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==Description==

3 Fonteinen Cuvée Armand & Gaston is a geuze blend consisting of lambics brewed only at 3 Fonteinen. It has been bottled in ~~1.5 L~~, 750 mL, and ~~375 mL bottles and is labeled as~~ 6% ~~ABV.~~

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==

Cuvée Armand & Gaston was first released in June of 2016 after being bottled 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~~-hectoliter~~ brewing system installed in the same year. It was bottled in 375 mL and 750 mL ~~bottles~~ for distribution. 1.5L bottles are currently aging with an undetermined release date. It was released with 3 Fonteinen's paper labels.

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 ~~were~~ 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.

== Bottle Log ==

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|02/27/2017|||375 mL||20th blend of the 2016-17 season. This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged and matured

on 4 different barrels, originating from wort of 7 different brews.

The old lambic was brewed with slightly darker malts and was destined for another Straffe Winter (but we actually forgot about it...). 5.00% ABV~~||-~~

The old lambic was brewed with slightly darker malts and was destined for another Straffe Winter (but we actually forgot about it...). 5.00% ABV

|-

|02/28/2017|||375 mL||21st blend of the 2016-17 season. This specific geuze was blended with lambics that have matured in 8 different barrels coming from 9 different brews. The old lambic contains organic honey that was added to our cooling ship during cooling. 5.5% ABV||[[File:3F_Armand_and_Gaston_28_Feb_2017.jpg|frameless|30px]]

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|05/22/2018||375 mL||57th blend of the 2017-18 season. This particular Cuvée Armand & Gaston has been blended with lambics from 7 different barrels originating from 9 different brews. The oldest portion of lambic was brewed on 21 October 2014. Local honey was also added.||[[File:Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston + HONING 0.375 - 22 5 2018 - USA.jpg|frameless|150px]]

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|06/26/2018||375 mL||66th blend of the 2017-18 season. This particular Cuvée Armand and Gaston has been blended with lambic from 7 different barrels originating ~~fro m11~~ different brews. The oldest portion of lambic was brewed on the 28th of November 2014. While blending, we added spring honey from our own bee(hives).||[[File:3 Fonteinen AG 26 Jun 18.jpg|frameless|150px]]

|06/26/2018||375 mL||66th blend of the 2017-18 season. This particular Cuvée Armand and Gaston has been blended with lambic from 7 different barrels originating from 11 different brews. The oldest portion of lambic was brewed on the 28th of November 2014. While blending, we added spring honey from our own bee(hives).||[[File:3 Fonteinen AG 26 Jun 18.jpg|frameless|150px]]

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|07/24/2018||750 mL||69th blend of the 2017-18 season. This particular Cuvée Armand and Gaston has been blended with lambics from 8 different barrels and originating from 8 different brews. The oldest portion was brewed on November 28th 2014 and about 15% of the lambic was destined for a Straffe Winter...||[[File:3 Fonteinen AG 24 Jul 18.jpg|frameless|150px]]

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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]]

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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 ~~three~~ year old lambic.||[[File:3F AG 04 March 2019 Magnum.png|frameless|150px]]

|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]]

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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 ~~oldestl ambic~~ was brewed in the first days of 2016.||[[File:3F AG 22 March 2019 375.png|frameless|150px]]

|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 ~~differentbrews~~. This blend consists of only ~~one year old lambic and three~~ year old lambic with a weighted average of approximately 18 months.||[[File:3F AG 26 Apr 2019 75.png|frameless|150px]]

|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 ~~barreels~~ and originating from five different brews, with a weighted aveage age during bottling of 18 months, with ~~one~~-year and 20% ~~three~~-year old lambic.||[[File:3F AG 08 May 2019 750.png|frameless|150px]]

|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 ~~alsob rewed~~ with fresh Coigneau hop, a local lambik variety.||[[File:3F AG 18 Nov 2019.PNG|frameless|150px]]

|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]]

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 ==Description==
-Fonteinen Cuvée Armand & Gaston is a geuze blend consisting of lambics brewed only at 3 Fonteinen.  It has been bottled in 1.5 L, 750 mL, and 375 mL bottles and is labeled as 6% ABV.
+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==
-Cuvée Armand & Gaston was first released in June of 2016 after being bottled 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-hectoliter brewing system installed in the same year. It was bottled in 375 mL and 750 mL bottles for distribution. 1.5L bottles are currently aging with an undetermined release date.  It was released with 3 Fonteinen's paper labels.
+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 were 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.
 == Bottle Log ==
 <center>
-{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center; "
+{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center; "
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 ! Bottle Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
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 |02/27/2017|||375 mL||20th blend of the 2016-17 season.  This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged and matured
 on 4 different barrels, originating from wort of 7 different brews.
-The old lambic was brewed with slightly darker malts and was destined for another Straffe Winter (but we actually forgot about it...). 5.00% ABV||-
+The old lambic was brewed with slightly darker malts and was destined for another Straffe Winter (but we actually forgot about it...). 5.00% ABV
 |-
 |02/28/2017|||375 mL||21st blend of the 2016-17 season. This specific geuze was blended with lambics that have matured in 8 different barrels coming from 9 different brews. The old lambic contains organic honey that was added to our cooling ship during cooling. 5.5% ABV||[[File:3F_Armand_and_Gaston_28_Feb_2017.jpg|frameless|30px]]
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 |05/22/2018||375 mL||57th blend of the 2017-18 season. This particular Cuvée Armand & Gaston has been blended with lambics from 7 different barrels originating from 9 different brews. The oldest portion of lambic was brewed on 21 October 2014. Local honey was also added.||[[File:Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston + HONING 0.375 - 22 5 2018 - USA.jpg|frameless|150px]]
 |-
-|06/26/2018||375 mL||66th blend of the 2017-18 season. This particular Cuvée Armand and Gaston has been blended with lambic from 7 different barrels originating fro m11 different brews. The oldest portion of lambic was brewed on the 28th of November 2014. While blending, we added spring honey from our own bee(hives).||[[File:3 Fonteinen AG 26 Jun 18.jpg|frameless|150px]]
+|06/26/2018||375 mL||66th blend of the 2017-18 season. This particular Cuvée Armand and Gaston has been blended with lambic from 7 different barrels originating from 11 different brews. The oldest portion of lambic was brewed on the 28th of November 2014. While blending, we added spring honey from our own bee(hives).||[[File:3 Fonteinen AG 26 Jun 18.jpg|frameless|150px]]
 |-
 |07/24/2018||750 mL||69th blend of the 2017-18 season. This particular Cuvée Armand and Gaston has been blended with lambics from 8 different barrels and originating from 8 different brews. The oldest portion was brewed on November 28th 2014 and about 15% of the lambic was destined for a Straffe Winter...||[[File:3 Fonteinen AG 24 Jul 18.jpg|frameless|150px]]
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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]]
 |-
-|03/04/2019||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 three year old lambic.||[[File:3F AG 04 March 2019 Magnum.png|frameless|150px]]
+|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]]
 |-
 |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]]
 |-
-|03/22/2019||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 oldestl ambic was brewed in the first days of 2016.||[[File:3F AG 22 March 2019 375.png|frameless|150px]]
+|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]]
 |-
-|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 differentbrews.  This blend consists of only one year old lambic and three year old lambic with a weighted average of approximately 18 months.||[[File:3F AG 26 Apr 2019 75.png|frameless|150px]]
+|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]]
 |-
-|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 barreels and originating from five different brews, with a weighted aveage age during bottling of 18 months, with one-year and 20% three-year old lambic.||[[File:3F AG 08 May 2019 750.png|frameless|150px]]
+|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 alsob rewed with fresh Coigneau hop, a local lambik  variety.||[[File:3F AG 18 Nov 2019.PNG|frameless|150px]]
+|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]]
 |-
 |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]]