3 Fonteinen Millennium Geuze: Difference between revisions
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3 Fonteinen Millennium Geuze is a geuze bottled by Armand Debelder and | 3 Fonteinen Millennium Geuze is a geuze bottled by Armand Debelder and Willem van Herreweghen of [[De_Cam_Geuzestekerij|De Cam]] in the fall of 1998. It was released in 750 mL bottles and is labeled as 7% ABV. | ||
== History / Other Notes == | == History / Other Notes == | ||
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: So we went to the idea that we will make a very special bottle. There was a decoration on that bottle oude geuze millennium. So it was bottled in 98. So because there was a beautiful bottle and everybody make without one single air of publicity, we had a total of 8000 bottles. In a few weeks they were sold out. We sold them for what we thought was a good price. It’s…if you have one now, it’s very expensive. And then the idea came that was a success; it was a blend between De Cam and Drie Fonteinen. And I had the opportunity to make my blend at De Cam, and Willem Van Herreweghen at my place. So, a, we had a very beautiful geuze with that."<ref name=summit2>Armand Debelder, 2010, [[The Lambic Summit 2010#Part 2|The Lambic Summit 2010, Part 2]]</ref> | : So we went to the idea that we will make a very special bottle. There was a decoration on that bottle oude geuze millennium. So it was bottled in 98. So because there was a beautiful bottle and everybody make without one single air of publicity, we had a total of 8000 bottles. In a few weeks they were sold out. We sold them for what we thought was a good price. It’s…if you have one now, it’s very expensive. And then the idea came that was a success; it was a blend between De Cam and Drie Fonteinen. And I had the opportunity to make my blend at De Cam, and Willem Van Herreweghen at my place. So, a, we had a very beautiful geuze with that."<ref name=summit2>Armand Debelder, 2010, [[The Lambic Summit 2010#Part 2|The Lambic Summit 2010, Part 2]]</ref> | ||
Released at the start of the new Millennium in 2000, Millennium Geuze arrived in a | Released at the start of the new Millennium in 2000, Millennium Geuze arrived in a 750 mL bottle with a silk-screen label. Though a paper label is seemingly documented below, there is no evidence that the beer was ever released with that specific labeling. Millennium Geuze was also served at the first [[Sour_%26_Bitter_Festival|Sour & Bitter Festival]] in Copenhagen in 2012 for a price of 600Dkr, or approximately $107USD. | ||
==Label Log== | ==Label Log== | ||
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