Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze (2014)

Oude Geuze (2014)
(Batch of Oude Geuze)

 

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

Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular Out of Production
Score
8.08
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 329
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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Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2022 at 15:16


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

Hazy golden with white head. Sour grain, 3F funk, apricot fruity, parmesan, greasy and sweaty. Quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2020 at 13:26


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

Bottle sampled thanks to kermis. Hazy orange golden with white head. Nice funk, apricot, nice sourness but not overdone. Great!

Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2020 at 13:25


8.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

Fairly hazy golden orange with a big lively white head following the pour. Aroma has that lovely 3F dry cellar funk, cobwebs, woody notes, citrus, green apple and light malt. Flavour is light moderate sweet and sour. Medium bodied with light carbonation. Damn glad I had the foresight back in the day to lay a bunch of these down!

Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2020 at 12:00


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottles 20-11-2014. Yearly sample of the batch bottled when I became a Couple with amina (23-11-2014) . This year ( drank for the 4th time in 2019 ) has the best taste i've had this far. It started of as citrussy earlier on, but by now has developed a nice woody flavor, funky, tart, milder fruityness. Very dry finish. Carbonation is still a tad high, but the beer has definately rounded out over time. Curious to see how this will have evolved by next year :)

Tried on 24 Nov 2019 at 15:21


9

Researching backlog. I had this in 2015

Tried on 11 Aug 2019 at 14:27


8

Lambic and video games. Summer slacking in Örebro.

Tried on 15 Jul 2015 at 15:42