Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze

Oude Geuze
(has 108 batches)

 

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

  Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular
Score
8.12
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 687
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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9/10
Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2022 at 15:16

7/10
Tried from Bottle at Hops 'N More on 04 Dec 2022 at 20:26

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Meant to post a rating for Vintage Oude Geuze so date is messed up... May 13, 2023 (9/4/8/4/17=4.2): bottle pour (2012 vintage). Same rating. Nov 14, 2022 (9/4/8/4/17=4.2): Poured from 375mL bottle (btl 8 March 2016; bb 26 Oct 2036). Hazy gold with small white head. Nice funk, light tartness, good complexity. Very enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2022 at 02:17

9/10
3 fonteinen lunch 2022
Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2022 at 21:47

8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9.5 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottled 27/12/16. Loud pop, fairly dark orange, clear, bit of white foam. Smells funky, wood. Soft, easy. Taste is great, hint of sweetness, nice acidity, very lemony. Good amount of funkyness. The sourness is light, but not puckering at all. Very good.
Tried from Bottle from De Bierkoning on 26 Oct 2022 at 22:00

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2022 at 11:12

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2022 at 01:00

8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
01.09.2022: 0,75l from bottle at Moeder Original. Amber hazy color, small white head. Smells oxidized, funky, earthy, grassy, very nice smell. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes grassy, earthy, some sherry, funky, nutty. Finishes dry and lightly sour with notes of grassy, earthy and peppery notes. Very mellow, oxidized, but not in a bit way, overall very very lovely!

8, 9, 9, 9,9

24.03.2023: Taster from 0,75l bottle at Ammutson during Moeder tasting. yellow hazy color, small white head. smells funky, cheesy, oak, earthy, bretty. Lovely smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes cheesy, oak, funky, earthy, tobacco, stone fruits, peppery. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of stone fruits, cheesy and earthy notes. very good one, rather subtle in taste and smell. open a second one that I liked a lot better (more carbonation etc. did not rate that one though)

8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5

Rerate 03.09.2023: 0,07l taster from 0,75l bottle at Moeder Lambic Original tasting. Amber hazy color, small white head. Smells funky, vinous, herbal, thyme very nice smell. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes herbal, funky, earthy, sherry, nutty. Finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of sherry, earthy and herbal notes. Very nice one, great balance

8, 8, 8.5, 8, 8.5
Tried from Bottle at Moeder Lambic Original on 01 Sep 2022 at 17:37

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2022 at 19:38

9/10
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Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2022 at 21:04