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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9/10
Mammoth bottle to go with the amazing taste it's freaking delicious
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0,375l bottle from Drikbeer advent calendar, #2. #51, 22/23 version, bottled 28.02.2023. Bit hazy amber brown beer with almost no head. Aroma has yeast, sour notes, apple. Flavor has quite bitter, acidic, vinegar and sour overall twist. Funky. Not my type of beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2024
at 20:58
7/10
Hapu, happeline, sidrun, funky, nisune, puuviljane. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2024
at 19:11
8/10
12 hour work day + Election day = 3 Fonteinen time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2024
at 06:00
8.5/10
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With my beer buddies
With my beer buddies
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2024
at 18:39
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 28.10.2019. dark yellow hazy color, small white head. smells funky, cheesy, peppery, tobacco, green apples, oak. very nice smell full body, soft carbonation. tastes stone fruits, grassy, herbal, earthy, walnuts, grassy, hay, peppery, tobacco, rather funky. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of funk, hay and walnuts. love this one, great complexity, but also great to dirnk.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2024
at 15:10
9/10
Higher acidity than expected for a honey blend but still magnificently delicious, tons of fruity funk, oaky thickness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2024
at 21:30
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