Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

Oude Geuze

 

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

  Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular
Score
8.12
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 669
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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7.8

Funky, vinous and tartish with some apples, little carbonation, almost flat, hints of earthiness and sourness, mild oakiness and farmyardy notes. A bit too low on carbonation, not super complex

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2025 at 21:59


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


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From the bottle at a tasting at Beer Out, Forlì, Italy. Pours light amber, medium transparent, with some fine white foam. Aroma is resinous, citrus, fruity, a little funky. Body is average, with delicate carbonation. Taste is medium sour. Final is average in strength.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2025 at 15:03


8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

From the bottle at a tasting at Beer Out, Forlì, Italy. Pours light amber, medium transparent, with no foam. Aroma is funky, resinous, fruity. Body is slightly thin, with no carbonation. Taste is medium-high sour, a little acetic. Final is fairly long and sour.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2025 at 14:21


7.4
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


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From the bottle at a tasting at Beer Out, Forlì, Italy. Pours amber, like a Georgian wine, with no foam. Aroma is funky, fruity, winey, resinous. Body is average, with no carbonation. Taste is medium-high sour, with a hint of acetic. Final is still rich, but not particularly long.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2025 at 14:01


Last checkin from share last night I think. Pretty sure this is what I drank. Picture came out blurry.

Tried on 14 Nov 2025 at 18:56


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Not sure if it's the best, but it's the smoothest maybe due to age. Tastes more sugary, sweet than previous sharp, younger lambics I just tried. Grapefruit and snappy cracker. Sweet and tangy finish. Bottle at Snally.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2025 at 19:49


8.8

LCI. SBS with blend 126. Super elegant, lemony, restrained, balanced

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2025 at 13:20


8.4

SBS with 2016. Much more horse blanket here, stone fruit, woodsy barrel, a touch phenolic

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2025 at 13:19