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3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze - Lambic - Gueuze

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Gueuze

Beersel, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6673.96/5.03.95/5.06%83.7Flute, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Blend of 1, 2, and 3 year old lambics.
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 beerbill (1919), Laurel, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 13, 2008  
750 ml bottle dated 17 January 2006. Pours a hazy gold with a moderate linen white head that lasted through mid-glass and left some spotty lace. The haze eventually clears, revealing lots of tiny carbonation bubbles rising to the surface like a glass of champagne. Tart, funky aroma with lots of barnyard, old leather, and a few citrus notes struggling to be noticed. The flavor is less funky than the aroma, and is more about the fruit with lots of sweet and tart flavors swirling about. Effervescent and lively on the palate. This is a style that I have had some difficulty appreciating, although I must say I enjoyed this one.


 tomthompson89 (1459), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Dec 6, 2008  
Crazy lambic wow tart puckering even just in the nose!!! color is a yellowish orange that is nice and cloudy, very very bubbly. sour earthy barnyard nose and flavor but very refreshing at the same time. nice beer.


 smith4498 (825), Miami, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 5, 2008  
February 2004 bottle. Pours hazy golden color with white head. Funky barnyard aroma. Tart flavor with lots of funk. Medium body with average carbonation and a dry finish.


 glennmastrange (807), hobe sound, Florida, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/104/51/102/53/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Bottle. Moderate aromas all around. Straw for the malt, herbs for the hops, cobwebs and cellar for the yeast, with a heavy background note of wood and a powerful solvent smell. Head is large, frothy, white with good lacing and is fully lasting. Color is hazy, but sparkling amber/tan. Flavor starts heavily acidic and sour then finishes the same way with loads of bitterness. Palate is medium, watery with a bit of slickness and has an extremely fizzy carbonation. It finishes heavily astringent. Like the Flemish Sours, how the hell does one drink this and say they enjoyed the experience? I’m done being daring with my tasting of the unknown.


 cgreb (173), Marburg, Germany
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/54/102/513/20
Nov 27, 2008  
bottle - hazy orange beer with almost no foam. Very sour aroma. Reminds on vine. The same for the flavour. Tastes very sour, like a brut cider. A little bit of "cellar" flavour. Very special beer but not my style.


 Wasatch (270), Layton, Utah, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 17, 2008  
750ml Gold Tin Caged/Corked Bottled: 2 Feb 07 Poured into my Gouden Carolus chalice a very nice hazy golden yellow color, very nice carbonation, nice one-finger fizzy white head, with some nice sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, yeasty, funky, very slight licorice, spicy. The taste is malty, yeasty/funky, with some sourness, some licorice notes, and spice. Medium body, the finish is dry. Very drinkable, this is a tasty brew, thanks Joe.


 azlondon (656), Fribourg, Switzerland
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/54/20
Nov 2, 2008  
Appearance: Dark orange. Lots of white head. Bottled 2008. Aroma: Sour, citrus fruit. Taste: Very sour. Quenching. Hint of fruit? Info: 375ml bottle, 2/11-2008, 187/300


 mgermani (862), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/102/515/20
Oct 27, 2008  
Pours a slightly hazy pale golden-brown with no head to speak of. Aroma of sweet pineapple, vinigar, cider, quite pungent. First time I tried this was after a bunch of artificially-sweeneted lambics and my tastebuds were not happy. Re-corked it, left it in the fridge for nearly a month, and now I’m liking it a bit more. Very dry but with a lingering sweetness that balances nicely. Vinigar-cidery taste with a touch of spice, like cherry-pie (might be brett?) Thin body, barely carbonated. Not really my cup of tea, but complex enough to be interesting. Wouldn’t really want any great quantity of it, though. Many thanks to Boutip for the trade.



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