Adventure 2: Electric Boogaloo

Beer Name: 3 Fonteinen Oude Gueze (#84)

Style: Gueze

Country: Belgium

Size: 12.7 oz bottle

ABV: 6.0

From the book:

Gueze is a blend of young and old lambics and then aged again for two or three more years to produce a dry, earthy, fruity and intensely sour style of lambic. 3 Fonteinen is one of the last remaining traditional gueze blenders in Belgium, using only 100% spontaneously fermented lambic beer, aged in oak casks. Its proprietor is Armand Debelder. Armand's skill and passion are displayed with each bottle of 3 Fonteinen, they are rare and are some of the best beers that Belgium has to offer.

Elsewhere in the book, where it is talking about the super limited beers on this year's tour it mentions that they received the last 2 pallets of this beer. Ever. Due to a temperature problem in the warehouse, Armand Debelder is no longer making this beer. Knowing that, how could I not try this soon to be extinct brew?

This beer comes in what looks like a champagne bottle, and is corked and foil wrapped in a similar matter. Fizzy from the pop of the cork, I knew this would be an interesting one. From my very first sip I knew I was drinking something special in my life. I was consuming the absolute worst beer I have ever had (and hopefully ever will have). As the rules state, I had to drink the entire thing, no exceptions. This beer is exceptionally sour and dry, which made it near impossibly for me to drink more than a small amount at a time. To me, this was like a very dry champagne mixed with a crappy wheat beer (like Blue Moon). Needless to say I won't be getting another one of these. It is unfortunate for others that the brewer is no longer producing this, but keep the remaining bottles away from me!

1/10 (the scale goes no lower...)