3 Fonteinen Millennium Geuze

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

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle at sour and bitter. Pours hazy amber with no head. Aroma is up front complex wildness, soft tartness, not very "in ya face" but just smooth and mellow. Smooth wood, ruraly stable notes, nice bett, bright leather, grapefruit, a little bit sulfur, dry wood and some lemon. Taste is dry oakyness, grapefruit, overall pretty fruity, not overly tart, floral notes, lemon, very dry wineish, rural stable notes but not at all "dirty". Very clean and mellow. Balance is the key word to this. Taste very authentic.

Bottle at Sour and Bitter. It pours cloudy orange-amber, with a thick white head. The nose is very soft indeed - sweet banana, apple pie, pineapple, spice, floral (particularly chamomile) and a touch of tart lemon. The taste is tart lemon, white currant, green apple, white grape, pineapple, floral, a bit of farmyard and lingering alcohol warmth, with a pleasantly tart finish. So very well balanced, smooth, complex and with a touch more alcohol warmth than most gueuzes. Medium body, fine carbonation and velvety mouth-feel. A brilliant gueuze.

Sour & Bitter 2012, Copenhagen. Orange a bit hazy beer with a small offwhite head. A bit rubber/leather, citrus, plums, grassy sourish aroma and similar flavour. Best geuze I tasted so far :-)

Bottle shared @ the Sour & Bitter event in Copenhagen. Pours hazy reddish golden with a huge frothy white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is sour with lemon juice, hay, funk, barnyard, grapefruit juice, leather, sweat, apples, horse blanket, plums and pleasant and suiting hints of oxidation. Taste is swour with apples, lemon juice, grapefruit juice, hay, leather, lemon zest, barnyard, grape zest, horse blanket and hints of oxidation. Mouthfeel is smooth, tart and medium to full bodied. Finish is sour and tart with lemon juice, orange peal, leather, apples and horse blanket. Amazing!

Shared a bottle at Sour & Bitter in Copenhagen. Cloudy orange with a good size pale head that leaves behind nice lacing. Aroma is lemon and orange zest, funk and a hint of wood. Tart on the palate with a nice balance of sweet and sour. Taste is nice and citrusy - lemon, orange and coriander, with some candi sugar, green apple, honey. Nicest gueze I have tried.

Btl at @Sour&Bitter: Super head, golden and cloudy. Fine nose w. sawdust, fruit. green fruits and peppers. Medium body and very-very long. Taste is dry with evolved fruit. dry and nice. Overall very exiting teenager.

Bottle @ Sour & Bitter. Hazy golden yellow pour with a big white head. Aroma is very unique, hitting you in the face with complex brett - cobwebs, barnyard - huge presence of old musty oak barrels, lots of grapefruit and lemon. It has a very unique peppermint quality blending in very nicely with the rest. A small tea component. The aroma is one in a million - you can't just make this shit. Wow this stuff is complex. The taste is amazing as well - full of brett and barnyard, very funky, nice and mellow tartness, just the right lacto balance and sourness. Old musty oak. You can tell that this had aged as graceful as can be. The balance amazes me, the aroma mesmorizes me. Artful, delicate and wonderfully aged.

Bottle @sour bitter. Pours murky brownish yellow. No head. Aroma: quite subtle but very complex, not as sharp compared to other gueuze I’ve tried, ammonia, gun powder, apple, funky, sawdust, very woody, spoiled pear, quite smooth, a bit more sweet aroma than I’ve imagined, Brett, leather but refined, very dusty, dandelion. Taste: quite lively, large bubbles, champagne like, very very dry, very woody, green apples, lemon, lemon peel, tart, very balanced, funky but refined, fruity bitter notes, Brett, sweet bile, apple cider vinegar, gun powder. So refined, subtle, complex and beautiful, you can’t make this stuff up

Sour and bitter 2012. Hazy golden beer with à small white head. Sourish fruity rubber aroma, leather, citrus, plums, grass, hay, barnyard, apples, grapefruit. Fruity flavor, rubber, leather, lots of grapefruit, citrus, barnyard, hay notes. Bitter sourish finish with grapefruit.

Bottle pour at the Sour&Bitter event in Copenhagen. Pours an unclear orange with a thin white head. Smells of citrus, cream, Brett, hay... very pleasant overall, not even too funky. Tastes of a medium sweetness, medium sour, bitter. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, creamy texture. Beautiful.