Oude Geuze Vintage
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen in Lot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Special|
Score
8.39
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3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Vintage is a blend of one-, two-, and three-year old lambics. Instead of releasing them after minimum 6 months of bottle conditioning, the vintage series have been cellared for at least three years up to even five years and longer before being released. For an Oude Geuze to become a Vintage, it features characteristics that are unique, sometimes surprising or outspoken. 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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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, 375 ml Vintage 2010 at Lambikodroom. Flat, juicy, citric, cellar, funk, barrel, nicely smooth. Medium sourness. 9/4/9/4/18
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen & lambik-O-droom
on 18 Apr 2024
at 22:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Aug 23, 2024 (8/4/8/4/17=4.1): Poured from 375mL bottle (pkg 08/12/2014). Hazy deep gold with small white head. Soft funk, mild horse blanket, smooth, enjoyable. Jun 18, 2024 (9/4/8/4/17=4.2): Poured from 750mL bottle (pkg 13/04/2002). Clear gold with small white head. Funky, really nice nose, some horse blanket, enjoyable. Oct 22, 2023 (8/4/8/4/17=4.1): Poured from 375mL bottle (bottled 09/02/2016; bb 26/10/2026; 7.3% abv). Fairly hazy golden orange with small white head. Horse blanket, funk, thinking this has some nice age on it. Solid, good example of good aging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2023
at 07:46
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
0,375l bottle at home. Blend #116. Yellow hazy color, small white head. Smells fruity, cheesy, grassy, earthy, subtle berry notes. lovely smell, smells kind of fruited in a way. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes grassy, earthy, peppery, tobacco, cheesy, stone fruits, lime. Finishes dry and light to medium sour with notes of grassy, earthy and peppery notes. very nice one, great balance, super smooth
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Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2023
at 19:22
8/10
Sour and tart, rich, fruity, funky. Some stone fruit, florals, delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2023
at 17:16
9/10
Fruity, sour and a bit tart. Nice carbonation, in remarkably good shape. Brilliant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2023
at 17:16
8/10
#lambiclauantai. Funky, vinous and sour with some apples, grapes, tartness and farmyardy leathery notes. Complex and funky
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2023
at 21:28
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle shared massive thanks to kermis! 6 years after best before date, hahaha. Soft caramel, deep funk, mineral, honey, oak. It’s a little dusty and caramelly, but also bright and funk without being very sour. Medium sweet and sour. Medium bodied with sparkly carbonation. Great!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2023
at 20:13
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle, 750 ml 2014 Vintage at Lambikodroom. Some leather, cellar, juicy, chewy, barrel. Nice complexity. 9/4/9/5/19
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen & lambik-O-droom
on 12 Jun 2023
at 22:00
7/10
Hapu, funky, tsitrus, puuviljane, happeline. Ok, ei avalda väga muljet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2023
at 23:03
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Sampled at Spelingen release spring 2023. pours a dark, cloudy amber. Scent is full, creamy, bit nutty, woody. very aged - but in a good way. Taste is full, creamy, tad tart, mushroomy. Surprisingly high carbo. Quite enjoyable indeed, and at this point it even beats the 98 (50th anniversary)
Tried
on 25 May 2023
at 21:18