J & J Oude Geuze Blauw
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen in Lot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular Out of Production|
Score
8.51
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Blended for the wedding of the owners of De Heeren van Liedekercke in Denderleeuw, Belgium in 2003. Joost de Four and Jessie Sorgeloos.
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Thx! to Travlr // for bringing this one so generously // this is a special one // 75 cl. bottle sampled @ RBBSG 2012 // 2003 Vintage (only one ever made) // neat bibble story retelling @ back of the bottle // deep apricot peach coloured, hazy as can be with basically no head // smell is musty, deeply earthly, filled with mushrooms, like a mushroom cellar or cave, never been to one but this brings one to mind, soft moss, hay, barnyard, close to extreme for even me // taste is loaded with mushrooms, hay, barnyard, fields outside in the countryside, earthly, peaches, incredibly fruity, funky my man, not overtly lovely sour, blended soft lemons, touch of bitter even, wood // so smooth, drinkable, hazy with substantial body for style liquid art // this is like Tarkovsky, Dante, El Greco, Ozu, Coil, Paradise Lost, Current 93, Pieta,... // incredibly different from what I expected & Lente // aged must have worked miracles on an already incredible beer here
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Bottle @ Akkurat. Labeled Akkurats Gold Geuze 50/50. Pours hazy golden with a huge frothy and bubbly goldenish white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some lacing and trace on the glass. Smell is intense, sour and funky with lemon juice, grapefruit juice, crackers, dry soil, green grapes, unripe red currants, wood, plums, hay, barnyard, leather, brett, mandarin oranges and hints of horseblanket, brett and rubber. Taste is sour, tart and tiny fruity with lemon juice, grapefruit juice, unripe peaches and mango, green grapes, wood, dry soil, barnyard, unripe plums, horse blanket, rubber, leather and unripe red currants. Mouthfeel is smooth, dry, tart and medium bodied. Finish is sour, dry and tart with lemon juice, grapefruit juice, lemon grass, wood, hay, dry soil, brett, lemon zest, unripe berries, barnyard and leather. Pretty fucking close to perfection! --- Beer aliased from original tick of Akkurat's Gold Geuze 50/50 on 23 Dec 2018 at 01:40 - Score: 10. Original review text: EB
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Bottle, 75cl corked. A rather oily pour leaves a lightly unclear, headless beer in my glass. Doesn’t look impressive in any way, but rustic and sort of sexy anyway. Lightly dusty on the nose, with some vinegar hints, overall more intense than the Roze, especially on the funky side. More lemon, more barnyard, but without the rubbery touch from the female of the two. Intensely tart and dry on the palate, with lemony, funky flavors lasting for a good while. Even though there was a slightly unpleasant rubbery note in the Roze, I prefer that one. Both are certainly good beers, but I also think they’re overrated, probably due to the rare-factor. Really pleased to have tasted them though. 111229
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06-09-2003 vintage -obviously-
Slightly hazy pale golden colour, light white head. Aroma of hay, quite tart, farmyard, mushrooms, cheese, sour citrus notes. Quite tart flavour, lactic acid, mild malts, earth and mushrooms. Light wood. Very smooth. Tart finish, citrus, fruity, barnyard.
Incredibly nice beer, in good condition for its age. The experience of drinking it must’ve counted for some of the marks, but don’t let this fool you, it honestly is a great beer.
(From 75cL bottle @ RBBSG II, Wilrijk. Courtesy of Travlr, thank you sir!)
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Imported from my RateBeer account as 3 Fonteinen J & J Oude Geuze Blauw (by Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
11/VIII/2012 - 75cl @ RBBSG - BB: n/a - (2012-871) Thanks to Travlr for sharing the bottle!
Pretty cloudy orange beer, no head, very small line of white bubbles on the rim of the glass. Aroma: fruity, marzipan, bit sweet, little dusty, lemon juice, zest. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity, some peaches, almonds, peppery, little sweet. Aftertaste: fruity, soft sourness, bit spicy, some alcohol noticeable, lemony, orange juice, bit dry. Not bad, but let's not overreact, shall we?
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Sampled from bottle at RBBSG. Huge thanks to Travlr for this one! Hazy orange color, no head. Smell rubber or leather. Taste is lightly sour, slightly fruity. Soft carbo, medium body.
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Bottle @ Stephen’s house, courtesy of skycracksopen. Huge thanks! Cloudy, moderately orange appearance with a disappearing, bubbly off white head. Amazing, funky, cheesy, tangy, a touch spicy, lemn citrusy aroma. Fairly tart lemon citrusy, moderately cheesy, fairly sour, vanilla, light woody, somewhat musty, earthy flavor. Delicious but a bit below Roze in my opinion. Didn’t seem quite as complex.
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Bottle at Mikkeller Bar. My jaw totally dropped upon seeing the bottle. Hazy amber liquid with huge off-white head. Aroma is nicely funky and sour with notes of funk, apples, funk, wheat, funk, lemons, barnyard and sweat. Extremely well balanced with huge amounts of funk. Best lambic aroma I’ve ever experienced. Taste is dry and medium sour with notes of apples and lemons. Also very balanced and super drinkable even though it has a nice sourness. Medium bodied with high carbonation and really thirst quenching mouthfeel. This beer is just a perfect as a gueuze could be. Totally worth the hype, 100 times over.
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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!
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Bottle. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma is yeast, flower, funk, oak, fruit. Flavour is yeast, flower, funk, oak, fruit. Nice beer.