Oude Geuze (2012)
(Batch of Oude Geuze)

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

Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular Out of Production

Score

7.92

ABV: 6.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 649

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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7.4

rumore (5447) reviewed Oude Geuze (2012) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 3 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From the bottle at a tasting at Beer Out, Forlì, Italy. Pours light amber, partially transparent, with no foam. Aroma is only slightly funky, fruity, apricot. Body is average, with almost no carbonation. Taste is medium sour. Final is more sour, lasting.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2025 at 14:12

8.8

SHIG (13882) reviewed Oude Geuze (2012) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 6 months ago

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

Shared by TBW! This is everything I remember and more. Fruity, tangy, varnish, carbonated still, acidic. What a great beer!

Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2025 at 01:53

CoccoBill (10287) ticked Oude Geuze (2012) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 2 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2023 at 19:02

8.9

Werckmeister (8041) reviewed Oude Geuze (2012) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 3 years ago

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

01.09.2022: 0,75l from bottle at Moeder Original. Amber hazy color, small white head. Smells oxidized, funky, earthy, grassy, very nice smell. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes grassy, earthy, some sherry, funky, nutty. Finishes dry and lightly sour with notes of grassy, earthy and peppery notes. Very mellow, oxidized, but not in a bit way, overall very very lovely!

8, 9, 9, 9,9

24.03.2023: Taster from 0,75l bottle at Ammutson during Moeder tasting. yellow hazy color, small white head. smells funky, cheesy, oak, earthy, bretty. Lovely smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes cheesy, oak, funky, earthy, tobacco, stone fruits, peppery. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of stone fruits, cheesy and earthy notes. very good one, rather subtle in taste and smell. open a second one that I liked a lot better (more carbonation etc. did not rate that one though)

8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5

Rerate 03.09.2023: 0,07l taster from 0,75l bottle at Moeder Lambic Original tasting. Amber hazy color, small white head. Smells funky, vinous, herbal, thyme very nice smell. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes herbal, funky, earthy, sherry, nutty. Finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of sherry, earthy and herbal notes. Very nice one, great balance

8, 8, 8.5, 8, 8.5

Tried from Bottle at Moeder Lambic Original on 01 Sep 2022 at 17:37

DerPhilynck (3851) ticked Oude Geuze (2012) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 6 years ago

Tried on 19 Oct 2019 at 23:37

rami-pl (12989) ticked Oude Geuze (2012) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 6 years ago

Serek, sianko, chlanko

Tried at In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst on 03 Mar 2019 at 12:12

willisread (9761) ticked Oude Geuze (2012) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 8 years ago

Gooseberry, apple, musty aromas, hay and oak. Great carbonation. Lambic is life. If only I could find it as easily as I could in Tokyo.

Tried on 29 Mar 2017 at 20:50

Iznogud (14627) reviewed Oude Geuze (2012) from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen 8 years ago

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle, 750 ml at Lambikodroom. Shared with others. Great. Dry, intense, funk, barnyard, barrel, pleasant sourness. Dry finish.

Tried from Bottle at Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen & lambik-O-droom on 28 Feb 2017 at 23:00

Oude Geuze (2012) (Batch of Oude Geuze)