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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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, Oude Geuze Vintage 2019, assemblage 116 18/19, 6.8%, bottled 10 oct 2019. Color: Clear orangish golden, dense white head. Aroma: Funky, tart gooseberries, wood. Taste: Moderate to over moderate tart, very light bitterness. Old hop. Oak wood. Wet hay and straw. Fruity notes of berries and citrus. Subtle farmyard funk. Dry-ish mouthfeel. Medium body, below average carbonation. Very smooth mouthfeel. Nicely balanced, nice complexity. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2023
at 19:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.375 l bottle from 'Etre Gourmet', 2019 vintage, n°116 • 18 - 19, bottled in October 2019. Quite expensive but probably still reasonable for this year's Christmas Eve. Hazy, orangeish amber with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, white head. Slightly sweetish, gently sourish, quite fruity, rather funky aroma of overripe lemon, horse blanket, oak, some white pepper and a touch of gooseberry. Gently sour, quite fruity, rather funky taste of overripe lemon, white pepper, oak, grapefruit, some horse blanket and a touch of gooseberry, followed by a medium long, gently tart, fairly woody-dry finish. Medium body, gently astringent and quite effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Lovely Geuze, very well-balanced and refreshing, maybe not as complex as expected though. Proper beer for special occasions.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2022
at 20:32
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Loud pop. Nice looking amber colour, bit unclear, dense off-white head, plenty carbonation. Smells funky, woody, goat. Quite a lot of carbonation, some pucker, otherwise light and fluffy. Taste is lightly sour, loads of oak, flint. Quite lemon zesty. Good
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2022
at 23:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Blend 116 18/19 . Pours dark, surprisingly dark , amber. Small creamy white, stable head ( very stable for a Lambic). Scent is very full, creamy geuze. Complex acidity, medium intense barrel. Taste is full, intense, very creamy, citric, dry, very oaky. Lovely batch.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2022
at 12:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.75l bottle, huge thanks Jonas! 2002 vintage! Murky orange-amber body, traces of an off-white head. Soft, sweetish, fruity, tart aroma, yeah, mushrooms now that they mention it but in a good way. Soft, sweetish taste, lean, bit cellary, light mushroom, some citric notes, nicely dried out, not as impressive as the aroma, but a greate geuze nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2022
at 22:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 2002. Cloudy amber brown. Soy sauce, leather, breadcrumbs, sweet raisins and prunes. Sparkly crisp, but the taste is a bit damp apple moldy earthen flat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2022
at 21:59
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2022
at 13:04
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
1,5l from bottle at the Lambic-O-Droom. Amber murky color, small white head. smells funky, dusty, earthy, grassy, peppery, lovely smell. Medium body, soft carbonation. tastes earthy, grassy, peppery, almost no Funk, . Finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of pepper, grassy and earthy notes. Lovely balance just great,
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Tried
from Bottle
at
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen & lambik-O-droom
on 02 Sep 2022
at 13:50
8/10
Hapu, puuviljane, happeline, tsitrus, kuiv, happeline. Hea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2022
at 18:55
8/10
Hapu, kuiv, funky, puuviljane, tanniinine, tammene. Hea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2022
at 18:02