3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

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

Poured from a 12.7oz caged and corked bottle (dated Nov. 30, 2005) and served in a tumbler. This beer poured a hazy, glowing orange with a two-finger thick head of tight, beige fizz that slowly faded away into a thin, lasting cap. Not much lace to speak of. The aroma of the beer was made up of oak, grass, oranges, along with loads of funk. The flavor was very woody and earthy. Lots of wet wood, mildly tart acidity, sourdough, and a light citrus sweetness. Extremely funky, but not overly sour. The mouthfeel was light to medium-bodied and a bit crisp with modest carbonation. Insanely drinkable and thirst-quenching. Lovely stuff!

375ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki, Bitter and Sour 2008)
Aroma a bit thin. Flat, soft palate. Woody estery. Very mellow. Some grapefruit. Very pleasant. could drink it all evening.

A- Pours a sunset orange color with a 1 finger, white head. S- Very funky, straw, orange peel, sharp end. T- Taste definitely is sour, has a sort of smoky quality to it, oaky, lemon, spices. M- A tad thicker than I would have expected, carbonation on the low side. Very dry. D- Very enjoyable with a nice woody quality to it that I couldn’t put my finger on.

Bottled January 2004; poured into Orval chalice. Ruddy brownish orange with moderate head that subsides quickly into a thin film. Aroma is seriously intense...fills the room quickly upon cracking the bottle open. Nice funk to the aroma, lots of wet leather and some apple-like fruit accents...pretty darn nice overall. Flavor is pretty intense as well. Quick burst of sweet fruit up front quickly subsides into a very dry, leathery, sour middle and finish. Highly acidic throughout, and the carbonation was high. I expected a bit more complexity, but this was very good nevertheless. Finish is very dry.

Tim brought this to Bill’s epic sour tasting. Thanks Tim! 2007. I’ve been very eager to try this. I have a 2004 bottle taunting in my closet, but it’s for my son’s 21st, so the I haven’t opened it. Amber color. Good. Mild sourness. Good gueuze.

Good cloudy dark-gold hue. Gotta put your nose right in it to get the funky rubber thing. Otherwise you get a nice smooth, slightly medicinal sour apples-gone-bad smell. Good mouthfeel... dancing tiny bubbles in a medium-light body. It almost doesn’t give you enough time to appreciate it’s character and depth: kind of a peppery fruit mash, before the spicy grapefruit tang comes bounding onto the tongue. And what a clean refreshing end on this thing! Very good brew and my only geuze outside of the Girardin Black Label which I will be revisiting

Lovely geuze but not on the same level as the best in the field - it lacks some corbonation. The taste is rather clear without multible layers of minerals and fruit.

(37,5cl, bottled 2006) Lightly rusty or orangey golden, no head. Apple juicy (and seedy), sour aroma. Quite fresh for a gueuze, not that earthy. Tart flavor with that same apple juice with little of that barnyard and quite strongly tannic, dry finish. There’s even little hops, how odd that may be. Medium bodied, almost totally flat palate. Quite simple for a gueuze, but enjoyable. I love that tannic apple.