3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Golden Blend

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

Serve in Flute, Stem glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pour out of 375 mL bottle, big thanks to Tim for opening this! Clear orange pour with thin to no head, slightly white, aroma has notes of nice musty basement, vanilla, biscuit, bread, touch of lemon, lactic notes, touch of earth, slight parmesan, cheese. Taste is funky dusty basement, slight parmesan and bread, some hints of vanilla, lemon, biscuit, finishing with dry and more dusty notes, nice sourness but restrained. Tasty stuff.

Bottle… This beer rocks!... Murky golden ale with a small, fizzy, white head. Good retention. The bouquet is an earthy, funky, acidic swirl of lemon, barnyard, horseblanket and old wet leather. Light to medium-bodied and astringent with airy, mildly stinging carbonation. The flavor is super acidic and lemony with nuances of manure, funk, bread and yeasty bitterness. Well-balanced overall. Finishes tart, and then Sahara dry. Another world class brew generously shared by darkguardian!

Muy buena combinacion.Balanceada en todos los aspectos aunque bastante compleja.notas a manzana,albaricoque.......recomendable

A steady pour into my Large Tripel Karmeliet tulip produces a one finger thick, pale tan colored head. The beer is light amber color that sows a almost clear, orange-amber tinged, full gold color. The aroma smells musty, lactic, slightly woody, musky, funkily phenolic, touches of urea, and just a bright, sharp acidity. A nice grain character comes through as the beer warms up and contributes nutty pale grain notes, a touch of straw, and even a hint of grassiness. I could smell this one for days, there is nothing quite like the aroma of a good, complex Gueuze.

This has a sharp acidity to it without being overly aggressive, but this is certainly has a full on sourness. The acidity accentuates a touch of sour grapefruit character, and perhaps some lemon like notes, but it is certainly full on Lactic. There is enough carbonation to contribute a liveliness and a carbonic bite towards the finish. This has that perfect Gueuze body in that it somehow has a certain fullness to it, but remains light and quaffable. The finish has a phenolic character to it that is slightly medicinal, definitely musty and funky, and perhaps a touch plastic like. Notes of urea, a touch of apple, and grain notes of hay, nutty rustic white bread notes, and some hay like flavors add some extra complexity.

As compared to the Bambic I had earlier, this is clearly a certifiable Gueuze Lambic. This is very nice, and I wish I had a few more bottles of this stocked; a 375ml bottle of a good Gueuze is never enough, and actually my glass of this is gone way to soon, as I am clearly wanting more of this than I have.

375 ml bottle from Belgium. Pours a deep copper color with a medium eggshell white head. The aroma has that bursting fruit and barnyard funk from a 3F Geuze. The flavor is awesome; sweet rich oak, hay, funky, fresh apples and especially apricots. Lovely. Very tart but also very drinkable. Very complex and likely to gain with age.

Afternoon break in Amsterdam, rocket cork, pours golden honey with a huge head, aroma of watermelon, leaves, olives, green tea, floral tones, flavor of wood, acids, lemon, leather and barnyard, green tea, medium to full bodied, excellent brew

375ml bottle from Belgium order
Appearance: Clear golden with a small white head and some lacing. Aroma of mildly tart fruit, taste of tart fruit and juicy with a dry finish. Very nice.

Bottle shared @ Timo’s/tkrjukoff’s CCB Day tasting on July 7, 2012.
BB 02/2021, bottled 17/02/2011
Hazy orange color, smallish white head. A bit sweet, not that sour, acidic, so fresh and nice taste, sooo nice. Spritzy mouthfeel, very low bitterness. Acidic, well balanced scent, very nice.

Poured from a 375ml bottle. A great blend. Lots of fruit notes. Stone fruits/apricot, lemon, citrus. Very dry and refreshing. Very nice.

UPDATED: JUL 15, 2012 2*375 ml bottle shared @ tkrjukoffs CCB Day tasting. Pours bright hazy orangish golden with a big fizzy goldenish white head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace. Smell is sour with overripe apples, lemon juice, lemon zest, grapefruit juice, overripe almost rotten pears, hay, dry soil, orange zest, barnyard, horse blanket, wood, currants and gooseberries. Taste is sour with grapefruit juice, lemon juice, lemon zest, orange zest, wood, gooseberries, unripe currants, green apples, grape zest, barnyard, leather, crackers and dry soil. Mouthfeel is dry, tart and medium bodied. Finish is sour and tart with grapefruit juice, lemon juice, lemon zest, hay, wood, grape zest and unripe currants. Very intense.