3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

Tap @ Stone Sour Fest 2009. hazy light orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate yeasty, horse blanket, barnyard, wood, sour, skunk, apple tart. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and bitter with a average to long duration and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is moderate astringent.

2004 bottle sampled June 2009 to celebrate signing on our new home.

Sometimes when I’m about two bolts into a lead climb I decide that I’ve bitten off more than I can chew and I wonder why in the hell I go climbing in the first place and why anyone would do this one purpose and I wonder whether I’m man enough to do it, let alone enjoy it....and then I just let it flow and as I’m lowering off the anchors, I’ve got this happy glow. The aroma of this one, tart and aggressive, funky and balsamic, makes me feel that way. Yet after the second sip I’m loving it and I’ve got that lowering off glow now as the deep, dry brett lays across my tongue and I look longingly at the empty glass.

Shared this one and both of us commented on how wonderfully crisp and dry it was. I also liked the tartness. The color was a little too dark and made me wonder if it was still fresh - but it was.

Off brown gold pour with foamy head and lace. Tart with brown sugar aroma that hints of fruit. Big tart dry flavor with a hint of fruitiness and funk. Medium bodied with nice carbonation. A very nice beer.

Very funk oriented mild gueuze though not without tasty grape and lemon notes. Packed with hay and barnyard notes and finishes leaving a yummy brett blancet on your tongue.

Flaske: Nu er jeg normalt ikke pjattet med for sure øl, men denne sag blended i 2003 var outsstanding. Klar duft stald og funk. Flot orange klar øl med et flot skumhoved. Smagen er til at begynde med en kende for sur, men vokser langsomt på dig. Virkelig positiv overrasket.

bottle. pours a hazy yellow orange witha white head. really pleasant tartness. some lemon, sour grape, and funk notes. very good.

Pours out a translucent honey-orange colour with almost no head to speak of. The nose is extremely citric, with some suggestions of peach, and of course, that deliciously filthy barnyard funk, in all its tart, acetic, bretty glory. The flavour starts off with lemon rind, funky brett yeast and some super-sour and tart green apple. The finish is very salty with a lingering of barnyard/horse blanket dankness. White pepper and plenty of wood is present toward the finish. The mouthfeel is thin, crisp, and drying. The carbonation is appropriately prickly. The brightness from the one-year-old and the earthiness from the 3-year-old. Really intense, even for a gueuze!