3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

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

375, corked, baled, and foiled. Pours a murky bright orange amber. Thick creamy white head that settle quickly to film and scant lace. Sharp, vinegary, funky nose. Medium, slightly fizzy body. Vinegar, sour cherries, horse blanket, and other delights await you on the mid-palate. Long, very slightly minerally and not-so-slightly funky-tart finish.

not my kind of beer. its just too sour i see why people like them but its just not for me. i suggest it to anyone who enjoys a good gueuze

I found this to be much smoother on the acidity than some of the other I have tried of this style. Not extremely tart and sour, but much more balanced all the way through. Hazy orange with a very nice aroma, predominant lemon tartness, with some spice and dried fruits. Does slightly lack a bit of depth and complexity, but a decent take to start out on the style.

25.4 oz bottle, 2/28/04. Hazed pale orange with a fluffy white head that settles to a thin coating. Nose is lemon custard with hints of soil and old matress. Over-ripe apples emerge with warming. Light, sparkly carb with a slick mouthfeel but not heavy. Taste is apple peel and dried apricot. Lemon pith drying with pear and chardonnay. Restrained sour, nice.

28 Feb 2004 bottling date. Foggy amber color with a frothy off white head. Medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel. Incredible aroma here is tart wheat, hay, barnyard piss, wood, weeds, earth. Mouth puckering taste is tart malt, sour funk, oak, weeds; very complex . The sour fades with every sip...... Earthy, barnyard, spring time fresh air,wood.... one of the most complex, finely crafted brews I’ve ever tasted. Excellent.112406

Hazy golden in color with a medium-large frothy white head. Aroma: very funky with sweaty socks/barnyard, pepper, tart fruit. Taste is sour with a ton of sour apple/grapeskin, and quite funky with horseblanket/barnyard. The mid-palate is lightly sweet with peach, earth, and wood, turns acedic and sour near the finish with tart fruit, lingering funk and pepper.

Bottled Jan ’04. Pour is orange with zero head. Vert still ...looks like juice. Aroma is sour and woody, but pretty subdued. The flavor is a bit off. Sour/tart but has a medicinal quality. I’m not sure if this bottle is in prime condition. The cork came out very easily, and makes me wonder. Will re rate at some point.

january 04 bottle. Cork popped way to easily out of the bottle. I’d say there is a chance it is infected, but my notes are about the same as the last one I had. Pours a very hazy orange with no head. Tons of sour fruit and ick in the aroma. Flavor is of stomach bile and acidic funk, earth, metal. Very sour. I just don’t see how people could drink this. Drain pour after 30 minutes and maybe 4 sips. <----lol at my first strait geuze attempt. I’m glad I can finally appreciate these for what they are.