3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

Tim brought this to Bill’s epic sour tasting. Thanks Tim! 2007. I’ve been very eager to try this. I have a 2004 bottle taunting in my closet, but it’s for my son’s 21st, so the I haven’t opened it. Amber color. Good. Mild sourness. Good gueuze.

Good cloudy dark-gold hue. Gotta put your nose right in it to get the funky rubber thing. Otherwise you get a nice smooth, slightly medicinal sour apples-gone-bad smell. Good mouthfeel... dancing tiny bubbles in a medium-light body. It almost doesn’t give you enough time to appreciate it’s character and depth: kind of a peppery fruit mash, before the spicy grapefruit tang comes bounding onto the tongue. And what a clean refreshing end on this thing! Very good brew and my only geuze outside of the Girardin Black Label which I will be revisiting

Lovely geuze but not on the same level as the best in the field - it lacks some corbonation. The taste is rather clear without multible layers of minerals and fruit.

(37,5cl, bottled 2006) Lightly rusty or orangey golden, no head. Apple juicy (and seedy), sour aroma. Quite fresh for a gueuze, not that earthy. Tart flavor with that same apple juice with little of that barnyard and quite strongly tannic, dry finish. There’s even little hops, how odd that may be. Medium bodied, almost totally flat palate. Quite simple for a gueuze, but enjoyable. I love that tannic apple.

bottle paisley beer fest thanks to tom- pours cloudy amber golden smells grapefruit strawberry, tastes lemon lemon peel, grapefruit. most drinkable lambic ive drunk.

golden appearance with strong head. more carbonation than cantillon gueze. Flavor is more malty with less sourness than Cantillon. Possible less complex, but more drinkable than most other lambics

Man I love the gueuze. This isn’t as tart as some that I’ve had, but this is still near mind blowing. The aroma was perfect. Strong funk, wet blanket and vinegar. This beer smells like wet dog/horse which is a good thing. Pour was a nice light gold with a 2 finger off white head. Taste was nice and sour. Not as full as some of this style that I’ve had, but still awesome. Funk, wood, grapefruit and strong acidity. Nice carbonation and very citrusy/grapefruity aftertaste. IMO not as good as Cantillion but close.

Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Clear orange body with almost no head. Sour nose with some citrus. Very tart. Can barely detect a few fruits here. Texture is quite nice, as it really envelops the tongue. I can appreciate the style more - but still have an emperor wears no clothes feeling about lambics...