3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

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

Pours orange with a small white head. Very dry and farmy in the nose, earthy with a light citrus hint and sourness builds. This beer finishes with a medium acidity that goes well with some tart fruitiness, straw and wood.

On tap at 3 fonteinen. I first tried this about a year ago at Oliver Twist (Sthlm, Sweden). It was my first shot at gueze and my mouth was in shock for weeks afterwards. Since then I have learned to love the style. After a foray into the realm of other gueze producers (mainly Cantillon) I was very curious as to how this beer would be after the first shock had settled. So, this is by no means as sour as a Cantillon, but ten times as stinky. If someone could just Frankenstein me a gueze with the sour punch of Cantillon with the horsy cheese breath of Fonteinen.. But back to the beer at hand, 3F-revisited... I loved every drop of it!

Bottle dated 22 Jan 2004. Poured a dark orange color with little head. Musty, tart, citrusy sour funk aroma. Taste begins aggressively tart, and finsihes with a lingering sourness, but has an added flavor I can’t quite describe since my lambic vocab isn’t well-developed.

’99 Vintage bottle pours a hazy golden color with sour tart yeasty and citrus aromas. Sweet tart almost acidic green fruit flavors with a long sweet citrus finish 7/4/8/3/15 = 3.7

I’ve had this beer many times but haven’t gotten around to entering different numbers. Lots of farmhouse hay citrus tart and acidic fruit. Drinkable and really tasty. 8/4/8/4/15 = 3.9

Bottle from Delerium cafe. Purchased by magicdave i think? Whoever it was, thanks! Sour, sour and more sour. Bring it on.

Bottle thanks to CMUBEERMAN. Pours cloudy gold with perpetual white head. Aroma is amazingly distinct; cedar and funky. Flavor is cedar, musty, and sour. This is a fabulous beer.

Orange amber yellow coloured beer, with an average white head, and some carbonation. Sour fruity yeasty aroma, with some wooden hints. Nice body, sour touches, balanced. Finish is again sour, ending rather dry. This is a good old gueuze!

Vintage 2000, opened on the day I officially finished graduate school. Brewed at the beginning of my college experience and consumed at the end of my schooling. Pours a brilliant effervescent straw gold with a voluminous off-white head. Aroma is tart and sour, with notes of cherries and grapes. Flavor is tart and acidic, but much more refined than younger gueuzes I have drank. Instead of harsh tones, they’re subdued and balanced. Mustiness and ripe fruit abound, with some cheese and lemon coming through. All the flavors, while distinct and complex in their own right, mesh beautifully with one another. Just fantastic all around; a truly memorable beer.