3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze 1998 (50th Anniversary)

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

Bottle shared with very good friends (drank in 2008): Poured a light orangey color gueuze with a huge pure white bubbly head with good retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of funky barnyard notes mix with some well balance tart/sour notes. Light touch of oak is noticeable as well. Taste is a wonderful mix between some funky barnyard –like notes with some medium sour notes with light oak. Easily drinkable with almost no acidity and some great carbonation. Very well balance overall and it is aged gracefully but I can’t help tot hint that it is slightly less gracious then the 1999 vintage drank a year or two ago.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Bottle, RBESG 2005 Grand Tasting. Hazy pale brown colour. Funky aroma, notes of horseblanket and sour fruits. Flavour is typical geuze sour, not too much, fruity. Very nice.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Bottled. Deep goldeny orange colour with mediumsized white head. Aroma is sourness, wood and slight hints of leather. Flavour is earthy, wooden, slightly fruity bitterness and overall really sour. A really pleasant Gueuze.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Unclear amber, rich frothy white head. Soft, sparkling aroma of leaves, grapefruit, wood, cheese, cork and wet grass. Cheesy and woody flavour with undertones of grapefruit and orange-peels. Woody but nut that sour finish. Hints of apple skins, grapefruit and cheese. Smooth, lively, almost champagne like carbonation. Good stuff

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

This geuze pours a cloudy orange gold color from a 750ml bottle at the 2006 Pizza Port Belgian Fest. Medium sized white small bubbled head. Aroma is tart, vinous and funky. Cobwebs, leather and must. A medium bodied gueze. Malts are fruity, funky, barnyard and leather. Tart as hell, Dry as a bone. Yet, there are nice berry, lemon and apples. Crisp and clean. Nice beer. Ages well. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is crisp and dry. Aftertaste is tart and sour.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Poured a hazy golden color with a large, creamy, white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of hay, some oak, horseblanket, some tart citrus, with green apples, and brett. Taste is perfectly sour, lemon rind, more apple, with some vanilla, and a very light sweetness that balances the wild yeasts very nicely. Silky mouthfeel.