3 Fonteinen Oude Gueze

Back on the gueze wagon.

The nose on this one actually has a bit of depth in it - sure it's sour town, but also something grainy like wheat husks in there too, I get the sense of discarded grind-off from a mill or something.

Looking at the label, there are a couple of clues. First, it's a mix of 1, 2 and 3 year old lambics here and maybe that explains the enhanced complexity. It's also actually 40% wheat, which probably explains the graininess. Finally, it's matured a year minimum after mixing and refermented in the bottle which explains the big champagney head.

Taste-wise this is a big sour alright, sour green apple peel, but also almost malty sorts of flavours, probably the most 'beer-like' gueze in my admittedly shallow experience to date. Yum.

Hard to rate this - it's far more drinkable than some other razor-edge lambics in that it's the sort of thing you could put away all night. But it's also less sharply sour than the others too. More beer like certainly; less sour.. hmm, makes it a bit hard to rate. To my personal taste I'd prefer something with a bit more bite.

7.0