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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8.3/10 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.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2025 at 16:48

8.5/10 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 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 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 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 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

8.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Amber, a wisp of white. Damp hay, old lemon, old cut flowers. Dry, sour, some sherry notes creeping in. Elegant. In no way going downhill.
Tried on 03 May 2025 at 11:40

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2025 at 19:21

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Bottle date of March 4, 2016. Cellared since purchased. Pours slightly hazy honeycomb yellow with moderate white head. Funk and wheat field aroma. Flavor is oak, funk and meadow. Luscious mouthfeel. Thus has softened and aged so well as it past its 9th birthday!!
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2025 at 02:47