3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

April 2005 Bottling (Oct 2009, 3.7)
Softer palate structure than I expected but still very good. Good sour fruits right through the palate but doesn’t really stray into the intense territory. Good grapey notes as well and finishes with some minerals and pepper. Stil some years to go yet.

1997 Vintage (Oct 2006, 3.8)
Thin head, well built, cloudy orange body. 9 years of bottle age becomes very evident on the nose with old, grapey, wine-like notes and a hint of sour fruit. Palalate is something special as the bracing acidity and sourness evident in so many young gueze has all but disappeared. More vinous and mild sour notes drive the palate and plenty of fizz keeps the beer dancing across the mouth. Just a hint of volatile acidity. (Oct 2006, 4.0) (e8.00 750ml @ Brewery cafe

Poured orange with a light brown head and floaties. Aroma was sour, burn vacuum, barnyardish, and smelly cheese. Had that poweful funky lambic flavor that I have come to love. Tart and sour with what I could call cheese and barn yardish hay flavors. Good body. Excellently sour and tart.

750 ml bottle (bottled Feb. 2004) shared by Bockyhorsey via his Secret Santa - Pours a hazy golden color with a big white head. Aroma is light yeast and esters (including berry). Flavor is mouth puckering tart. Lots of esters in the flavor. Medium body. A good beer. I’m just not a fan of Lambics. Thanks Bill for sharing.

Dry aroma of yeast, wood (oak?), and lactic acid. Great coppery gold color with a head that dissipates, but does not disappear. Starts with a lactic sourness, puckers the mouth. Very like a Brettomyces product. This is tart, tart, tart, but in a pleasent way. Green apple popped up suddenly. The impression changes with the passage of time on the mouth. The end remains sour, but it is a good sour. Now it changes with every sip - almost. Quite interesting and quite rewarding.

1999 bottle brought out from Hopdogs cellar, Thanks for sharing this one Steve. Poured a hazy golden body with thin head. Oakey aroma-sour, got my mouth watering. Very nice sour taste, oak. Finishes well, I could drink this all night. Nice, nice finish. Good taste even when I burped.

750 ml. shared with cbkschubert. Had a common yeasty and friut aroma. Cloudy yellow body with big white head. A tart fruity flavor with some sour. Body had a good amount of carbination with active bubbles in the the glass. Thanks to secret santa for sending me this one.

750ml bottle. Bottled on 2/28/04. Aroma: Lots of tart citrus, some green apples and grapes, brett, dusty/musty, leather, and some cheesy funk. Appearance: Light gold in color and just slightly hazed. Lots of champagne like bubbles. Off-white head was full and rocky, but didn’t last long. Some lacing. Flavor: Strong vinegar, lemon and orange, apples, rubber, leather, wood, dusty basement, horseblanket, sweat, and a slight cheesiness. Brett all over the place. Finishes fairly dry, but the flavors linger for awhile. Palate: Medium-light bodied. Medium-high carbonation. Overall: I’ve been holding this one for several months, and I’m glad I chose today to crack it open. Really nice.

Thanks to hopdog for opening this ’99 vintage bottle... Appears a hazy, light gold with a small white head that fades into a mild collar. Tiny speckles of lacing are left around the glass. Smell is of tart apple, grapes, rubber, melon, obvious brett. Taste is of the mentioned aromas with notes of vinegar that has been strained through a dusty horseblanket. Mouthfeel is zingy with a light body. Notes of tart apple, star fruit, & persimmons are lively along the palate. Not bad.