3 Fonteinen J & J Oude Geuze Blauw

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Rating #4000. Bottle @ FOneFan. Slightly hazy amber/deep golden with medium off-white head. Aroma is malt, tart, fruit and a little grapefruit. Flavour is malt, tart, grapefruit, little sulfur, little citrus, little citric and medium dry.

Medium orange copper. Barely half (soft white) fingernail head on gentle pour. Smells robust, crisp, and funky. Cracked straw, barnyard funk, blue cheese, and lemon zest. Touch of oak and mellow citrus. Excellent balance of sour, tart, and sweet. Barnyard funk, green apple tart, lemon rind, aged cheese, and cobwebs. So complex, but so great! Light/medium bodied with smooth, gentle carbonation. Superb beer with beautiful balance and age. Hard to top this, but I’m sure there might be a few out there, that I have yet to enjoy, that rise above this (hence the almost perfect score).

bottle shared by ericandersnavy @ RBWG. hazy gold pour with a white head. nose is funk, wood, sour, tart, lemon, holy crap. wow, amazingly tart, lemon, wood, funk, and a great finish.

UPDATED: MAY 17, 2012 750 ml bottle @ The Camper on our Denmark Tour (before and after the S&B/CBC Festivals). Opened the bottle following a trade earlier this week and after having noticed that the cork was a bit dried out (making some gas escape)... Despita that - beer was still in a perfect condition drank it paired with a first course based on tuna and a Danish smeus as the main course)... Now the beer: pours hazy golden orange with constant and continuous creamy white head (looks like beaten egg whites). Aroma of wood (and plenty of it), some green herbs (cresson, parcely) and spices (I had some cloves and thyme). Medium body with fresh yet very subtle acidity which pushes its way through from the middle to finish extremely dry. Taste is again some wood, citrussy notes. Wauuw, truly an incredible beer - and one of my favourite geuzes!

31st August 2009
Tasting at Mes and Sims flat. Cloud orange beer with a frothy white head. Dry sour beer. Earthy - woody, not too astringent. The earthy mildness makes this and easy drinking lambic. Thanks to Mes & Sim for sharing this one!

Bottle. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma is yeast, flower, funk, oak, fruit. Flavour is yeast, flower, funk, oak, fruit. Nice beer.

Light brown pour with foamy white head. Acidic and earthy aroma. Tart fruitiness, and a tart finish. Nice body with aggressive carbonation.

Bottled. A slightly hazy dark golden beer with a huge lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of horseblanket, brettanomyces, grapefruits, and malt. The flavor is sweet and acidic with notes of brettanomyces, grapefruits, malt, dusty hops, horseblanket, and wood, leading to a tart finish.

pour was golden orange, nice fluffy white head. built up quick and just stuck there. nose was very interesting. along with the cheese and funk was a mild berry aspect. picked up very faint blueberry and lemon. nice old oak. stunning nose. very tart with the help of light lemon and sour berry. cheesy and funky with a strong old barnyard presence. a fair strong oak and musty flavor through the finish which helped the dry bitterness. fairly carbonated with strong bite. very dry and bitter. delicious, worthy, amazing. Reviewed on: 01-08-2012

750ml bottle shared at RBWG/ Nose is Sour sugar, sweetness, herbal, sourpatch kids candy...Taste is Funky tartness and sour, wet socks, tangy, white grape, faint wet wood...Palate is puckering, just how i like it..Wow

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate sour - barnyard. Flavor is medium sweet, rather sour and rather acidic. Bone dry and rather acidic finish. 270112