3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

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

Pours murky orange brown, with a strange fizziness that seems more like Canada Dry ginger Ale than beer - the small fizzy head dissipates quite quickly. Smells of tart green apple, lemon juice, something mineral , fermenting grapes, wet wood. But those elements don’t really describe the sum of the aroma - the only thing I’ve really smelled that approximates it is other geuze - it’s fresh, tart funky, Taste is sour, lemon pepper, cider vinegar, with a long, tart, dry finish. Not an easy beer for me to describe or to rate; although certain flavors, like lemon juice, are obvious, the total aroma and flavor are hard for me to convey. Neither malt nor hops are evident in the flavor, at least not in the ways I’m used to identifying them. Overall, I find it interesting, tasty, and refreshing. Will most definitely drink again.

Aroma is funky, grapefruit, cider and a touch of spice. Flavor starts off with some sour grapes and grapefruit and has a salty finish. Spice from the yeast shows up as well. The thin palate is tart and dry. Not my style, nor my favorite.

Golden orange in color with a large pearl colored head. Aroma is of barnyard, herbs, and tart fruit. Flavor is tert with a sherp bitterness at the back of the throat. The aftertaste is of freshly baked wheat bread.

Bottle. Poured apricot orange. Nose was sour and funky. Taste was funky and sour. I like it.

22oz bottle. Pours cloudy yellow, darker in color than I expected. Nose is incredible barnyard, acid lemon, urine and horseblanket. Flavor is sour but not terribly so. Complex with an almost sulfurlike aftertase like tobacco or burnt coffee. Lingering sour finish. Dry but not near as dry as Cantillion. Oaky and woody in the middle. Really great and complex and gets more so as it warms. 250th rate.

37,7 cl bottle @ De Kelk, Bruges. Straw-colured, a bit hazy and sparkling beer with a thin white head. Some lace remains in the glass til the end. The aroma is acidic and oaky. The aromas has incredible complexity, especially in the finish that has fresh tobacco or even coffee aromas. I also found rhubarb and grass. The flavor is acidic, tart sour fruity and still somehow mellow at the same time. The palate is crispy, tart and soft: words that just don´t belong together but in this case they do. The finish is really something to remember. One of the greatest beers that I´ve ever had.

37, 5 cl bottle, 20JAN07 bottled. Great gueuze, nice pop when openeing the bottle, great smell. Right amount of sourness, warm finish. How a gueuze should be.

750ml bottle dated 02/2007. I’ve been waiting to give this one a shot, hope its funky. beautiful orange color with a good head at first, then scarce bubbles. The smell is real nice, candy, fruit, peaches, a little basement. Nice and sour, juicy like apples and pears. It feels like very tiny bubbles in my mouth but not very many of them. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-25-2008 04:14:23