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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
3 Fonteinen Cuvée Armand & Gaston is a geuze blend consisting of lambics brewed only at 3 Fonteinen. It has been bottled in | 3 Fonteinen Cuvée Armand & Gaston is a geuze blend consisting of lambics brewed only at 3 Fonteinen. It has been bottled in 375 mL, 750 mL, and 1.5 L format. | ||
ABV 6% | |||
==History / Other Notes== | ==History / Other Notes== | ||
Cuvée Armand & Gaston was first released in June of 2016, after being bottled during the fall and winter of 2015. Of each blend of the 2015 bottings, excluding the 1.5 L bottling (released in December 2018 as [[3_Fonteinen_Cuvée_Armand_&_Gaston_Vintage|Cuvée Armand & Gaston Vintage]]), approximately 10% were put away for extended aging by the brewery, another 10% were kept aside for 3 Fonteinen's new tasting room, 30% are meant for international export, and the remaining 50% were reserved for Belgian distribution including 3 Fonteinen's own shop. | Cuvée Armand & Gaston was first released in June of 2016, after being bottled during the fall and winter of 2015. Of each blend of the 2015 bottings, excluding the 1.5 L bottling (released in December 2018 as [[3_Fonteinen_Cuvée_Armand_&_Gaston_Vintage|Cuvée Armand & Gaston Vintage]]), approximately 10% were put away for extended aging by the brewery, another 10% were kept aside for 3 Fonteinen's new tasting room, 30% are meant for international export, and the remaining 50% were reserved for Belgian distribution, including 3 Fonteinen's own shop. | ||
The first release in 2016 consists only of lambic brewed by 3 Fonteinen in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The oldest lambic in the blend is some of the first lambic brewed on the new 40 hl brewing system installed in the same year. It was bottled in 375 mL and 750 mL | The first release in 2016 consists only of lambic brewed by 3 Fonteinen in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The oldest lambic in the blend is some of the first lambic brewed on the new 40 hl brewing system installed in the same year. It was bottled in 375 mL and 750 mL format for distribution. 1.5 L bottles are currently aging with an undetermined release date. It was released with 3 Fonteinen's paper labels. | ||
The batches bottled in the fall of 2016 were released during [[Toer_de_Geuze|Toer de Geuze]] 2017 and bottled in the new screen printed bottles. | The batches bottled in the fall of 2016 were released during [[Toer_de_Geuze|Toer de Geuze]] 2017 and bottled in the new screen printed bottles. | ||
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|03/01/2019||750 mL||48th blend fo the 2018-19 season. This specific Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic from 5 different barrels coming from 9 different brews. The oldest lambic 4 years old and was brewed in the beginning of 2015.||[[File:3F AG 01 March 2019 750.png|frameless|150px]] | |03/01/2019||750 mL||48th blend fo the 2018-19 season. This specific Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic from 5 different barrels coming from 9 different brews. The oldest lambic 4 years old and was brewed in the beginning of 2015.||[[File:3F AG 01 March 2019 750.png|frameless|150px]] | ||
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|03/04/2019||1.5 L||49th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic coming from 5 different barrels coming from 10 different brews. The oldest lambic was brewed beginning 2016. This blend contains only young and | |03/04/2019||1.5 L||49th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic coming from 5 different barrels coming from 10 different brews. The oldest lambic was brewed beginning 2016. This blend contains only young and 3-year-old lambic.||[[File:3F AG 04 March 2019 Magnum.png|frameless|150px]] | ||
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|03/20/2019||750 mL||54th blend of the 2018-19 season. This particular Cuvée Armand & Gaston has been blended with lambics from 8 different barrels and originating from 9 different brews. At the moment of bottling, the average age of the blend was 20 months = 40% young 32% 2-year old 20% 3-year old.||[[File:3F AG 20 March 2019 750.png|frameless|150px]] | |03/20/2019||750 mL||54th blend of the 2018-19 season. This particular Cuvée Armand & Gaston has been blended with lambics from 8 different barrels and originating from 9 different brews. At the moment of bottling, the average age of the blend was 20 months = 40% young 32% 2-year old 20% 3-year old.||[[File:3F AG 20 March 2019 750.png|frameless|150px]] | ||
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|03/22/2019||375 mL||55th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic coming from 5 different barrels coming from 5 differnet brews. The | |03/22/2019||375 mL||55th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic coming from 5 different barrels coming from 5 differnet brews. The oldest lambic was brewed in the first days of 2016.||[[File:3F AG 22 March 2019 375.png|frameless|150px]] | ||
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|04/26/2019||750 mL||68th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic from three different barrels coming from 3 | |04/26/2019||750 mL||68th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic from three different barrels coming from 3 different brews. This blend consists of only 1 & 3-year-old lambic with a weighted average of approximately 18 months.||[[File:3F AG 26 Apr 2019 75.png|frameless|150px]] | ||
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|05/08/2019||750 mL||70th blend of the 2018-19 season. This particular Armand and Gaston has been blended with lambics from three different | |05/08/2019||750 mL||70th blend of the 2018-19 season. This particular Armand and Gaston has been blended with lambics from three different barrels and originating from five different brews, with a weighted aveage age during bottling of 18 months, with 1-year-old and 20% 3-year-old lambic.||[[File:3F AG 08 May 2019 750.png|frameless|150px]] | ||
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|11/18/2019||750 mL||4th blend of the 2019-20 season. This particular Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic from 8 different barrels and no less than 10 different brews. This blend also has some of our own summer honey added. The olded lamtic was brewed during the beginning of season 16-17, so end of 2016. One of the lambics was | |11/18/2019||750 mL||4th blend of the 2019-20 season. This particular Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic from 8 different barrels and no less than 10 different brews. This blend also has some of our own summer honey added. The olded lamtic was brewed during the beginning of season 16-17, so end of 2016. One of the lambics was also brewed with fresh Coigneau hop, a local lambik variety.||[[File:3F AG 18 Nov 2019.PNG|frameless|150px]] | ||
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|11/20/2019||750 mL||5th blend of the 2019-20 season. This particular Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic from 7 different barrels and no less than 11 different brews. This blend was then finished with freshly brewed lambic wort. The oldest lambic was brewed in the begining of season 16/17, so end 2016. More than a third of the blend is with lambic of two and three years. ||[[File:3F AG 20 Nov 2019.PNG|frameless|150px]] | |11/20/2019||750 mL||5th blend of the 2019-20 season. This particular Cuvée Armand & Gaston was blended with lambic from 7 different barrels and no less than 11 different brews. This blend was then finished with freshly brewed lambic wort. The oldest lambic was brewed in the begining of season 16/17, so end 2016. More than a third of the blend is with lambic of two and three years. ||[[File:3F AG 20 Nov 2019.PNG|frameless|150px]] | ||