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== Description ==

3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze is ~~an oude geuze~~ blended by 3 Fonteinen ~~containing~~ lambic whose wort originated at 3 Fonteinen as well as from [[Brouwerij_Boon|Boon]], [[Brouwerij_Lindemans|Lindemans]] and [[Brouwerij_Girardin|Girardin]] depending on the era. It is released ~~yearly in many batches~~ in ~~both 375 mL and 750 mL bottles~~. ~~It has occasionally been available in 1.5 L bottles as well.~~ For oude geuze bottlings ~~that~~ contain 100% 3 Fonteinen-brewed lambic starting in 2015, see [[3 Fonteinen Cuvée Armand & Gaston|Cuvée Armand & Gaston]]

3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze is blended by 3 Fonteinen and contains lambic whose wort originated at 3 Fonteinen, as well as from [[Brouwerij_Boon|Boon]], [[Brouwerij_Lindemans|Lindemans]] and [[Brouwerij_Girardin|Girardin]], depending on the era. It is released throughout the year in various formats. For oude geuze bottlings which contain 100% 3 Fonteinen-brewed lambic starting in 2015, see [[3 Fonteinen Cuvée Armand & Gaston|Cuvée Armand & Gaston]]

== History / Other Notes ==

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== Bottle Log ==

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| 01/23/2015||375 mL||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3 Fonteinen 23 Jan 2015 375.jpg|frameless|50px]]

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| 01/23/2015||~~750ml~~||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3F-OG-1-23-2015.jpg|frameless|50px]]

| 01/23/2015||750 mL||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3F-OG-1-23-2015.jpg|frameless|50px]]

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| 01/27/2015||375 mL||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Jan 27 2015 375.jpg|frameless|50px]]

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| 11/25/2016||750 mL||Screen print bottle, 8th blend of the 2016-17 season. This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged on 5 different barrels, originating from wort of 6 different brews. 5.40% ABV|| -

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|12/05/2016||~~750ml~~||Screen print bottle, 9th blend of the 2016-17 season. This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged and matured on 5 different barrels, originating from wort of 6 different brews. 5.3% ABV|| [[File:3F_Oude_Geuze_blend_9_2016-17.jpg|frameless|50px]]

|12/05/2016||750 mL||Screen print bottle, 9th blend of the 2016-17 season. This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged and matured on 5 different barrels, originating from wort of 6 different brews. 5.3% ABV|| [[File:3F_Oude_Geuze_blend_9_2016-17.jpg|frameless|50px]]

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|12/27/2016||375 mL||Screen print bottle, 12th blend of the 2016-17 season. This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged on 6 different barrels, originating from wort of 7 different brews. 5.00% ABV|| -

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|03/13/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 52nd blend of the 2018-19 season. This particular Oude Geuze has been blended with lambics from 10 different barreles and originating from 8 different brews. The oldest portion of this blend is a four-year old Boon lambic brewed on the 11th of May 2015. This blend consists of 50% young lambic and 50% old lambic of at least 3 years old. As such, the average age of this blend was 21 months on the moment of bottling.||[[File:3F OG 13 Mar 2019 375.png|frameless|150px]]

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|03/18/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 53rd blend of the 2018-19. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambic from 7 different barrels coming from 8 different brews. For this blend only young lambic and three year old lambic was used. As such the average age of this blend was was 21 months at the time of bottling. A portion of this blend was bottled in 75cl bottles.||[[File:3F OG 18 March 2019 375.png|frameless|150px]]

|03/18/2019||375 mL & 750 mL||Screen printed bottle, 53rd blend of the 2018-19. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambic from 7 different barrels coming from 8 different brews. For this blend only young lambic and three year old lambic was used. As such the average age of this blend was was 21 months at the time of bottling. ||[[File:3F OG 18 March 2019 375.png|frameless|150px]]

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~~|03/18/2019||~~750 mL||Screen printed bottle, 53rd blend of the 2018-19. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambic from 7 different barrels coming from 8 different brews. For this blend only young lambic and three year old lambic was used. As such the average age of this blend was was 21 months at the time of bottling~~. A portion of this blend was bottled in 375ml bottles~~.||[[File:3F OG 18 March 2019 ~~NLFR 750~~.png|frameless|150px]]

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|04/02/2019||750 mL||Screen printed bottle, 62nd blend of the 2018-19 season. This Oude Geuze has been blended with lambics from 8 different barrels and originating from 6 different brews. A blend made with young and (33%) three-year old lambics only, the latter primarily from one foeder and originating from wort of Brouwerij Boon.||[[File:3F OG 02 April 2019 USA 750.png|frameless|150px]]

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|05/23/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle,76th blend of the 2018-19 season. This particular Oude Geuze has been blended with lambics from 5 different barrels (of which one an amontillado barrel) and originating from 7 different brews. The old lambic, from two barrels and twobrews, accoutns for 40% of the blend and the oldest portion was brewed on 12th of January 2016. Weighted average age on the blend upon bottling was 19 months.||[[File:3 Fonteinen OG 23 May 2019.png|frameless|150px]]

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|05/28/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 77th blend of the 2018-19 season. The lambic from this blend comes from 5 different barrels and 4 different brews of which 67% brewed by 3F. For this blend, only one and three-year old lambics were used.||-

|05/28/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 77th blend of the 2018-19 season. The lambic from this blend comes from 5 different barrels and 4 different brews of which 67% brewed by 3F. For this blend, only one and three-year old lambics were used.||

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|09/04/2019||375 mL||This particular Oude Geuze was blended with lambikken from four different barrels and four different brews. The oldest lambik - almost four years old when bottled - was brewed in early 2016.|| ||

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|09/11/2019||375 mL||This Oude Geuze is a blend of lambikken originating from eight different brews and six different barrels. A portion of the oude lambikken was brewed in February 2016. The weighted average age upon its release was 47 months, including bottle maturation of over 2.5 years.|| ||

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|10/02/2019||375 mL||This specific Oude Geuze has been blended with lambikken originating from four different barrels and five different brews from three different brewers. The oldest lambik was brewed at the beginning of March 2017, and we aged this bottle for over 20 months in our cellars before releasing it.|| ||

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|10/10/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 116th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambic from 4 different barels and 7 different brews. 50% one year old lambic, 50% old lambic. Two thirds of the blend comes from lambic brewed at 3 Fonteinen.||[[File:3F OG 10 Oct 2019.png|frameless|150px]]

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|10/15/2019||750 mL||Non-screen printed bottle, new label. 117th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambikken from five different barrels and from six different brews. The oldest lambikken were brewed at the beginning of the 17|18 season. The weighed average age of the blend was 19 months and consists of a very large part of two year old lambikken, brewed by both 3 Fonteinen, Boon, and Lindemans.||[[File:3F OG 15 Oct 2019.png|frameless|150px]]

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|10/22/2019||750 mL||For this specific Geuze, we blended lambikken originating from four different barrels and six different brews. 56% of the blend are at least 24-month old lambikken, bringing the weighted average age of this blend upon bottling to twenty months. That brings the weighted average age up to more than forty months at the time of release. Half of the volume was brewed by 3 Fonteinen. The oldest lambik was brewed end of April 2017.|| ||

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|10/28/2019||750 mL||Non-screen printed bottle, new label. 121st blend of the 2018-19 season. For this last bottling of the 18-19 season, we blended an oude geuze with lambics origiatning from five different barrels and not less than nine different brews. More than half of the lbend consists of two- and three-year old lambic and brings the weighted average upon bottling to almost twenty months. Two-thirds of the blend consists of lambic that were brewed by us, among others the oldest portion that was brewed in the autum of 2016.||[[File:3F OG 28 Oct 2019.png|frameless|150px]]

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[[Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen#Beers|← 3 Fonteinen]]

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 == Description ==
-Fonteinen Oude Geuze is an oude geuze blended by 3 Fonteinen containing lambic whose wort originated at 3 Fonteinen as well as from [[Brouwerij_Boon|Boon]], [[Brouwerij_Lindemans|Lindemans]] and [[Brouwerij_Girardin|Girardin]] depending on the era.  It is released yearly in many batches in both 375 mL and 750 mL bottles. It has occasionally been available in 1.5 L bottles as well.  For oude geuze bottlings that contain 100% 3 Fonteinen-brewed lambic starting in 2015, see [[3 Fonteinen Cuvée Armand & Gaston|Cuvée Armand & Gaston]]
+Fonteinen Oude Geuze is blended by 3 Fonteinen and contains lambic whose wort originated at 3 Fonteinen, as well as from [[Brouwerij_Boon|Boon]], [[Brouwerij_Lindemans|Lindemans]] and [[Brouwerij_Girardin|Girardin]], depending on the era.  It is released throughout the year in various formats. For oude geuze bottlings which contain 100% 3 Fonteinen-brewed lambic starting in 2015, see [[3 Fonteinen Cuvée Armand & Gaston|Cuvée Armand & Gaston]]
 == History / Other Notes ==
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 | 01/23/2015||375 mL||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3 Fonteinen 23 Jan 2015 375.jpg|frameless|50px]]
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-| 01/23/2015||750ml||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3F-OG-1-23-2015.jpg|frameless|50px]]
+| 01/23/2015||750 mL||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3F-OG-1-23-2015.jpg|frameless|50px]]
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 | 01/27/2015||375 mL||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Jan 27 2015 375.jpg|frameless|50px]]
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 | 11/25/2016||750 mL||Screen print bottle, 8th blend of the 2016-17 season.  This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged on 5 different barrels, originating from wort of 6 different brews. 5.40% ABV|| -
 |-
-|12/05/2016||750ml||Screen print bottle, 9th blend of the 2016-17 season.  This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged and matured on 5 different barrels, originating from wort of 6 different brews. 5.3% ABV|| [[File:3F_Oude_Geuze_blend_9_2016-17.jpg|frameless|50px]]
+|12/05/2016||750 mL||Screen print bottle, 9th blend of the 2016-17 season.  This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged and matured on 5 different barrels, originating from wort of 6 different brews. 5.3% ABV|| [[File:3F_Oude_Geuze_blend_9_2016-17.jpg|frameless|50px]]
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 |12/27/2016||375 mL||Screen print bottle, 12th blend of the 2016-17 season.  This particular geuze is blended from lambics aged on 6 different barrels, originating from wort of 7 different brews. 5.00% ABV|| -
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 |03/13/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 52nd blend of the 2018-19 season. This particular Oude Geuze has been blended with lambics from 10 different barreles and originating from 8 different brews. The oldest portion of this blend is a four-year old Boon lambic brewed on the 11th of May 2015. This blend consists of 50% young lambic and 50% old lambic of at least 3 years old. As such, the average age of this blend was 21 months on the moment of bottling.||[[File:3F OG 13 Mar 2019 375.png|frameless|150px]]
 |-
-|03/18/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 53rd blend of the 2018-19. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambic from 7 different barrels coming from 8 different brews. For this blend only young lambic and three year old lambic was used.  As such the average age of this blend was was 21 months at the time of bottling. A portion of this blend was bottled in 75cl bottles.||[[File:3F OG 18 March 2019 375.png|frameless|150px]]
+|03/18/2019||375 mL & 750 mL||Screen printed bottle, 53rd blend of the 2018-19. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambic from 7 different barrels coming from 8 different brews. For this blend only young lambic and three year old lambic was used.  As such the average age of this blend was was 21 months at the time of bottling. ||[[File:3F OG 18 March 2019 375.png|frameless|150px]]
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-|03/18/2019||750 mL||Screen printed bottle, 53rd blend of the 2018-19. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambic from 7 different barrels coming from 8 different brews. For this blend only young lambic and three year old lambic was used.  As such the average age of this blend was was 21 months at the time of bottling. A portion of this blend was bottled in 375ml bottles.||[[File:3F OG 18 March 2019 NLFR 750.png|frameless|150px]]
 |-
 |04/02/2019||750 mL||Screen printed bottle, 62nd blend of the 2018-19 season. This Oude Geuze has been blended with lambics from 8 different barrels and originating from 6 different brews. A blend made with young and (33%) three-year old lambics only, the latter primarily from one foeder and originating from wort of Brouwerij Boon.||[[File:3F OG 02 April 2019 USA 750.png|frameless|150px]]
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 |05/23/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle,76th blend of the 2018-19 season. This particular Oude Geuze  has been blended with lambics from 5 different barrels (of which one an amontillado barrel) and originating from 7 different brews. The old lambic, from two barrels and twobrews, accoutns for 40% of the blend and the oldest portion was brewed on 12th of January 2016. Weighted average age on the blend upon bottling was 19 months.||[[File:3 Fonteinen OG 23 May 2019.png|frameless|150px]]
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-|05/28/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 77th blend of the 2018-19 season. The lambic from this blend comes from 5 different barrels and 4 different brews of which 67% brewed by 3F. For this blend, only one and three-year old lambics were used.||-
+|05/28/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 77th blend of the 2018-19 season. The lambic from this blend comes from 5 different barrels and 4 different brews of which 67% brewed by 3F. For this blend, only one and three-year old lambics were used.||
+|-
+|09/04/2019||375 mL||This particular Oude Geuze was blended with lambikken from four different barrels and four different brews. The oldest lambik - almost four years old when bottled - was brewed in early 2016.||   ||
+|-
+|09/11/2019||375 mL||This Oude Geuze is a blend of lambikken originating from eight different brews and six different barrels. A portion of the oude lambikken was brewed in February 2016. The weighted average age upon its release was 47 months, including bottle maturation of over 2.5 years.||   ||
+|-
+|10/02/2019||375 mL||This specific Oude Geuze has been blended with lambikken originating from four different barrels and five different brews from three different brewers. The oldest lambik was brewed at the beginning of March 2017, and we aged this bottle for over 20 months in our cellars before releasing it.||   ||
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 |10/10/2019||375 mL||Screen printed bottle, 116th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambic from 4 different barels and 7 different brews. 50% one year old lambic, 50% old lambic. Two thirds of the blend comes from lambic brewed at 3 Fonteinen.||[[File:3F OG 10 Oct 2019.png|frameless|150px]]
 |-
 |10/15/2019||750 mL||Non-screen printed bottle, new label. 117th blend of the 2018-19 season. This specific Oude Geuze was blended with lambikken from five different barrels and from six different brews. The oldest lambikken were brewed at the beginning of the 17|18 season. The weighed average age of the blend was 19 months and consists of a very large part of two year old lambikken, brewed by both 3 Fonteinen, Boon, and Lindemans.||[[File:3F OG 15 Oct 2019.png|frameless|150px]]
+|-
+|10/22/2019||750 mL||For this specific Geuze, we blended lambikken originating from four different barrels and six different brews. 56% of the blend are at least 24-month old lambikken, bringing the weighted average age of this blend upon bottling to twenty months. That brings the weighted average age up to more than forty months at the time of release. Half of the volume was brewed by 3 Fonteinen. The oldest lambik was brewed end of April 2017.||   ||
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 |10/28/2019||750 mL||Non-screen printed bottle, new label. 121st blend of the 2018-19 season. For this last bottling of the 18-19 season, we blended an oude geuze with lambics origiatning from five different barrels and not less than nine different brews. More than half of the lbend consists of two- and three-year old lambic and brings the weighted average upon bottling to almost twenty months. Two-thirds of the blend consists of lambic that were brewed by us, among others the oldest portion that was brewed in the autum of 2016.||[[File:3F OG 28 Oct 2019.png|frameless|150px]]
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