Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Vintage

Oude Geuze Vintage

 

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

Lambic Style - Gueuze Special
Score
8.53
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 149
3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Vintage is a blend of one-, two-, and three-year old lambics. Instead of releasing them after minimum 6 months of bottle conditioning, the vintage series have been cellared for at least three years up to even five years and longer before being released. For an Oude Geuze to become a Vintage, it features characteristics that are unique, sometimes surprising or outspoken. 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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8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

0,375l bottle at home. Blend #116. Yellow hazy color, small white head. Smells fruity, cheesy, grassy, earthy, subtle berry notes. lovely smell, smells kind of fruited in a way. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes grassy, earthy, peppery, tobacco, cheesy, stone fruits, lime. Finishes dry and light to medium sour with notes of grassy, earthy and peppery notes. very nice one, great balance, super smooth

8, 9, 9, 8, 9

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2023 at 19:22


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle shared massive thanks to kermis! 6 years after best before date, hahaha. Soft caramel, deep funk, mineral, honey, oak. It’s a little dusty and caramelly, but also bright and funk without being very sour. Medium sweet and sour. Medium bodied with sparkly carbonation. Great!!

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2023 at 20:13


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Sampled at Spelingen release spring 2023. pours a dark, cloudy amber. Scent is full, creamy, bit nutty, woody. very aged - but in a good way. Taste is full, creamy, tad tart, mushroomy. Surprisingly high carbo. Quite enjoyable indeed, and at this point it even beats the 98 (50th anniversary)

Tried on 25 May 2023 at 21:18


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Loud pop. Nice looking amber colour, bit unclear, dense off-white head, plenty carbonation. Smells funky, woody, goat. Quite a lot of carbonation, some pucker, otherwise light and fluffy. Taste is lightly sour, loads of oak, flint. Quite lemon zesty. Good

Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2022 at 23:00


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Blend 116 18/19 . Pours dark, surprisingly dark , amber. Small creamy white, stable head ( very stable for a Lambic). Scent is very full, creamy geuze. Complex acidity, medium intense barrel. Taste is full, intense, very creamy, citric, dry, very oaky. Lovely batch.

Tried on 09 Dec 2022 at 12:47


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

0.75l bottle, huge thanks Jonas! 2002 vintage! Murky orange-amber body, traces of an off-white head. Soft, sweetish, fruity, tart aroma, yeah, mushrooms now that they mention it but in a good way. Soft, sweetish taste, lean, bit cellary, light mushroom, some citric notes, nicely dried out, not as impressive as the aroma, but a greate geuze nonetheless.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2022 at 22:05


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

1,5l from bottle at the Lambic-O-Droom. Amber murky color, small white head. smells funky, dusty, earthy, grassy, peppery, lovely smell. Medium body, soft carbonation. tastes earthy, grassy, peppery, almost no Funk, . Finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of pepper, grassy and earthy notes. Lovely balance just great,

8, 8, 9, 9, 9

Tried from Bottle at Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen & lambik-O-droom on 02 Sep 2022 at 13:50


9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Deep massive cheesy funk, wood, hay, wheat, peach. Dank funk galore with nice fruits.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2022 at 14:36


8.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Fairly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of big dry cellar funk, oak, citrus. Flavour is moderate sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2021 at 16:56


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Surprisingly towering head, very dense & fine, light yellow over foxy orange clear beer. Sharp fruity & farmyard nose, lactic acid, lemon, horseblanket, little bit of putteke , saddlesoap. Quite sharp - acid flavour, again fruity - unripe grapes f.i. - straw, wood, horseblanket. Finish has something fleeting as anise. The chunk in the armour of this one is a very lean body, not only because of acidthinning, but also from the composition of the beer itself; whilst the flavours diminish rapidly, and not I mals /I of course. Good carbonation. Maybe not the best of 3F, which still makes it just great.

Tried from Bottle at Beerlovers Bar on 12 Sep 2021 at 15:12