3 Fonteinen Millennium Geuze

Formerly brewed at 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Beersel, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Bottle. Pours a nice hazy straw color with a frothy head. Good head retention. The aroma is quite funky with lots of layers of mud, wet wood, cellar and brett. Noticeable mineral notes and quite a lot of lemon peel, but it’s not very acidic. The taste is very flavorful. Not overly sour, but still tart enough, and with a surprisingly noticeable malty sweetness as a compliment leading the way to a dry and somewhat bitter and tart finish. Lots of funky aromas everywhere: mud, horse blanket, wet grass. Some leather and minerals with refreshing notes of lemon. Light body, fantastic carbonation - very effervescent with a mousse-like quality. This is really good, but it’s not the most complex gueze I’ve come across.

Bottle shared at Sour and Bitter. I have had this twice but haven’t rated much in the last years so this trip kind of inspired me to start again. Poured into the glass a clear hay gold with with a large noisy head that settled down eventually. Aroma is soft, lemon fruit, deep farmhouse funk, mushroom, wild yeast. Nose is so layered and is wonderful, was one of the best lambics enjoyed on the trip easily. Flavor is layers of earthy, funky, citrus complexity. Very refined and champagne like. Probably better than the bottle I drank from in 2010. Lovely!

Rating #700! Bottle shared @ S&B. Hazy golden yellow color with a medium, delicate white head. The nose is really funky cheddar cheese and light eggy sulphur. Heavy lemon liqueur and barnyard sock. Light acrid mold. Deep and complex aromas. The taste is lemon wood and dried cork, funky light pears and shaved parmesean cheese. Some sweet pineapple. The body’s indescribeably soft and lush, complex on the tongue. Light, nimble, and still drinking wonderfully. I understand the bottle to bottle variation on Millenium can be pronounced, and I think we got a winner of a bottle. This beer is fantastic, the flavors are constantly changing and evolving on your tongue. A great experience.

Bottle @ Sour & Bitter Dinner, Copenhagen, shared with Bergen Beer Tasting Crew and the fine fellas of the Die By the Beer blog. :-) Ah, so a legend is being opened. Let’s see what the myths are made of. Pours a blonde orange body with a medium off-white head, fading rapidly. Aroma is tart lemon, dense funky brett tones, aerial yeasty apple vinegar notes and hints of straw. Very mellow and finely integrated (as expected). Taste is bitter lemon zest, straw and grassy notes, barnyard funk and hints of grapefruity bitterness. Slight metallic hints in the finish, without being disturbing. Nice. Palate is still a bit fizzy after all these years, but works well in bringing out the flavors. Everything has sort of melted together, as one would think when dealing with this kind of age on a beer, but somehow the overall impression isn’t quite as awesome as the ratings indicate, in my opinion. A very good geuze, but I’ve had better.

10th May 2012
Bottle shared at Sour & Bitter. Very hazy amber beer, tidy white head. Light dry palate., a little soft. Mildly woody. Mild orange citrus. Mild sourness. Pretty dry finish with mild sourness in the aftertaste. An approachable Gueuze for a non sour lover but really not getting all the stellar marks, no change there then!

Bottle @ S&B - Pours cloudy orange, steady white head. Gentle aromas of apple, wood, citrus and some floral notes. Very smooth siiky mouthfeel for a gueuze, very soft from beginning to end. Very well balanced! Taste confirms the nose + some grapefruit. Brilliant beer! One of my all-time favourites.

S&B 2012. Pours cloudy copper amber with a great shortlived off white head leaving lace. Aroma is sweet yellow prunes sweety horse blanket fruity sour; so well in balance and so good. Flavor is sweetish fruity tart sour in front, more dry pungent stable cellar in the middle with sustained fruits getting more barrel harsh and lemon juice tart towards the end. Finishes sour metallic tart.

Bottle at Sour & Bitter. Pours cloudy yellow with a creamy white head. The aroma is acid, sweet fruit, citrus, oak and barnyard. Seems powerful. The flavour is dry and citrussy with notes of fruit, oak and barnyard. Perfectly balanced Gueuze.

A: yeasts, grapefruit, very fresh fruits. A: amazing gold-light amber. T: teh perfect geuze, medium to heavy sourness. P: mb, medium carbo. O: 20/20

Bottle at sour and bitter. Pours hazy amber with no head. Aroma is up front complex wildness, soft tartness, not very "in ya face" but just smooth and mellow. Smooth wood, ruraly stable notes, nice bett, bright leather, grapefruit, a little bit sulfur, dry wood and some lemon. Taste is dry oakyness, grapefruit, overall pretty fruity, not overly tart, floral notes, lemon, very dry wineish, rural stable notes but not at all "dirty". Very clean and mellow. Balance is the key word to this. Taste very authentic.

Bottle at Sour and Bitter. It pours cloudy orange-amber, with a thick white head. The nose is very soft indeed - sweet banana, apple pie, pineapple, spice, floral (particularly chamomile) and a touch of tart lemon. The taste is tart lemon, white currant, green apple, white grape, pineapple, floral, a bit of farmyard and lingering alcohol warmth, with a pleasantly tart finish. So very well balanced, smooth, complex and with a touch more alcohol warmth than most gueuzes. Medium body, fine carbonation and velvety mouth-feel. A brilliant gueuze.