Geuze Cuvée J&J (Joost En Jessie) Blauw (Blue) - Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen

Luk13

Quebec (Canada)

4.9/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Bottle thanks to hoppypocket. Glowing orange with huge creamy white foam. Impressive for a 9 year old beer. Aroma is distinctive barnyard, citrus peel, old cheddar and some old lambic (menthol). Taste is out of this world. It feels so fresh while being bone dry. Lots of citrus, must and some herbs. Feels like orange juice, nice moderate acidity with orange sweetness. Lively carbonation and light bodied. Awesome and refined, the best of the tasting and probably the best gueuze I've had.

Serving type: bottle

10-28-2012 17:14:05 | More by Luk13

tom10101

Quebec (Canada)

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%

05-19-2013 16:55:05 | More by tom10101

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%

05-19-2013 01:41:37 | More by Photekut

VAbdoyan

California

4.25/5  rDev -9%

05-13-2013 19:08:46 | More by VAbdoyan

vissai

California

4/5  rDev -14.3%

05-12-2013 16:59:15 | More by vissai

AlexFields

Tennessee

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Thanks to totoropanda for the bottle. Opened at our whales tasting 3/16/2013.

Pours a bright almost neon orange, huge froth head with long trails of lace. Epic.

Smells funky as hell. Bright acidic orange, bready wheat, dry funk, wet horse and the rest. Hell yeah.

Taste is bright orange, fairly acidic but also somewhat softened with age, grainy/wheaty finish. Delicious.

Great mouthfeel, soft and great carbonation. Doesn't burn despite being very sour.

Yeah I do like this!

9.7/10

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2013 17:57:42 | More by AlexFields

yourefragile

District of Columbia

4.56/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75

750 mL bottle, thanks for sharing Brad.

Pours a dirty golden orange with a retentive finger of white head. Extremely musty and funky nose, lemon sourness, tart apple, lactic and slightly sweet. Flavor has a slight sulfur hint and is more funky than sour. Lemon acidity, tart under ripe green apple, grass, musty funk in flavor; all incredibly balanced without any one dimension dominating each taste. Medium thick, well carbonated, soft body with a crisp, dry finish. Lovely.

Serving type: bottle

03-15-2013 02:12:43 | More by yourefragile

drummermattie02

Texas

4.5/5  rDev -3.6%

03-12-2013 14:25:15 | More by drummermattie02

Shmeal

Oregon

5/5  rDev +7.1%

03-12-2013 06:44:53 | More by Shmeal

rudzud

Massachusetts

4.7/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Shared with JLindros and company at the last whale tasting. Reviewed from notes. 2003 vintage.

A - Poured into my Kate the Great tulip a nice hazy gold with a one finger white head that fades to leave a thin little blanket with halo. Seriously though, with a touch of the cage this beer errupted out of the bottle.

S - Super, super sharp funk. Rich and potent and powerful stuff here. Nice and earthy, faint flashes of malt. You can almost smell this from across the room.

T - Taste is super funky and super dry/tart. Like an old funky cheese. Delicious. Just insane the amount of funk in this beer. So musty and barnyard like. Floored.

M - Mouthfeel is very good carbonation, so tart and so absurdly funky. Excellent.

O - Overall this was an OMG bottle. Never figured I would get to try one of these. Next up is Blaebear and Isabelle!

Serving type: bottle

02-28-2013 01:39:46 | More by rudzud

readbaron

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%

02-01-2013 22:05:02 | More by readbaron

aasher

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev -3.6%

01-29-2013 00:25:40 | More by aasher

mark99

New York

5/5  rDev +7.1%

01-25-2013 03:45:48 | More by mark99

Mark000

Kentucky

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%

01-19-2013 20:01:54 | More by Mark000

jbuddle

New York

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%

01-16-2013 21:40:10 | More by jbuddle

MordorMongo

Indiana

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%

01-13-2013 19:33:57 | More by MordorMongo

futura123

California

4.5/5  rDev -3.6%

01-10-2013 23:10:33 | More by futura123

Brew33

Ohio

5/5  rDev +7.1%

01-02-2013 13:30:37 | More by Brew33

rmaste6282

California

5/5  rDev +7.1%

11-18-2012 16:03:45 | More by rmaste6282

GrumpyOldTroll

New Jersey

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%

10-31-2012 02:02:44 | More by GrumpyOldTroll

cosmicevan

New York

4.45/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Notes taken from 9/29 from the craziest bottle share that i have ever been a part of. Thanks so much to the NYC and Hoboken crew for letting me participate in this incredible day of drinking long time wants and insanity.

Thanks kindly to Josh for sharing.

a - a GUSHER!!!! gorgeous murky orange color with a thin fizzy head that hung out forever. streaky slippery lacing.
s - musty. barnyard funk.
t - musty barnyard funk, just like the nose. Really funky. very enjoyable.
m - dry finish...musty!
o - overall holding up amazingly well. really good, really funky, and really musty.

Serving type: bottle

10-25-2012 20:59:44 | More by cosmicevan

shoyoroll

California

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%

10-02-2012 07:56:26 | More by shoyoroll

t0rin0

California

4.5/5  rDev -3.6%

09-02-2012 19:56:40 | More by t0rin0

SpdKilz

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +1.7%

08-25-2012 02:23:31 | More by SpdKilz

brystmar

New York

4.58/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Generously opened by blatantdream alongside Roze at our big sour tasting last night. Thanks!

Loud pop from the cork announces its arrival, though Blauw kindly follows my house rules and doesn't gush. Impressively carbonated for a 9-year-old beer. Slightly hazy, golden-amber body sports tiny white bubbles up top.

Wow, the nose is incredible! Rich, potent funk; citrus; earthy yeast; a touch of sweet malt in the middle; hints of fruit. And again, its potency is impressive. My gf kept a small pour of this in a separate glass so she could smell it for the rest of the night.

Tasting reveals Blauw's delicate complexity. Tart and citrusy at first, mildly grassy in the middle, fades into a dry & funky finish. Rays of ripe fruit flavor shine through intermittently. Impressively layered; a joyous beverage to sip.

While I typically prefer fruit lambics to gueuze, this was phenomenal. Roze, by contrast, was overly grassy/earthy and not nearly as good. Blauw ranks among the best gueuze I've ever had.

Serving type: bottle

08-20-2012 18:48:43 | More by brystmar