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Armand'4 Oude Geuze Zomer (Summer)
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
- From:
- Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
- Belgium
- Style:
- Gueuze
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 100
- Avg:
- 4.65 | pDev: 6.67%
- Reviews:
- 109
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 25, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 24, 2011
- Wants:
- 466
- Gots:
- 131
The second of four limited edition geuze blends using lambics brewed by 3 Fonteinen before the thermostat incident ceased brewing operations.
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Ratings by tectactoe:
Reviewed by tectactoe from Michigan
4.74/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.74/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Opened alongside Lente, it was time to see how the second season, Zomer, stacked up. The color is essentially the same, a beaming copper color from top to bottom. Perhaps Zomer is just a shade lighter in hue, and just a touch more cloudy than its older brother. A similarly white, big-bubbled, fizzling head is loud and boisterous after the pour, vanishing to a collar within moments.
There are few beers in the world that smell as wonderful as Zomer (pro tip: Lente is definitely one of them), and each whiff is a strong indication of the complexity that this beer exhibits, and the craftsmanship that went into the blending process. Just an insanely powerful, yet perfectly balanced teeter totter between funky and tart and dry and oaky, and all sorts of those lovely things. Things that lesser gueuze only dream of.
Sweaty funk, tart apples, dirty horse blanket, plentiful barnyard, acidic and sour stone fruit skins. It smells sour, it smells funky, it smells Belgian. Grass, wet hay, and cellar floors outline the wonderfully perplexing aroma as I'm sitting here, trying to pick out the differences from Lente. I believe Zomer is a bit more floral and earthy, while at the same time showing a little bit more acidic tartness. Both are KO's as far as aromas go.
One sip… yes, notions confirmed. Zomer has a beautiful, uplifting tartness out of the gate that has me grinning from ear to ear. Lemons, fresh apples, mild citrus back-end notes and a touch of lesser used stone fruits and maybe even some apricot or light peach notes. Zomer is a fruity haven and there's no shortness of tart or sour, here. Just enough acidity to provide that bite that sour heads crave, without completely obliterating your belly.
Though Zomer is (possibly) just a *touch* less funky than Lente, the funk is still not lost on it. Sweaty oak barrels, rolling through a field of wet, trampled hay where horses once lived. Funky like a wet dog sniffing a damp forest floor, full of earth, grass, and shit you probably don't want to eat. Lovely oak in the finish creates the dry finish that has become an expectation of the style. Nice finishing tartness, drying fruit skins, and residual funk notes.
It's hard to pick a winner between arguably two of the best gueuze out there. I think Zomer was just slightly more adjusted to my tastes, with the slight increase of acidity and tartness, but both beers are really phenomenal. Zomer is a great testament to Armand, possibly the best blender of lambic in the world. While this beer'll run the gamut on your wallet, if you really want to see what gueuze is all about, you should buck up for it, at least once.
Sep 02, 2013There are few beers in the world that smell as wonderful as Zomer (pro tip: Lente is definitely one of them), and each whiff is a strong indication of the complexity that this beer exhibits, and the craftsmanship that went into the blending process. Just an insanely powerful, yet perfectly balanced teeter totter between funky and tart and dry and oaky, and all sorts of those lovely things. Things that lesser gueuze only dream of.
Sweaty funk, tart apples, dirty horse blanket, plentiful barnyard, acidic and sour stone fruit skins. It smells sour, it smells funky, it smells Belgian. Grass, wet hay, and cellar floors outline the wonderfully perplexing aroma as I'm sitting here, trying to pick out the differences from Lente. I believe Zomer is a bit more floral and earthy, while at the same time showing a little bit more acidic tartness. Both are KO's as far as aromas go.
One sip… yes, notions confirmed. Zomer has a beautiful, uplifting tartness out of the gate that has me grinning from ear to ear. Lemons, fresh apples, mild citrus back-end notes and a touch of lesser used stone fruits and maybe even some apricot or light peach notes. Zomer is a fruity haven and there's no shortness of tart or sour, here. Just enough acidity to provide that bite that sour heads crave, without completely obliterating your belly.
Though Zomer is (possibly) just a *touch* less funky than Lente, the funk is still not lost on it. Sweaty oak barrels, rolling through a field of wet, trampled hay where horses once lived. Funky like a wet dog sniffing a damp forest floor, full of earth, grass, and shit you probably don't want to eat. Lovely oak in the finish creates the dry finish that has become an expectation of the style. Nice finishing tartness, drying fruit skins, and residual funk notes.
It's hard to pick a winner between arguably two of the best gueuze out there. I think Zomer was just slightly more adjusted to my tastes, with the slight increase of acidity and tartness, but both beers are really phenomenal. Zomer is a great testament to Armand, possibly the best blender of lambic in the world. While this beer'll run the gamut on your wallet, if you really want to see what gueuze is all about, you should buck up for it, at least once.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by edthehead from Maryland
4.5/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pale gold straw color, small pour but apparently loose white head with decent retention. Oak, mild tart, soft citrusy notes, must. Medium body, soft carbonation.
Feb 25, 2024Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.94/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.94/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
All four of these next to each other at lambik-o-droom in Lot displayed a beautifully suspended orange-amber haze with short but surprisingly persistent khaki heads.
Impressively fluffy and frothy, in contrast to Lente, this exhibits more strawberry and orange marmalade, but otherwise continues the throughline of being so well-blended that it defies description. The acid is so well balanced, and the dryness deftly tempered, it's simply delicious.
Seriously, how is this happening?
Jul 05, 2023Impressively fluffy and frothy, in contrast to Lente, this exhibits more strawberry and orange marmalade, but otherwise continues the throughline of being so well-blended that it defies description. The acid is so well balanced, and the dryness deftly tempered, it's simply delicious.
Seriously, how is this happening?
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.77/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Shared bottle, RBNAG 2011. Golden colour. Difficult to distinguish this from the Lente, but Zomer is slightly less woody and even more lemony in both aroma and flavour.
Jun 06, 2022Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.84/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.84/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
2011 vintage; drank 6/26/21 @ the Seventh Tee.
Decanted for 20 minutes before imbibing.
Delicate, elegant and flavorful; this shows the error of the American style of puckering sourness by way of soft citrus, supple wheat & faint tartness.
A true expression of the brewer's art.
Jun 29, 2021Decanted for 20 minutes before imbibing.
Delicate, elegant and flavorful; this shows the error of the American style of puckering sourness by way of soft citrus, supple wheat & faint tartness.
A true expression of the brewer's art.
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
4.6/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottle: Poured a dirty golden color lambic with a rather large off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of funky Brett notes with some tart notes as well as oak. Taste is a complex mix of tart notes, oak and funky barnyard notes with very little sour notes with some light chalk notes also noticeable. Body is about average with good carbonation. Solid lambic and quite lively considering the age of the bottle.
Nov 10, 2019Reviewed by ArkyVaughan from New Jersey
4.9/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Bottle at Akkurat in Stockholm. I had this the night after having Lente. I was expecting Lente to be clearly better, but Zomer was a close second among the Seasons. A little darker in color than Lente with that same perfectly balanced taste. Each of the Seasons is different, but it is hard to pinpoint why. Just so well done.
Jan 18, 2018Rated by Rifugium from North Dakota
4.57/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.57/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Beer #5000! Review to come.
Jul 15, 2017Reviewed by Jwale73 from Rhode Island
4.44/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a dull honey hue with a loose, white head. Nose expresses citrus, rind and must. Taste follows nose. Mouthfeel is light and acidic with a mild carbonation. Overall, quite delicious. A close second to Herfst in my opinion.
Dec 24, 2016
Armand'4 Oude Geuze Zomer (Summer) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
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