3 Fonteinen J & J Oude Geuze Blauw

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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UPDATED: FEB 5, 2012
Bottle 75 cl @ De Heeren van Liedekercke, Denderleeuw, Belgium.

Hazy orange color with a large frothy excellent lacing fully lasting off-white head. Aroma is tart, grapefruit, lemon. Flavor is moderate sweet and heavy acidic with a long duration, rather sharp. (Dry finish). Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. Wow... ;o))
8-5-9-3-19

Bottle 750ml.

Unclear medium orange colour with a large to huge, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy leather, barnyard, horse blanket, wood, grapefruit - lemon. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, barnyard, complex, dry dry, peppery notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. Again wow so complex and easy to drink ... just love it ... ;O)) [20120127]
9-4-9-4-20

Bottled. A slightly hazy dark golden beer with a huge lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of horseblanket, brettanomyces, grapefruits, and malt. The flavor is sweet and acidic with notes of brettanomyces, grapefruits, malt, dusty hops, horseblanket, and wood, leading to a tart finish.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Pours a cloudy golden with a bubbly and lively, off-white head. Distinct, sour Brett nose. Medium body, dry as a bone with sour - albeit not Cantillon-sour - Brett and vinegar notes. Lightly earthy edge and again with an extremely dry and sour finish. Rather complex. 280907

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a huge white head. Slight sweaty aroma, citric to acidic, calssic lambic yet more softened off. Very wellbalanced acidic flavour with a slight sweetness. Wow.

Bottled, labelled Drie Fonteinen Akkurats Gold Geuze 50/50. Hazy deep golden. Aroma of barnyard and pineapple. Citric with very lively, champagne-like carbonation, creating a short, spritzy mouthfeel. Flavour of lemon & grapefruit juice. Has big aging potential.

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, big creamy white head. Aroma is big sourness and earth along with some wooden hints. Flavour is very sour along with wooden hints. Big sourness in aftertaste. Really pleasant and lovely thing.

Bottle. Hazy amber coloured with a huge off white head. Light acidic aroma of grapes, fruits and wood. Light acidic flavour of grapes, wood and hops. Tart and hoppy finish.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2010 Bottle, 6.5%. Well-balanced fruity and dry aroma, grapefruity and refreshing. Like dry wood with a little acid. Cloudy orange colour. Very big stable white head. The flavour is much of the same with the fruit, grapefruity and dry wood, only with more acid, so it is even more refreshing. I had high expectations for this one, and I was not disappointed. Very balanced and drinkable. I could drink this for a long time and not get tired of it.

Name: J&J Oude Gueuze Blauw
Date: 10/12/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

opaque dark yellow, big creamy beige head, big musty malt aroma, creamy body, big tart malt flavor, nice balancing malt character, very mellow for all of the mustyness going on,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Corked bottle, from De Hereen Van Liedeckerke
Hazy light amber color; higher carbonation than the Roze; big frothy head. The aroma is more elegant than the Roze, and without the cork touch; there is some lemony sourness, a bit dusty, light cheese and apples; still pungent in the end. The body shows more carbonation, but it has a good structure, more balanced and less astringent than the Roze; good soft tannins, pleasant and not overwhelming cellar character, high acidic touch, a bit lemony; it ends with some astringency. The only thing I would like to change here is the carbonation: excessive.
Wonderful, more subtle and elegant than the Roze.