Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze (2016)

Oude Geuze (2016)
(Batch of Oude Geuze)

 

Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen in Lot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular Out of Production
Score
7.83
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 655
A true Geuze. A blend of 1, 2, and 3 year-old lambic unfiltered and unpasteurized and aged in the bottle for at least 6 months after blending. Continued fermentation in the bottle give this Geuze its famous champagne-like spritziness. The lambic that goes into it is brewed only with 60% barley malt, 40% unmalted wheat, aged hops, and water, spontaneously fermented by wild yeasts, and matured in oak casks.

3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze is a blend of one-, two-, and three-year old lambics. Spontaneous fermentation, patient maturation in oak barrels, and continued evolution of the ecosystem in the bottle result in a distinctively complex and elegant natural beer. No two bottlings are alike, as there are multiple variables in the blending process, a variety of barrel sizes and shapes, differences in aged lambic proportions in the blend, etc. When cellared properly, 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze can be aged for several decades. The aromas and flavours will evolve from notes of vibrant fresh citrus, zesty and grassy notes to a mellow, oaky, stone fruit bouquet as the lambic continues to develop with time. Lambic and Geuze are living, cultural heritage rooted in the Zenne valley! Taste, savour, enjoy and experience this bottle fermented, unfiltered, unpasteurised and unadulterated beer with friends new and old!
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazed dull gold with white head. Musty gentle funk with light carbonation, age shows here, really softens things.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2025 at 01:59


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle date of March 4, 2016. Cellared since purchased. Pours slightly hazy honeycomb yellow with moderate white head. Funk and wheat field aroma. Flavor is oak, funk and meadow. Luscious mouthfeel. Thus has softened and aged so well as it past its 9th birthday!!

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2025 at 02:47


8

Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2024 at 14:14


8

Nice gueuze with tart sour cherries, horseblanket, a bit old but still drinkalble.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2024 at 13:44


9

BO 17/03/2016, BB 26/10/2036, 375ml bottle;Fruity sharpness on the nose of green apples, apple peel, hints of apricot, sweet bread, soft tannins, lemon juice & green notes, hints of white wine restrained on the funk;Taste:a few lively & prickly bubbles

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2020 at 18:43


8

(Bottled 27/04/2016) Very funky, very fruity, very floral, very good!

Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2019 at 22:42


8

Tried from Bottle at Syntra AB on 12 Feb 2019 at 06:59


9

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Tried on 13 Dec 2018 at 08:47


8

Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2018 at 18:59


8

gold, white head: funk, horseblanket, oak, lemon. medium body 4.2

Tried on 21 Jun 2018 at 20:49