3 Fonteinen Doesjel

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

Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
Well, the cork was nearly impossible to get out... but it finally came to. Pours a clear dark amber. A small, creamy, off-white head is created while pouring, but it soon dimishes into small puddles of foam on the surface, clinging to the sites of my glass. Few, tiny bubbles flow lazily towards the surface. Aroma has lots of oranges, a good oaky feel as well as a classic funkiness. Low carbonation, almost flat. Flavour is quite mild, only medium sour, some citric and orange notes keeping up well with the aroma. The finish has a pleasant dryness, where the wood again makes its presence known. Very clear oak mixing with apple, lemons and oranges. It is a very good gueuze, but somehow it feels restrained - as if 3 fonteinen was reluctant to go the whole way and settled for something just below their average standard. I’ll still enjoy sipping the rest of the bottle :o)

Bottle thanks to sloth: Pours a mostly still transparent brass orange with a thin ring of bubbles. Aroma of tart lemony citrus. Body starts lightly pale malty with puckering tartness before a drier, crisp sour finish. Not overwhelmingly sour, but could use a little more sweet balance and carbonation.

Zero carbonation. Needs to breathe a little while after opening, it improves but never gets great. Mildly sour. Some lemon and green mango. Tiny hints of leather. Dry, fairly short finish. This would be better were it not for the off flavors that seem to spring up on the midpalate.

Bottled Feb 23 2006. Sort of a hazy apricot color with no head. Aroma is medium barnyard with a little citrus. Thin plus body with very, very little carbonation. The flavor is citrous, sour and some funk. Finally it turns into something pretty much like grapefruit rind. It’s very smooth, very drinkable. Not particularly getting wood aspects. It is slightly astringent (oak?) and quite dry. Mouth puckers somewhat. It really drinks well.

Pours amber into a tumbler. No head as expected. Mild funk and cheese aromas. Flat with tart apricot from front to back with a grapefruit finish.

Thanks to LawStudent09 for sharing. Hazy gold color with no head. Then... nothing. Freaking nothing. The aroma was completely dead. The taste has a very, very miniscule bit of sourness. Otherwise, nothing. This was closer to water than Miller High Life. Nothing offensive, just nothing.

courtesy of Toni Flükiger - hazy orange colour with absolutely no foam; solid aroma of rhubarb and vinegar; very low carbonation and a moderate malt body, fair sourness; quite dry and sourish aftertaste of rhubarb and mint - by far not the best beer from this brewery

[1230-20080328] 375mL bottle. Sour funk yeast aroma with a musty dusty underlying old wood characteristic. Hazy, light brown body with no head. Sour woody yeast flavour has some "juicy citrus" notes. Watery acidic medium body. Very interesting, great balance.
(w/ blankboy, GregClow, HogTownHarry, jerc, tupalev)
Overheard: "Easy drinkin’ juicy citrus."