3 Fonteinen Doesjel

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

2006 bottle, thanks to secretsanta, orange to golden pour with sour dry white wine aromas, flavors of white wine, dusty funk, bitter, chalky pepper

Hazy kind of golden. Not really any head. A finky fruity nose. The flavor is the same. Not my style at all and a little is enough.

(750ml bottle from 7.2006). Pours a clear golden-orange color with a white head and lots of carbonation. Aroma is funky, light vinegar, vinous notes and some citrus. Taste is sour with some underlying sweetness. Gets quite bitter with some time (like citrus pith). Medium bodied with a dry finish. Good, but not great. I would not search this out for the price.

Bottle, courtesy of Nino from Sherwood. Pours orange with a white head. Smells faintly of a basement, and some yeast, but not a while lot. Tastes fruity, slightly sour, but very smooth. Quite phenomenal, if "unsophisticated". I’d take this lack of sophistication any day ;-)

Poured into a tulip. 2010 vintage. 3.5 A: I like a yeasty gueuze, so that’s what I got. Translucent peach color. Two fingers of frothy white head. Retention is about average and without much lacing left. 4.0 S: Lots of apples. Green apples, red apples, yellow apples, and crab apples. Underneath there are notes of white wine, hay, barnyard, and the forest in autumn. Not much in terms of sourness save for some green apple tartness. 3.5 T: For the most part, this follows the nose. Apple overload with emphasis on tart green apple. Peach, dank wet hay, and rotting log with some barnyard notes. Good flavor, but at this point it could use some more depth and perhaps some strength as well. 4.0 M: Light body. Active, spritzy carbonation. Could use some creaminess, but otherwise smooth. 3.5 D: Tasty beer, but I think it needs more power. Of course, this is a fairly "young" gueuze, so we shall see what the cellar does to this. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 01-19-2012 00:08:20

Bottle. Clear deep golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, wheat, tart and a little citrus. Flavour is malt, wheat, little sweet, tart, little funk, wood and little barnyard.

Clear dark golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, woody and moderate sour - vinegar. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and Moderate acidic finish. 200112

75 cl bottle from 2006 @ home shared with my dad. Small white head on top of a clear light orange colored beer. Color is like leaves in the fall. Aroma of sourness, slightly sweet hints, barnyard and rubber. Taste sour, rubber. Well balanced. Smooth sour finish. Decent mouthfeel.