Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze Golden Blend - Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen

spoony

Colorado

4.8/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

From a 375 bottle (code: 2011-2-17) into a tulip.

Note-I should have read the reviews prior to opening, because I nearly lost an eye opening this thing. As soon as I loosed the cage, the cork shot out and the beer produced a mild gush of foam.

A-Crazy amounts of light tan foam that hung around for a bit in the glass. The beer itself is a golden color with orange hues. A bit cloudy on the pour with a few streams of carbonation to be seen.

S-Lactic (but not overly so), tart, and delicious. You get some oak and a lightly vinous smell to go along with the wet hay and light funkiness. There is a nice green apple component as well. Very concentrated and complex.

T-Also concentrated and complex, and with flavors similar to the smell. Finer and more delicate in flavor than some gueze, but with an amazing balance of lactic tartness, funkiness (wet hay and barnyard), bright fruit (green apples and tart, white grapes), and some bread/dough to carry it all.

M-The beer is medium bodied with a pretty chunk carbonation. The finish is drying and very, very long lasting.

O-If smell and taste were all I could rank, this beer would be near the tope of my list. The smell and taste are simply amazing in terms of concentration and complexity of flavors. The finish just goes on and on, like a great champagne. Alas, I did not find the beer to be particularly attractive and the mouthfeel was a little heavy to garner a perfect score. Is this thing worth 24 bucks? Probably not, but will I buy it again? Probably so.

Serving type: bottle

11-10-2012 23:51:02 | More by spoony

griffeyb

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

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mantissa

California

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

05-24-2013 21:45:49 | More by mantissa

kspongeworthy

Texas

4.25/5  rDev -5.1%

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SloppyJoeWasAMan

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

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shep8821

Ohio

5/5  rDev +11.6%

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Kmat10

Alberta (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

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ystazi

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

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smakawhat

Maryland

4.76/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

Poured from the bottle into a Drie Fonteinen stemware glass. Good nice simple pop, lots of smoke.

This is one of the most amazing beers I have ever seen. In this glass, a ROARING carbonation of fire is coming from the middle of the glass, with wonderful streaming legs of pinhead bubbles charging up the sides. The head is soapy white, never forms, but it magically re-appears with more carbonation coming to the top of the glass. Body is a booming peach glowing orange, with yellow and lemon colored hues, looks like a creamsicle Popsicle with all this color and clear see- through fast carbonation. The beer looks like it's from hell, it literally appears to be on FIRE! Amazing.

Nose has a nice floral hint, and classic earthy dry funk notes. Hints of lemon fruit sour tartness and mild acidity, some of the funk brings some classic pepper. Memorable and impressive.

Palate is just supper fun. Fruit filled mid palate full of body and super playful carbonation. Juicy apricots and fleshy rind mixing with crisp lemon dry character and funk earth. Huge flowery garden aromatic with great chewy apricot and lemon tartness. Apricot flesh rind just rips and feels dense in the mouth. This is like a super aggressive Fou Foune… sort of… sharp carbonation but nothing distractive, playful and a good malt backbone.

Stupid easy drinking, extremely memorable, I wish this bottle was bigger, a fantastic beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 01:05:49 | More by smakawhat

ngeunit1

California

4.33/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Hazy golden-orange with a finger of frothy white head. Fades normal.

S - Sweet wheat, vanilla, oak, tart green fruits, funky barnyard yeast, some sourness, lemon zest.

T - Sweet wheat and other grainy malts, tart green fruits, oak, vanilla, barnyard funky yeasts, a bit of sourness, lemon zest.

M - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Smooth with a funk, dry, and tart finish.

D - Great complex and smooth gueuze.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2013 04:28:51 | More by ngeunit1

liamt07

Ontario (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

05-14-2013 23:09:09 | More by liamt07

MSandahl23

Indiana

5/5  rDev +11.6%

05-12-2013 12:51:06 | More by MSandahl23

Danny1217

Florida

5/5  rDev +11.6%

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YogiMead726

California

4.75/5  rDev +6%

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dalepryor

Kentucky

5/5  rDev +11.6%

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justforrazors

Missouri

4.75/5  rDev +6%

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IPAyForHops

California

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

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alelover

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

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pixieskid

France

4/5  rDev -10.7%

05-04-2013 21:37:04 | More by pixieskid

AlexChillton

Arizona

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

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hooliganlife

Missouri

4.59/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

pours a golden orange with about an inch of thick white head. light lacing. fairly clear with a slight haze.

heavy oak, very dominating. light sourness with faint green apple.

very oak heavy through out. loads of character from the oak. fairly sour with a balancing sweetness. a bit more green apple and maybe some light lemon. funk was a bit faint. light mineral. a bit like the standard oude gueuze with more depth.

light with perfect carbonation. flavors seemed to really pop on this.

really good. the price sucks now but i can see this being pretty epic in 5-10 years. everyone will be kicking themselves for not buying more.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 03:26:02 | More by hooliganlife

pperez38

California

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

05-02-2013 09:50:30 | More by pperez38

TotallyHosed

Illinois

5/5  rDev +11.6%

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mroberts1204

California

4.75/5  rDev +6%

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IrishColonial

Virginia

4/5  rDev -10.7%

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