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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8/10
Magnum. Sour, a bit tart, a touch sweet. Stone fruit, citrus, some dry wood. Smooth, low acidity. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2024
at 13:06
8/10
Soft, slightly tart and funky with some farmyardy notes, hints of grainy malts and earthiness. Quite smooth and balanced
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2024
at 13:03
8/10
LCI
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2024
at 11:24
8.6/10
LCI, beautiful soft 3F funk, dry and lightly sour. Lots of layers of fruit and hay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2024
at 16:51
7.5/10
Tried
on 19 Jun 2024
at 10:05
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Vinspecialisten, Aalborg. Hazy brown without a head. Tha aroma is acidic, fruity and vinegar. The taste is pretty sour and a little sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2024
at 20:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 07.05.2019. yellow hazy color, small white head. smells funky, earthy, grassy, peppery, some oak, lovely smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes funky, earthy, peppery, leathery, herbal, wood, tobacco, dusty, plums, some grapefruit zest, lime. finishes bitter, dry and medium sour with notes of tobacco, grapefruit zest and peppery notes. very good one, very interesting one, rather on the bitter side. overall very nice one
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2024
at 14:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0,75l bottle at home. yellow clear color, medium big white head. smells funky, earthy, grassy, wood, oak, hay, cheesy, light walnuts, lovely smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes green apples, citric, leathery, peppery, hay, light walnuts, some oak, funky. finishes dry, light to medium bitter and light to medium sour with notes of hay, oak and walnut notes. very very nice one, this probably will improve for a while.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2024
at 15:21
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2024
at 18:37
7/10
Hapu, funky, nisune, vesine, tammene, mineraalne. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2024
at 22:45