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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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
7.8/10
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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
8.8/10
LCI. SBS with blend 126. Super elegant, lemony, restrained, balanced
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2025
at 13:20
8.4/10
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
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
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Translucent, honey gold, weak lace.
Sharp apricot, lemon, dirty sock.
Bittersharp, tea tannins, bitter lime peel, bitter lettuce astringency, a bit of new rubber still exists.
Frothy, high acid, subtle sweetness, lemon tea tartness.
Tis great.
Sharp apricot, lemon, dirty sock.
Bittersharp, tea tannins, bitter lime peel, bitter lettuce astringency, a bit of new rubber still exists.
Frothy, high acid, subtle sweetness, lemon tea tartness.
Tis great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2025
at 16:48
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