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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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 Geokkjer (256), Kristiansand, Norway
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Bottle.Pours light yellow with a big foamy head.Lovely aroma of funky cellar sour and barnyard.Sour citrus flavor with some residual sweetness .Lot’s of nice funk.Thin body ,lively carbonation.Very nice and enjoyable


stoutbiiliards (17), Ohio, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 14, 2009  
hazy yellow color with a big white head that quickly dissipates. aroma is funky citrus. flavor is sour citrus and tart with a little funkiness.


 jfb (413), Weihenstephan, Germany
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Sep 11, 2009  
(bottle, dated 12/04/2008) pours a lightly hazy golden-orange colour with a tall frothy white head, great lacing. aroma has heaps of sweaty funk and dry spices, with lots of citrus and mild cheese. flavour is mostly the same, very funky and spicy, with a sour sweet-bready finish. medium body with lively carbonation.


 tgncc (798), Bellmore, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Bottle shared at Where the Wild Beers Are NYC 2009. The aroma is barnyard, a little tart lemon in the background. Very nice! The appearance is an ornage/yellow, white head. The flavor is earthy, leather, lemons, other tart and sour fruits. The finish is a tart lemon, like a sour lemon drop. Beautiful. A classic beer.


 talon1117 (616), Bellvue, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/517/20
Sep 2, 2009  
Bottled Feb. 01, 2008, good for at least ten years. Pours after the pop of the champagne cork with a mostly clear, gold color, lots of effervescence, and a head which is mostly full, fluffy, foamy, white, fully lasting and leaves some frothy lace at the bottom of the glass. Nose is typical oude with a lot of earthy, tart, funkiness going on; tartness is lemons and lime peel, tannic and wet oak notes, horse blanket, wet earth, mushrooms, even some sharp cheese notes. Flavor is still young with more tartness and sour notes than expected; puckering sour lemon notes dominating with also wet oak (almost cork-like), faint horse blanket, light sour apple, very tannic, bread yeast, and some drying bitterness into the finish. Palate is puckering, fizzy, light to medium, dry finishing, and refreshing. Finishes very dry, still sour with lemons, wet wood, and some earth and faint sharp cheese on the tongue. Still somewhat of a hard style for me to rate with so many differences from most beers I am used to drinking. However, it is a dying style that is refreshing change from the norm. This one was a bit more sour than I normally like but the nose was more than complex and I did find myself drinking it very easily. Still a marvel in brewing.


 Soonah (900), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 29, 2009  
The pour was pale yellow and slightly hazy. The head was white, fizzy and active. The aroma was tart citrus with light funk. The flavor is citrus, mild funk, some cheese and a bit of wood or oak. Thin body, refreshing to drink. Not bad.


 hobbersr (393), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 26, 2009  
Bottle shared with savvy1982... Thanks Kyle! Pours a bright yellow with a large white head. Aroma is earthy and tart. Mushrooms, earth, lemons, oak, and horse blanket. Tastes very similar. Palate is very nice. Simple, biting, abrasive, enjoyable. Just not as complex as I would like.


 Savvy1982 (303), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 23, 2009  
Bottle, shared with hobbersr and macadem. Pours hazy gold, with an incredibly persistent thin white head, lovely lacing. Aroma is very earthy, dead leaves and the dirty ground, oak acid, funk, mushrooms. And yet it has a bright sunshine and lemon/grapefruit side to it as well. Piercingly dry and austere in the mouth, quite sour for a gueuze. Still very earthy, plenty of acid and tannin, mild oak, a shade simple, especially in the mouth, but nonetheless, an excellent gueuze.



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