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| 12/31/1999||750ml||Screen Printed Label – 6.5%||[[File:1999 Screenprint 750.JPG|frameless|50px]] | | 12/31/1999||750ml||Screen Printed Label – 6.5%||[[File:1999 Screenprint 750.JPG|frameless|50px]] | ||
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+ | | 02/04/2000||750mL||Old Lable - 5%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 04 Feb 2000.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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| 02/08/2000||750ml||Old Label – 5%||[[File:2000 Febryary 8 750 Old.JPG|frameless|50px]] | | 02/08/2000||750ml||Old Label – 5%||[[File:2000 Febryary 8 750 Old.JPG|frameless|50px]] | ||
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| 01/28/2013||750ml||Green Label - 6%, Japanese||[[File:2013 January 28 Green 750.jpg|frameless|50px]] | | 01/28/2013||750ml||Green Label - 6%, Japanese||[[File:2013 January 28 Green 750.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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+ | | 01/28/2013||750ml||Green Label - 6%, European||[[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 28 Jan 2013.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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| 02/06/2013||375ml||Green Label – 6%||- | | 02/06/2013||375ml||Green Label – 6%||- | ||
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| 02/08/2013||375ml||Green Label - 6%||[[File:2013 February 08 Green 375.jpg|frameless|50px]] | | 02/08/2013||375ml||Green Label - 6%||[[File:2013 February 08 Green 375.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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+ | | 02/27/2013|| ||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 27 Feb 2013.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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| 04/04/2013||375ml||Green Label – 6%||[[File:April_4_2013_-_Green_-_375.jpg|frameless|50px]] | | 04/04/2013||375ml||Green Label – 6%||[[File:April_4_2013_-_Green_-_375.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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| 10/16/2014||750ml||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3F-Oude_Geuze_Oct_16_2014.jpg|frameless|50px]] | | 10/16/2014||750ml||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3F-Oude_Geuze_Oct_16_2014.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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− | | 10/30/2014||750ml||Green Label - 6% || | + | | 10/30/2014||750ml||Green Label - 6% || [[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 30 October 2014.jpg|frameless|50px]] |
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− | | 10/31/2014||750ml||Green Label - 6% || | + | | 10/31/2014||750ml||Green Label - 6% || [[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 31 October 2014.jpg|frameless|50px]] |
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| 11/04/2014||375ml||Green Label - 6% || - | | 11/04/2014||375ml||Green Label - 6% || - | ||
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| 12/08/2014||375ml||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:08 Aug 2014 - Oude Geuze 375ml.jpg|frameless|50px]] | | 12/08/2014||375ml||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:08 Aug 2014 - Oude Geuze 375ml.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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− | | 01/13/2015||750ml||Green Label - 6% || | + | | 01/13/2015||750ml||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3 Fonteinen 13 Jan 2015.jpg|frameless|50px]] |
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| 01/23/2015||375ml||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3 Fonteinen 23 Jan 2015 375.jpg|frameless|50px]] | | 01/23/2015||375ml||Green Label - 6% ||[[File:3 Fonteinen 23 Jan 2015 375.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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| 03/13/2015||750ml||Yellow Label - 6%|| - | | 03/13/2015||750ml||Yellow Label - 6%|| - | ||
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− | | 03/14/2015||750ml||Green Label - 6%|| | + | | 03/14/2015||750ml||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 14 March 2015.jpg|frameless|50px]] |
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| 10/21/2015||375ml||Contains 30% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic - 6%||- | | 10/21/2015||375ml||Contains 30% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic - 6%||- | ||
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− | | 10/21/2015||750ml||Contains 30% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic - 6%|| | + | | 10/21/2015||750ml||Contains 30% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 21 Oct 2015.jpg|frameless|50px]] |
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| 10/29/2015||375ml||Contains 50% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze 29 Oct 2015.jpeg|frameless|50px]] | | 10/29/2015||375ml||Contains 50% 3 Fonteinen brewed lambic - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze 29 Oct 2015.jpeg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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| 02/08/2016||375ml||Green Label - 6%||- | | 02/08/2016||375ml||Green Label - 6%||- | ||
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+ | | 02/11/2016||375ml||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 11 Feb 2016.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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| 03/03/2016||375ml||Yellow Label, mislabeled as March 3th,2016 - 6%||- | | 03/03/2016||375ml||Yellow Label, mislabeled as March 3th,2016 - 6%||- | ||
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| 04/19/2016||750ml||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen 750 OG April 19 2016.jpg|frameless|50px]] | | 04/19/2016||750ml||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen 750 OG April 19 2016.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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+ | | 04/20/2016|| ||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 20 April 2016.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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| 04/27/2016||750ml||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze 27 April 2016.jpg|frameless|50px]] | | 04/27/2016||750ml||Green Label - 6%||[[File:3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze 27 April 2016.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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|03/16/2017||750ml||Screen print bottle, 24th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 7 different barrels, originating from wort of 8 different brews. 5.8% ABV||[[File:3F_Oude_Geuze_batch_24_2016-17.jpg|frameless|50px]] | |03/16/2017||750ml||Screen print bottle, 24th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 7 different barrels, originating from wort of 8 different brews. 5.8% ABV||[[File:3F_Oude_Geuze_batch_24_2016-17.jpg|frameless|50px]] | ||
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− | |03/17/2017||750ml||Screen print bottle, 25th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 7 different barrels, originating from wort of 8 different brews. 6.00% ABV|| | + | |03/17/2017||750ml||Screen print bottle, 25th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 7 different barrels, originating from wort of 8 different brews. 6.00% ABV||[[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 17 March 2017.jpg|frameless|50px]] |
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|03/28/2017||760ml||Screen print bottle, 26th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 5 different barrels, originating from wort of 7 different brews. 5.30% ABV||- | |03/28/2017||760ml||Screen print bottle, 26th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 5 different barrels, originating from wort of 7 different brews. 5.30% ABV||- | ||
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|04/05/2017||375ml||Screen print bottle, 28th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 6 different barrels, originating from wort of 9 different brews. 5.30% ABV||- | |04/05/2017||375ml||Screen print bottle, 28th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 6 different barrels, originating from wort of 9 different brews. 5.30% ABV||- | ||
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− | |04/11/2017||375ml||Screen print bottle, 29th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 8 different barrels, originating from wort of 9 different brews. A great geuze with great ageing potential (we put some aside!) 5.3% ABV|| | + | |04/11/2017||375ml||Screen print bottle, 29th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended with lambics aged on 8 different barrels, originating from wort of 9 different brews. A great geuze with great ageing potential (we put some aside!) 5.3% ABV||[[File:3 Fonteinen Geuze 11 April 2017.jpg|frameless|30px]] |
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|04/18/2017||375ml||Screen print bottle, 30th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended from lambic aged and matured in 6 different barrels origination from 8 different brews. 5.5% ABV||- | |04/18/2017||375ml||Screen print bottle, 30th blend of the 2016-2017 season. This particular geuze is blended from lambic aged and matured in 6 different barrels origination from 8 different brews. 5.5% ABV||- |
Revision as of 20:36, 23 April 2018
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 Boon and/or Lindemans. It is released yearly in many batches in both 375ml and 750ml bottles. It has occasionally been available in 1.5L bottles as well. For oude geuze bottlings that contain 100% 3 Fonteinen-brewed lambic starting in 2015, see Cuvée Armand & Gaston
History / Other Notes
Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze is one of the oldest beers in their portfolio. Bottles dating as far back as 1959 have been opened and shared among lambic drinkers. Old bottles with no labels have corks stating "Debelder", indicating the brewer. During the years preceding 1999-2000, 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze had been produced by blending other producers' lambic. After Armand leased a computerized brewing system in 1998 and began producing his own lambic[1], subsequent blends contained both lambic from Armand as well as from other producers. It is unclear if 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze was ever bottled using Armand's own lambic exclusively. In 2009, a failure of the climate control mechanism resulted in a massive loss of product. This huge financial loss, coupled with the fact that the lease on the brewing system was expiring, meant that no more lambic would be brewed at 3 Fonteinen for the foreseeable future.
To get the brewery back on its feet, Armand released a serious of special geuze blends to raise capital to acquire new brewing equipment. In the time between 2009 and late-2013, 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze was a blend of lambic from Boon,Lindemans, and Girardin, with Girardin only being used through 2010. By 2013, the new brewing equipment was in place and Armand began brew again. The first batch of 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze to contain a portion Armand's lambic after the thermostat incident was bottled on 11/27/2013.
There have been several labels for 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze over the years. The white label documented below was used in the 1990s and early 2000s for both the US and Europe. It notes that the beer won the O.B.P Trophy (Objective Beer Tasters) in 1993. 3 Fonteinen has also used neck labels on occasion (pictured below) for larger-format bottles.
In 2004, the labels switched over to the standard 3 Fonteinen labels seen in stores today. The U.S. versions are yellow and white, while the rest of the world sees a green and white version. Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze bottles are generally have a "bottled on" date on the side of the label as well as with a best by date twenty years away from the bottling date, both in mm/dd/yyyy format.
Synthetic Corks
The earliest known use of a synthetic cork by Drie Fonteinen is a regular Oude Geuze 750ml bottled on February 3, 2006. The November 30, 2006 750ml bottling of Oude Geuze Vintage has a synthetic cork as well as most of the February 14, 2007 St. Valentijn Cuvée bottling. Consumers have noted that the Oude Geuze Vintage bottles with the synthetic corks have been inconsistent, with some bottles being flat and oxidized. The synthetic cork was retired from use after the St. Valentijn Cuvée bottling.
Label Log
Bottle Log
References
- ↑ Tim Webb, Chris Pollard, Siobhan McGinn, LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World, 2010