3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Armand & Tommy

Armand Debelder + Tomme Arthur blend - the results of a fun day a 3 Fonteinen + 4 year old Boon Lambic and Armands own Lambic from 2008.

Note the typo on the label, stating Tommy instead of Tomme which is his real name.

4.2

339 reviews

Beersel, Belgium

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3.8 Amber with little white head. Aroma is peach, flowers, lime, lemon, some plastic, bread, a bit perfume. Taste is full complex sour and decent bitter. A bit alcoholic and spicy but mostly acidic. Good.

4.5 Bottle. Pours cloudy amber with a decent head and a good retention. Aroma is soft funk, barnyard and stables, star fruit, kiwi, very very slightly metallic. Body is medium, strongly carbonated, with some lemon and mint, some bread, funky and sour and tart. Dry fruity funk palate. Great balance and drinkability without compromising on complexity. Outstanding!

4.6 Bottle at Himmeriget. Pours a honey golden color...it was dim in there, so the color was hard to tell, exactly. Lively carbonation gives a fast rising head of foam. Settles to light lace. Aromas is extreme funk! Wood with a nice basement, cobweb, horse blanket. Light floral, light hay. Taste is better than the nose! Great balance, low acidity. All the nice interplay coming together with waves of funk throughout. Finishes dry with a tart touch. Incredible.

4.4 2011 Pours orange. 2011. Leather, Horse blanket, dries leaves earth and vinegar. Incredible

4.1 My Bottom Line: Firm and bubbly, this Lambic showcases citrus fruit and apples alongside just enough funk to keep you reeling with every sip. Further Personal Perceptions: -A sheet of foam tops the misty golden. -The dryness and tight, prickly carbonation make for a refinement mouthfeel. -Drinkability is surprisingly high. This isn’t a wild yeast bomb. -The citrus fruit character is truly compelling. Bottle.

4.6 Party bottle to celebrate the #1 beerspot in antwerp on ratebeer for beerlovers bar. Pours unclear , darker (almost amber) . Good white head. Smell is very funky, woody. Taste is very intense, woody , strong. Extremely nice ! This once again proves that 3f makes the best geuze’s to age. Bit high carbo, otherwise nearly damn perfect

4.6 Bottle thanks to Craig pours dark orange with a slight white head. Lemon, apple, soft oak, strong nose of hay and horse. Beautifully well balanced light sourness and spot on carbonation. Slight pepper note on the finish.

4.2 Bottle. Pours a hazed gold with a medium sized white head. Big musky gueze funk, barnyard, soft old wood. Medium bodied, soft tartness, funk. Long and funky. Beautiful.

4.8 Backlog, ocena przepisana z untappd, w ramach uzupełniania profilu na ratebeer.

4.2 [Bottle (750ml) shared with GregClow, jercraigs & mabel -- c/o GregClow] Big thanks to Greg for sharing this! Pours a cloudy orange-copper with a large fluffy white head. Aroma: Wow! Tons of funky yeast, some fruit, lactic and acidic notes. Flavour’s even better: Yes it’s funky and tart and yeasty and fruity and the rest but it’s also quite easy to drink, which is impressive. Good carbonation. Average to medium bodied. Simply lovely.

3.8 From notes. Enjoyed this during the 2nd Annual Kelly’s Island Bottle Share on September 18. 750 mL bottle. The pour is a darker golden orange with a thick off white head that slowly falls down, leaving a decent lace. The aroma is really acidic. There is a lot of battery acid happening. Beyond it, there is a light citrus, a decent lactic presence, a nice horse blanket, and some dusty barnyard kicking up. The flavor is much more acidic than the nose. There is a light citrus, barnyard, and horse blanket present, but the battery acid really controls it for me. The mouth feel is a little heavy for a gueuze, but the carbonation is excellent. The aftertaste is lightly acidic and funky. This is a pretty good gueuze for sure, I just wish the acidity was a little lower.

4.1 750mL bottle drunk 9/9/16. Healthy/strong pop of the cork, with just a touch of foam rising very slowly as it breathes. Great carbonation producing a large, white head atop a clear, brass-golden body with a deeper copper tint. Good retention for the style. Much more subdued/reserved in the nose than the A&G preceding it, though to be expected given the 4 years it has on that one. Lots of honey, honeysuckle, and soft brett-induced lilac, cornflower and mild vegetal, almost rhubarb-like cellar mustiness. Lactic acid is soft and very cheesey, with some more acidic qualities on the very end that seem to "tone" or "shore up" the aroma, giving a little more brightness to it. Light green and red apple is fairly persistent throughout the nose, regardless of breathing time and there is no alcohol or flaw. Very soft, even floral-like flavors show mild/easygoing lactic acid, and gentle brett, with light lime/hickory nut skin-like tartness and a very soft, malt-and-wheat-laden texture with ample, tight carbonation. Only borderline sour here, and just shockingly easygoing all-around. Similar minerality to the A&G and other 3F gueuzes, with minimal horseblanket and lots of cheesiness and apple. I have to admit to being a bit underwhelmed by this one, though I think a lot of that was how much I let the hype build up my expectations. As well, the nose on the A&G before this was absolutely stunning and a very tough act to follow. I am also very much not a fan of Boon’s lambic which I think has too much apple, rhubarb/vegetal, and malt character for my liking. It’s certainly much less problematic here than in an actual, straight Boon lambic, but it still influences it significantly. Regardless, this is still an excellent lambic with soft, rounded, gentle flavors for the style that make it much more accessible for non-diehard lambic heads.

4.6 750 mL bottle. Originally reviewed 8/25/2014. Deep golden body Big white head that doesn’t last long. Medium collar with big bubbles. Nose is hay, lemon, oak. Nice and funky. Some maltiness. Smells just like Oude Geuze. Tastes of orange citrus. Oaky. Some grain. Peppery flavor characteristic of Drie Fonteinen. Pleasant sourness. Well carbonated. Woody. Medium body. Fantastic. Really just like regular Oude Geuze, but that’s a very good thing.

4.1 Bottle shared@Himmeriget, Copenhagen (29/07/2016) - (massive thanks to Nate) golden orange pour with white head. Aroma and taste is medium sour fruity, notes lemon, some grape, barnyard, medium acidity, hay, musty, light grassy notes into the finish, complex and highly enjoyable.

4.2 Style et résumé: Gueuze de grande qualité. Comment: Dégustation à Manseau. Portrait: Une robe dorée jaune avec une mousse blanche rocailleuse. Un nez fruité avec du bois et une certaine sécheresse. Une bouche agréable, ronde et sèche à la fois. Des saveurs intenses de gueuze, classique. Note: 8+/10

4.2 Bottle from the LCBO. Bottled 2011-02-17, purchased 2013-05-31, enjoyed 2016-06-14. Hazy reddish-orange with a very large and creamy just-off-white head. Aroma is dusty and musty, with notes of horse blanket, lemon, old books, sour milk, backing funk. Flavour is certainly sour - vinegar and lemon juice both prominent - but with a backing complexity, with notes of cracked wheat, yogourt, fresh mint, wet wood, tart raspberry, persimmon, peppery yeast, and more. Crisp and lively carbonation. Stellar stuff!

4.2 Bottle at Himmeriget. Pours cloudy orange with a minute head. Aroma is funky citrus, horseblanket, slight vanilla, oak, slight pepper. Taste is fluffy citrus, mild pepper, oak, lemon tart. Slightly too ’gassy’ mouthfeel.

4.3 Où, Quand, Comment : Bouteille, dégustée le 9/7/2013. Visuel : Couleur : dorée foncée. Apparence : voilée. Arôme : Levures sauvages fruitées (agrumes, abricot) aux notes terreuses, légèrement herbeux et floral avec des notes de cuir. Goût : Entrée de bouche : Goût de levures sauvages fruitées légèrement acides (agrumes, notes de fruits mûrs, traces d’abricots) aux faibles notes épicées. Un léger support herbeux et floral est également présent avec de faibles notes fromagées et d’humidité. En bouche : Corps : moyen-mince. Effervescence : moyenne. Texture : très légèrement huileuse. Finale : moyenne et un peu sèche, composée d’une légère aigreur fruitée avec des notes herbeuses et quelques traces boisées.

4.6 Bottle - big thanks to Ferris - Pours gold white head - nose and taste of oak, cheesecloth, lemon, funk, horse blanket - med body

3.6 RBWG16. Big thanks to Ferris for sharing. The bottle pours out with a hazy deep copper body that has golden hues and supports a near white head. The aroma offers up tartness yeastiness lemon and a bit of vinegar. The taste delivers neat yet somewhat abrasive lemon and berry like tartness. It then picks up modest vinegar notes. This is abrasive puckering and forward tartness.

4.5 Bouteille 750ml, bottle share, un gros merci Tommy! Couleur orangée trouble, mousse beige pâle crémeuse laissant une belle dentelle. Arôme de levures sauvages, pomme, herbes séchées. Goût de levures sauvages, bonne acidité, malt, pomme. Carbonatation élevée, corps moyen.

4.6 Enfin! Très content de boire le fruit de cette collaboration entre M. Debelder et Tommy (tom10101). Merci les gars! Superbe robe et longue dentelle. Nez fantastique, funky avec de la paille, des notes citronnées et boisées, comme un poème, plutôt dans la sensation et non dans la compréhension. Le goût est fruité, complexe, tellement agréable, si facile, chorégraphié, la quintessence de la gueuze. La bouche montre le temps et l’expertise tandis que la finale exhibe le sublime.

4.2 Bottle at RBWG 2016 big thanks to jackl for cracking a want beer. Nose us very acidic with light lemon. A bit of light diaper notes. Hazy deep orange pour. Taste is just a fantastically tart lemon with a dominant hay and barn funkiness. A light chest thump but always balanced by a malty awesomeness.

4.4 750ml bottle with a big thanks Ferris. Pours out a cloudy golden topped with a white head. nose is amazing lots of bugs and nice barrel. Taste is amazing aswell a nice pucker tartness lots going on.

4.0 Bottle shared at rbwg 2016. Huge thanks to ferris. Hazed golden orange coloured pour with a lasting frothy white head. Aroma is onion, chive, lacto, diesel, tangy. Flavour is composed of funky sour, lacto. Funky. Palate is spicy sour, highish carbonation, sour. Nice complex sour.

4.5 "Tommy" LOL, probably misspelled because Armand got some flat Angels Share. What a tiiiiiiiiick!!!! Slightly hazy golden with a great lasting white head. Funky, gueuzey aroma, major yard in there, gross, nasty, disgusting, revolting sweat from under the month-old saddle of a horse. Amazing. Gross, vomit-inducing, incredibly tasty. Deep barnyard funk. Sweaty, cheesy, moldy, delicious aged gym sock from a dirty, disease-ridden, Alabama swamp-dwelling donkey. Unwashed stank from the crease between a camel’s humps. Ram’s piss, and shit if you can drink that you can drink anything. Finish hints of a llama farm. Musk ox or similar Mongolian pack animal. Sweat from an overweight overworked brewer reading emails about flat Angels Share after a long hard day of brewing yet more FLAT FREAKING ANGELS SHARE. Rind of a Tomme cheese. Spelled that one right. Medium body, nice carb - YOU DID IT TOMMY CONGRATULATIONS YOU MUST BE THE EXPERT MARK HAHA OH HAI DOGGY sorry Tommy - or Tomme? - Wiseau from The Room best movie ever reference. TICK OUT!

4.1 Bottle opened by Toni at Erzbierschof Zurich, thanks! Pours orange with a fairly big, white head. Smell: FUNK! Also some grapes, brett, farmhouse. Taste is similar with some dust, some gentle sourness. Very enjoyable!

4.5 Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is really well balanced with nice herbal notes, some light lemon acidity, medium oak. Hints of overripe tropical fruit and stone fruit skins. Some light alcohol as it warms with more barnyard funk coming through. Pours a fairly clear golden straw color with a large, white head that shows good retention as it recedes and lingers on the edges. No lacing or legs. Flavor is moderately acidic with some nice oak notes. Light lemon with a bit of pineapple and tropical fruit. Medium light bitterness. Some herbal notes with moderate barnyard funk. Again, very well balanced. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a very nice beer and a very well balanced geuze. Nice barnyard funk, acidity, herbal notes and fruit.

4.5 Shared at Darkness day by Jackl. Huge thanks for sharing this one! Cloudy golden pour. Amazing funk aroma. So well balanced with great carbonation. One of the best I’ve had in the style. Awesome stuff!

4.4 750 ml. Thank for sharing Moj. Murky yellow. Aroma is phenomenal. Funk, sour and lemon. Could smell this all day. Taste is lemon, slight sour, slight funk. Very well balanced, very palletable.