Oude Geuze
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen in Lot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular|
Score
8.12
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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!
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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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle pour at Snallygaster 2025. Poured a nice cloudy yellow-orange with a nice off-white head. Aroma was pleasant tartness, sharpness has mellowed now that it's aged a bit, a bit sweeter than a fresh bottle. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2025
at 17:47
8/10
Hapu, funky, nisune, linnaseline, kerge tsitrus, mõru. Hea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2025
at 16:02
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Fantastic, can’t fault it really, nice juicy citrus, balanced acidity, a little old wood, faint grass, nips of salt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2025
at 00:01
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 18.04.2018. amber hazy color, medium big white head. Smells spices, earthy, oak, herbal, citric, funk, cheesy. very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. Tastes funk, earthy, hay, oak, walnut, some citrus, peppery, bit dusty, tobacco. Finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of walnut, dusty and peppery notes. very nice one, great complexity, very easy to drink!
8, 8, 9, 8, 9
8, 8, 9, 8, 9
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2025
at 13:38
8.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Big bottle shared by Turd: Poured a unclear orange golden with a white head, good carbonation on opening. Aroma is fruity, diaper, musty, woodsy. Taste is tangy, sour, fruity, lively on the tongue, acidic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2025
at 20:00
8.8/10
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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
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Turd: Murky Orange, pungent, fruity, acetone, varnish. Tangy, fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2025
at 00:38
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Great stuff, ageing so well. Mild wood, low funk, soft acidity, a little grass, nip of citric bite, grass. Super.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2025
at 21:37
8/10
#lambiclauantai. Tart, funky and sourish with some farmyardy yeastiness, sweetish lemony notes, oak and earthiness. Sweetish and complex, quite mellow sourness. Pretty balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2025
at 21:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Strawberry jam, honey, apricots, farmhouse, a touch of oxidization, leather in the nose which is amazing. The palate is a bit lifeless. Modestly sour. This is over the hill, but still amazing nose
Tried
on 04 Jun 2025
at 05:14