3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

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

(bottle 08/04/2005) Thanks Nadia! Appearance: Copper gold and crystal clear (at least the first glass was) thick moussy head. Aroma: Fruity and yogurty, berries and wheat, light sourness, Camembert, strawberries, rhubarb and leather. Flavour: Briefly sweet but then tart and clean, acidic with a horsey brett character. No residual sweetness. LIght wineyness. Wood and rhubarb, good wheat character. Mouthfeel: Very light with a fluffy effervescence. Sharp but pleasant sourness. Overall: Clean sour and sharp acidity with complex wheat and horsey brett character. Finishes light and leaves a fruity sourness. Great refreshing summer beer.

Now this is a nice Gueuze. Bitter and sour, with lemon and lime flavors jumping out at you. Finishes sweet with a nice natural wheat flavor. One of the best Gueuzes I’ve had, absolutely recommended for those who appreciate the style.

[593-20070908] 1pt9.4floz @ Sourfest 2007 (Buffalo, NY, w/ rudolf, frylock, IPFreely, jerc, swoopjones). Fairly burnt popcorn aroma with a bit of yeast. Hazy, brown orange body with a long-lasting foamy white head. More burnt popcorn in the flavour with some sour citrus juice. Medium body is fairly sour. Nice gueuze but don’t care for the over-cooked movie chow. (7/4/7/3/15) 3.6
Cue point in conversation where ranting commenced about "the scumbags in the ’Falls..."

[1810B-20081021] 375mL bottle. Smells like cheesy, burning plastic and sour yeasty grains bread. Clear, medium orange body with a long-lasting foamy white head. Sour grainy yeast bread flavour. Medium body. Reminds me of lemon-scented gym socks and cheese. (8/3/7/3/15) 3.6
(c/o tuqueboy, w/ him, jerc)

Bottle. Alc. 6.0% Unclear / hazy light orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate yeasty, horse blanket, barnyard, wood, sour, skunk, apple tart. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and bitter with a average to long duration and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is moderate astringent. ;o)) (240807)

Cloudy, glowing orange-amber body. Small, fizzy white head that quickly disappears completely. Virtually zero lacing noted. The aroma is funky as hell, yet adequately fruity and very complex. There is an ever-present, funky barnyard overtone across the board. The funk subsides enough to reveal a bevy of fruity scents, including sour lemon, tart apple, overly ripe peach, drying dust, and even hints of sweet caramel. Flavors resemble citrus flavored rock candy, with sour lemon and tangerine being the primary components. Medium body with a smooth palate and a mouth puckering citrus finish. Not my favorite style, but this is an awesome brew. When paired with the right dish, this could make for an outstanding culinary experience.

1997 bottle sampled - if you can call it sampling, I drank the whole 750ml by myself - at the restaurant in Beersel. Served in the classic wicker basket.

Opaque and peachy tangerine colored, and sported a lively but fleeting head.
An old leather tobacco pouch, for a Beer that old it had a striking freshness to it that tickled your nose, almost like freshly cut lemons, it wasn’t as dusty or musty as I expected.
Still very much alive after a decade corked and caged, it had a very mineral flavor that reminded me of some of Fantôme’s offerings. Acidity in the mid range (for a gueuze), and the aftertaste left a certain oxidized feeling in my mouth that might betray it’s age, but was still quite enjoyable, especially with my mussels. A real treat.

It starts out tart with a very smooth dry finish. I enjoyed it but my wife and kids hated it, good taste does not come to us genetically.

2003-poured into geuze/lambic glass. crystal, bubbly clear light golden copper color with good fizzy head. sour wild yeast aroma, tart. sweet front to sour finish. very spritzy palate, earthy finish to aftertaste. age takes the bite out, the acidic tones of a geuze don’t stick as much. the stickiness is less presence, makes it smooth. very good.