GUEUZE
3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Story & Heritage
ABOUT THIS BEER
The filtered half of the Girardin pair, and the only filtered gueuze in this cellar. Where the Black Label is bottle-refermented and left hazy, the White Label is tank fermented, filtered and pasteurised, which strips the funk back and leaves a clearer, calmer beer: tart apple and lemon over the same oak-aged lambic, with a rounder finish. The house does not sweeten it, so it stays a dry gueuze rather than crossing into the commercial sweet style. Tasted side by side with the Black Label it is the plainest demonstration in Belgian brewing of what filtering does to a lambic blend.
On the Gueuze style, The "Champagne of Brussels". A blend of young and old lambics, bottle-conditioned. Intensely dry, sour, cider-like, and highly carbonated.
Explore the Gueuze guide Source: RateBeer
