3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

Thanks Phil (Philip)! This beer has a sweet acidic aroma with apple and citrus notes. This is a maize colored beer with a thin white head. The sour acidic character dries the mouth out at first until the fruit flavors remoisten the tongue just prior to swallowing. The taste of apples and cherries can detected.

Incredible. Visit a rural farmyard and breath in the aromas. Remember them. There are some that, at first, may seem unpleasant. They are not. Savor them. Remember them when you taste this beer. It captures them. THIS is the champaigne of beers (along with a few others in its style).

I’m not really an oude geuze kinda guy, but this actually appealed quite much to me. Pretty golden/orange colour with a fairly big head, huge aroma of wet hay, flowers and green apples. Nice sourness with good citrus flavours - quite a bit of winelike qualities. Bone dry finish. Will definetely try this again if the chance presents itself.

2001 Vintage from my cellar. Poured at the Fat Tuesday tasting with friends. Opened with a nice cork pop and lots of carbonation on the pour. Strong notes of lemon and hay, melded with strong floral notes. The sourness is pretty overwhelming on the palate. Lots of yeast, citrus, ginger, Squirt soda, apple, you name it. Complex, just a strange asault of sourness on the palate. Not my preferred style, but I can appreciate it.

"bottled feb 04 Poured a cloudy amber color massive head with good carbonation. Aroma was citrus and lemony and the typical barnyard that is in this style. Flavor was much the same, twisted my tounge around for the first couple of sips but got better as it warmed."

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry & tupalev -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a cloudy golden-orange with an average size foamy white head. Aroma -- oh yeah, that’s sour baby! Smells awesome, it’s fruity and champagne-like. Very tart, dry, yeasty fruit flavour -- which is even more sour then the aroma suggests. Medium bodied. Impressive, quite a joy to drink.

Bottled Jan. 22, 2004. Foggy, glowing bronze/orange. No head, just a thin layer of white-ish bubbles. Aroma is vinegary sour yeast and some pine resin. Flavor is the same but more mild than the aroma, also some oaked citrus notes tossed in. Smooth, medium body that thins out a little in the finish. Overall an excellent geuze.

Bottle (375ml). Shared with blankboy and tupalev - my bottle. Poured cloudy orange with an average white foamy-rocky head. Aroma - hey, it’s a real geueze, so yeast, funky, sharp, tart, echoes of cheese, old tennis shoes, wet wool, sour fruit - in other words great! Tasted like it smelled only juicier - had a thick, lively, sharp and acidic mouthfeel - no disappointment here, smooth, funky, biting and woody.