3 Fonteinen Armand’4 Oude Geuze Zomer

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

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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[ As my rating # 28000 on ratebeer ].

Bottle 750ml.

Unclear medium orange colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy barnyard, leather, tart, sulfur, wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a long duration, dry, tart, fruity, barnyard - farmyard. Very balance and easy to drink good job Armand ;O) Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110918]
8-4-8-4-18

Bottle 750ml.

Clear medium to dark orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy barnyard, leather, tart, manure, sulfur notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long duration, dry, tart. Lovely balanced and easy to drink ;O) Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110930]
8-4-9-4-18

Bottle 750ml.

Light unclear medium to dark orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy barmyard, leather, wood, light citrus - grape. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long duration, complex, balanced, easty, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120127]
9-4-9-4-18

Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of brettanomyces, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of brettanomyces, malt, caramel, wood, leading to a tart finish.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head, Aroma is mild sulphorish and dry orange fruity to barn yard. Citric, bitter, dry and acetic. Dry and mild citric finish.

UPDATED: MAY 8, 2012 Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a cloudy amber with an off-white head. Tart Bretty nose. Medium body, heavily carbonated, tart Brett, a little fusty, really sweaty and a little rough. Dry, tart and sulphurous finish. 080512

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a cloudy deep golden with a lively, rough off-white head - actually comes gushing. Very tart barnyard aroma with quite some Brett. Medium body, fruity yet very dry and astringent with your typical Belgian barnyard Brett - it doesn’t really come like this anywhere in the world! A little salt and sulphur. Dry and astringent finish. Lovely! 8/3/8/4/16=3.9 180911

Bottled (from bierkompass.de). Hazy orangeish amber colour, small white head. Aroma is farmyard, mild tart and sour wood. Flavour is really sour and tart with some wood and mild sour berries. If the lente was brilliance, this lacks a bit in the aroma, but then again kicks ass in the flavour. Not a lambic for beginners.

Bottle at Papsø. Hazy orange-red coloured with a small white head. Fruity and light acidic aroma of oak, brett and hops. Fruity and light acidic flavour of barnyard and oak. Tart finish of oak.

Bottle @ Akkurat, Stockholm. Pours a hazy dark golden color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity sour tart weak grassy funky aroma. Fruity sour tart funky dry flavor with weak hints of citrus. Has a fruity sour tart dry finish.

UPDATED: FEB 4, 2012 Bottle @ Morten minus Peter smagning, Ulfborg. Thanks Fonefan & Brugmansia. Pours cloudy golden with a frothy white head and lacings. Funk, manuer, barnyard. Tart, dry and refreshing. Sticky. Crisp. Wauwww.. Quality! Complex and so very drinkable. Ohh yeahh. Re-rate: Bottle @ Too many geuze’s only one toilet, Ulfborg 2012. Grape, lemon, leather, barnyard. A bit of svovl. Prickly. Fan-tas-tic. 4,3 - 4,4.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Huge head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are stable, barnyard, straw, hay, vinegar, brett, malt and hops

(750ml bottle, Lot 26/03/2010, Bestvoor 03/2020) Pours a cloudy orange with a medium frothy beige head and lasting retention uncommon in a gueuze. Aroma florals, lemon, grapefruit, mustiness, barnyard, subtle caramel, and some butterscotch. Flavor of grapefruit, lemon, light mineral bite, brett, and oak with a dry finish.