3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

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

Pours a clear piss yellow with a lasting white lace. Aroma is almondy, barn-like and acidic as all hell. Body is dry dry dry. Flavors are actually far less complex than I would have expected. Acidic to be sure, but there was a complete lack of typical oaky vanilla characte. I wil say that this did have a nice character remeniscint of chardonnay grapes, more the skins than the actual fruit.

750 ml. From the first cork pop to the last sip, this geuze has an aroma that tickles the nose and a flavor palate that dances on the tongue. Hazy golden color with a big head and good lacing. Sour apples, green apples and a little bit of apple cider vinegar flavors. Tartness makes it highly refreshing.

[bottle courtesy of tiggmtl] Very hazy golden orange with little fizz and no head. Intense, inviting aroma: bright sourness compliments a saison-y mustiness with spicy orange, sweet gingerale, corriander, celery, and white grape notes. The flavour begins with a pungent dryness offset by a musty bitterness that doesn’t seem to be from hops. The transcendent souness carries the flavour experience through faint banana and a bouqet of spices and fruits that includes red cherries, corriander, ginger, and celery. The sourness and drynes are a bit pervading. Mildly acrid feel up front fades to a sharp bitter and then a clean banana. High carbonation. Soft and powdery.

Had again, as no. 72 at the party. I think that this may be one of my new favorite styles. Original 5,4,6,3,13. People were making fun of this beer at the tasting, but I kind of liked it. An interesting painty aroma. This has got some bite. A very strong biting sour flavor. Okay in small batches.

Huge carbonation. Light white frothy head reduces to a thin foam. The carbonation keeps the head on this baby though. Aroma is loaded with sour cherries and tart green apples. Some funky cheese in there also. Light golden orange in color. Very fizzy in the mouth. More tart apples. Very puckering. Dry puckering finish. Sampled at heavyweight open house. Too many damn lambics today.

Bottle @ the Delirium café, Brussels.
Murky, opaque honey gold, very, very finely carbonated with a thin, incomplete and barely lasting white puff of foam that left no trace behind on the glass. Fresh, zesty and enveloping aroma of tart, dry fruits, prickly citric acid and pine needles. As clean and simple as it gets, which leaves it void of true Lambic character. Sour, tart and tight in flavour. Light citric lemon peel sides, good hairy goat presence on the palate making it rough and rugged, short dressed showing of rose petals, raspy weeds, damp cellar and fresh pine-wood. Finish has a little human bile and hessian sack before it dries out fully and becomes acidic. Whilst different to taste and actually quite refreshing it lacked certain qualities I like in a Gueuze. Still, it’s always exciting to try more Lambic. (37,5cL, 08/12/04)

(Bottled in 01/2003) Hazy golden color with a medium head. Very tart and sour, very fruity aroma with apricot. Tart, surprisingly fruity flavor with quite high acidity and some lemon-honeyish sweetness. Acidic-lemony, tart aftertaste. No alcohol present despite the 6% ABV. Medium-bodied, almost lemonadey palate, although quite tart. A decently enjoyable, very fruity gueuze, with the yeast sticking to teeth. No match for Cantillons, though.

RBSG 06. 99 vintage. Clear, light pale with white head that just covers the beer. The aroma is cheesy, horse, lemon and cobwebs. The flavor is soft acidity, lemon and cheese. The mouthfeel is soft with light carbonation and a sour end. I need to try a more recent bottle of this, I feel this one was a bit down hill (too soft).