Armand'4 Oude Geuze Herfst
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen in Lot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Special Out of Production|
Score
8.24
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Armand’4 Herfst Oude Geuze is a blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old Lambic, brewed, aged, blended and bottled by Armand Debelder. This one-time and possibly the last bottling comes in a fancy Asti Spumante Champagne bottle. Armand only used Challenger hops in this brew. He’s in fact the only lambic-brewer to use Challenger hops to make his Geuze. 60 % malted barley, 40 % wheat, aged hops and water. Each season’s geuze has an unique and different blend.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Unclear golden amber with a modest white head that lasts all the way down the glass and coats it. Light earthy musty aroma with lemon and under-ripe apricots. Medium carbonation, slightly kefir-like texture - very alive. Delicate stone fruits, gentle lingering citrus flavours. Sourness is strong but not aggressive or sharp. Really nice - lots going on but remains easy going. Very open flavours, mellow fruit under the funk.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2013
at 03:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at colins feb 2013... light pinkinsh amber ... small white head ... soft funky fruity nose ... light tartness ... floral apricot ... dry finish Bottle at brum tasting... Amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet funk fruit.. Light horseblanket... Dry zezty fruits... Soft funk.. Soft toffee funk.. Light balsamic... 2.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2013
at 10:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
750ml bottle from Belgium
Appearance: Clear golden with a big white head and some lacing
Aroma: Barnyard and woody
Taste: Wet blanket, tart and woody
Great and easy to drink, tasty
Appearance: Clear golden with a big white head and some lacing
Aroma: Barnyard and woody
Taste: Wet blanket, tart and woody
Great and easy to drink, tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2012
at 18:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 from Belgium. Pours a mostly clear copper color with a large light beige head. Amazing nose of wood, sawdust, cheese, caramel. A tart flavor but dominated by wood, caramel, coffee, dusty, very light super drinkable.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2012
at 22:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
First rating: Nov. 10, 2012. 750mL bottle, pours a cloudy dark golden orange with a big off-white head. Aroma of leather and barnyard funk, and some fruity notes. Flavour is the fruitiest of the 4, with dry peaches, barnyard funk and leather. Loads of depth and complexity, with perhaps the least funky and dry of a mouthfeel due to the fruitiness. Excellent stuff, but inferior to the other 3 Armand gueuzes. 8 4 8 4 15
Second rating: Nov. 1, 2016. 750mL bottle, courtesy of fiulijn (thanks Alex!), pours a hazy dark golden orange with a medium off-white head. Aroma is wholly different than Lente and Zomer, with notes of wood, a little varnish, and restrained funk. Flavour is bright, with lots of citrus, restrained wood and medium barnyard funk. Citric, vibrant and dry on the finish. Excellent, but the least impressive of the series, as my earlier rating concluded. 7 4 8 4 16, 3.9 / 5
Second rating: Nov. 1, 2016. 750mL bottle, courtesy of fiulijn (thanks Alex!), pours a hazy dark golden orange with a medium off-white head. Aroma is wholly different than Lente and Zomer, with notes of wood, a little varnish, and restrained funk. Flavour is bright, with lots of citrus, restrained wood and medium barnyard funk. Citric, vibrant and dry on the finish. Excellent, but the least impressive of the series, as my earlier rating concluded. 7 4 8 4 16, 3.9 / 5
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2012
at 12:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bit of a gusher, smells very nice, sour, taste is likewise, very balanced, and nice. but the winter was able to blow my away ( twice) . this just didnt...
Tried
on 02 Nov 2012
at 05:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sample at this years Sour&Bitter event in Copenhagen. Looks really good. Beer in the glass zippy, huge head. Starts mild sourish, more and more fruity like lemon. Dry and woody notes. Finish milder, but still intense sour and fruity. All in all a bit milder than the winter. Now that I have tried all 4 of the series I can say: I liked the Lente most.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2012
at 06:15
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours murky orange with overflowing exploding white head. Nose/taste of nectarine, funky citrus, aged cheese, dry oak, peach and funky tartness. Medium body. Finishes dryish and moderately tart. Very well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2012
at 15:54
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
75 cl. Champagne styled bottle @ home // bought this one way back, the thing has been taking up space, ever since because after Lente sold out I expected these to sell out rather quickly, could have just bought it today and saved the space // oh, well // with the opening of the new brewery, I suppose this bottles did their work // lot 02/04/2010 - BBF. 04/2020 // light gusher, quite lively // mandarin orange toffee, almost touch red, big white head, slowly collapsing until nothing remains // smells of orange peel, mandarins, 3F vintage musty, earthly mushrooms, horse blanket, spices, citrus fruits, lemon acidity, touch cellar // tastes of mandarins, tangerine, 3F funk, little of that musty earthly mushroom-ness in flavour as opposed to taste, spices & herbal as well, round citrus, touches of red wine barrel, some lacto, brett more prominent, reasonable sourness in the back, spices, overall lots of those dissoluble kids vitamin C tables to be found here // carbonation is crazy but fitting but body is like 100 % carbonation like Schweppes tonic or something // nice stuff here - had a nother one of these / split courtesy of Dylan / Kraddel - still lovely stuff - I like the others more personally, also a gusher, more bitter finish than the rest
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2012
at 11:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Stephen’s house, courtesy of skycracksopen. Thanks again for your generosity! Hazy, dark orange appearance with an off white head. Darker than the others in the series. Fairly herbal, a touch grassy, tart lemon citrusy, dusty, funky barnyard aroma. Moderately to highly tart, fairly acidic, lemon citrusy, musty, somewhat grassy, quite sour flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2012
at 19:32