under the regular Oude Gueuze listing. The above vintage guide is not what you should go by, as there are both 2002, 2003, 2004, etc...releases of Vintage and Regular Oude Gueuze.
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 Bart (1653), Brussels, Belgium
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Dec 27, 2008  
Vintage 2004, Light amber coloured geuze with some average carbonation and a medium white head. Light sour grainy touched aroma, refreshing. Full palate. Finish is sour fruity balanced with some herby hints. Nice.


 Travlr (771), Washington, Washington DC, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Dec 21, 2008  
Bottle dated 09 04 2004. Cloudy strw colored with medium white head that fades quickly. Aroma of citrus and dust. Full bodied. Taste of sour grapefruit and must. Beautiful


 Yves (1035), Beerse, Belgium
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 14, 2008  
Clear goldblond coloured beer with medium carbonation and small white head. Sour aroma. Full sprankling palate. Finish is sour diminishing, a litte bitter. Noticed some strange aftertaste for a geuze.


 Wim (1321), Turnhout, Belgium
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Dec 12, 2008  
cloudy gold orange coloured body with a white head a hoppy sourig fruity aroma a sourig fruity hoppy taste with a sourig bitter finish


 jerohen (1615), Bussum, Netherlands
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 11, 2008  
Bottled, 2003 version. Cloudy orange coloured. Very nice complex nose, fruity, dusty, pleasantly tart. Flavour is quite easy going for a oude geuze, sour but not extreme. Good geuze, but not the best one out there.


 thewolf (5808), Kolding, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 18, 2008  
Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
<i>[vintage 2002]</i>
#2 Birthday beer.
Pours clear golden with a medium, frothy, white head. Fine duration lots of bubbles - impressive for a gueuze. Aroma is very nice, some cellar, lots of green apples, funkiness, lactic and citric acids. Still maintains a softness and elegance with just a tad of vanilla and oak. Highish carbonation, super dry mouthfeel. Just a tad on the watery side. Flavour is tart, but not overwhelmingly so, apples, citric and lightly lactic. Very soft and nice, but not near the best gueuzes IMHO.


 BeerandBlues2 (3230), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Oct 27, 2008  
Vintage 2003. Pours hazy dark yellow with a small, fizzy, white head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, hay, straw, meal), light hops (flowers, grass), average yeast (horse blanket, earth) with notes of grapes and cask. Light bodied, sticky texture, lively carbonation, and a sour finish. Long duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and sourness.


 1FastSTi (2580), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Sep 11, 2008  
2003 vintage shared by Jason. Well my notes on this one aren’t very good as they went through the washing machine, but those numbers were correct because that survived. I recall it was straw colored and very hazy with a nice white head. The aroma and flavors were extremely well balanced but not overly sour. This beer would be a great one to introduce people to Gueuzes because it’s so perfectly balanced. Nice leathery sour fruits but not overly so.



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