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

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 1174   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.98   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Blend of 1, 2, and 3 year old lambics.
A true Geuze - a blend of 1, 2, and 3 year-old lambic, unfiltered and unpasteurized, and aged in the bottle for at least a year after blending. Refermentation in the bottle gives this Geuze its famous champagne-like spritziness. The lambic that goes into it is brewed only with 60% barley malt, 40% unmalted wheat, aged hops, and water, spontaneously fermented by wild yeasts, and matured in oak casks.


JohnnyJ's rating

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
JohnnyJ (3531) - San Diego, California, USA - MAR 15, 2008
Feb 04 bottle. Pours a hazy golden yellow with nice lacy white head. This was really tasty. Very acidic with citrus, lemon, apple, hints of berry, pepper, barnyard funkiness, and peach. Also some oak and leather. Very dry and very sour, this is not an easy to drink beer, but it is very complex.


most recent ratings

4.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
Wombata (331) - Kobe, JAPAN - MAY 20, 2013
Aroma: light balsamic vinegar, floral, dusty straw, tart and bitter lemon. Flavor: tart, very dry cider and lemon, floral; finishes with floral and bitter lemon pith and then slowly fades with late grainy flavors appearing. Very long, persistent finish. Comment: highly carbonated; the bubbles attack simultaneously with the tartness. Superb balance and mouth feel. Drier than the Dutchess of Bourgogne. An acquired taste, though you can appreciate the complexity once the palate adapts.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Sevenlee (884) - Central Coast, NSW, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18, 2013
Pours a gold colour with a white head. Aroma is malt, fruit and sourness. Taste is fruity, sour and acidic leading to a dry finish. A great geuze.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Steve_0 (1255) - Denver, Colorado, USA - MAY 18, 2013
Bottle at home with my wife. Pour is hazy, glowing orange with a big white head and great lacing. Super dusty, funky, lemon, citrusy, horse blanket, somewhat doughy, sweet tarts, cheesy, earthy, and fresh cut grass in the aroma. Taste is huge sour lemon peel, very earthy and fruity - picking up great peach skin tastes and grapefruit - cat urine, cheesy, musty, hay, a touch of herbs on the backend, ending medium sour - but not a sour bomb by any means. Medium body with high carbonation. Super funky and lightly acidic, yet not overly sour, fruity and well-balanced. A touch of sweetness in there, as well to cut through the sourness. Nice Stuff!

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
darn1207 (1704) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - MAY 18, 2013
Rating 1700. Corked bottle from Knightly Spirits on Orange Blossom. Gold-orange pour with a thin bright white head. Wonderful funky aroma of sour grape, cheese, oak, lemon. Tastes are green apple, lemon, woody, light spices. Palate is both buttery and lively champagne-like carbonation. Dry finish. Crisp, clean, very nice.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
RobinV (37) - NETHERLANDS - MAY 12, 2013
You just kindof got to like this. Wild and bubbly look/head, beautiful cloudy golden yellow color. Smells like vinegar and sweaty socks. Sour, funky apple taste. Very refreshing. Slighy bitter. Nice fresh finish. Medium body, soft carbonation yet fizzy look.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
oRos (612) - sacramento, California, USA - MAY 10, 2013
Bottle from city beer. Pours golden cloudy with white headn taste is tart lemon with lots of carbonation. Leaves nothing in your mouth.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
VerticalBaconStrips (1897) - Assat, Alberta, CANADA - MAY 8, 2013
Not as smooth or as good as the A&T version. Notable nastier bite and power. More woody, more rot, less cherry or none, more lengthy strong aftertaste. This is really more about the enjoyment than the individual qualities. Very enjoyable minus major harshness.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Cirrhosis (1072) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - MAY 8, 2013
Tanks Jeff for storing this for many years. For pour one the beer was crystal clear with a thick creamy cap, for number two it got hazy. Funky lemon wood with a big sour bite. Aroma is an aroma. Baaaa this beer is intence. Sour war head gumballs with rotting lumber, why cherry ( this just me who taste this ) No tonic and bile in this one. Good beer for style.

4.6
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
Dommod2011 (426) - Birmingham, West Midlands, ENGLAND - MAY 5, 2013
Totally delicious. Cork pinballed around the kitchen as soon as the metal was unwound, had a moment of panic that I was going to lose the whole lot, but only a few drops. A few gueueuzes now, and there’s some that don’t quite find a balance to the funk. But this is totally delicious. Stunning beer.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
hopbel (5) - NETHERLANDS - MAY 4, 2013 does not count
Mooi levend bier. Heel veel kleine belletjes. Kleur gaat richting oranje. Schuim verdwijnt na inschenken. Misschien iets te koud gedronken. Recht uit de koelkast. Smaak komt steeds losser. Lekker zuur. dichte opeenstapeling van smaken.Ver weg appel, koper, ... (H)eerlijk bier.


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