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3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze 1998 (50th Anniversary)

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3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze 1998 (50th Anniversary)

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A Lambic - Gueuze formerly brewed by
3 Fonteinen

Beersel, Belgium

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1144.22/5.04.19/5.06%95.7Flute, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Specially made for Drie Fonteinen's 50th anniversary in 1998.

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 CapFlu (3340), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20

May 31, 2005    Updated: Dec 25, 2006
(750ml bottle) pours a cloudy, sediment filled body with a large white head. Nose of sour apples, white wine and yeast. Flavour was mildly peppery in the throat. Very delicious. Many thanks to Lubiere for humping this back from Belgium! (7/4/8/4/15=3.8) Re-Rate (Bottle) Shared at the PNW Christmas 2006 party at Oakes on December 9th. Huge exploding head with highly carbonated amber body. Nose of tart cherry pits. Tonic. Good sweetness and tartness balance - peaches, apricots and antacids round out the flavour. (7/4/8/3/15=3.7)

ygtbsm94 (10), Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/518/20
Sep 19, 2008  
Bottle from a 75cl bottle; vintage 1998. Poured a light orangey color with a medium bubbly head. Fantastic aroma with a funky barnyard musty note. Taste was a mixed well balanced lemony, tart, and light sour note along with some medium light oak. Without doubt drinkable with almost no acidity and some great carbonation! Mellow, soft, and a well balanced, quite refined Gueuze. Without question an outstanding Gueuze for the ages even after ten years.


 KimJohansen (4285), Copenhagen V, Denmark
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 3, 2008  
Cloudy golden with huge white short lasting head. Quite thick head for a lambic. Sour aroma with wood, grapefruit, barnyard and leather notes. Sour and very complex flavor with grapefruit, barnyard, wood and hay. Very soft and easyly drunk. I could drink this every moning. Excellent!


 tertons (100), East Providence, Rhode Island, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/516/20
Aug 25, 2008  
Thank to YGTBSM94. Easy drinking w/ a slight tart and funk. Balance, complexity, and all fruit notes excell here. Maybe my favorite from 3 Fonteinen. Ageing is working well as of 8/22/08.


 DA (2468), Portland, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Aug 18, 2008  
RBSG 2008. What a treat. Dry and acidic, citrusy and tropical floral notes in the funkiness. The sourness and acidity were very relaxed, the aging mellowed this out very well leaving behind a beautiful mellow cloudy orange brew.


 ironchefscott (243), long beach, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 16, 2008  
thank you dunk!!!! great nose of oak and funk...somewhat subdued funk compared to the younger vintages glad to have tried it! very complex




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