Style and Colour: Lambic Gueuze. Assemblage N°119. Saison 21/22
Taste: Sharp citric sourness up front immediately followed by a fruity smooth bitter/sour aftertaste.
Alcohol: 6 % ABV
Drinking Temperature: 8° C
Fermentation: Season 2021-2022. Assemblage #119 bottled on 27/09/2022. For this Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston, they blended one-, two- and five-year old lambik from three different barrels and four different brews. The weighted average age of this blend upon bottling is almost two years and nine months. Of the cereals used, about 56% was sourced in their own Cereal Collective. Refermentation in the bottle gives this Geuze its famous champagne-like spritziness.
The Brewery: 3 Fonteinen is a traditional lambic brewer and blender located in Beersel South Brussels, founded in 1883 by Jacobus Vanderlinden. The name 3 Fonteinen means three fountains and originally referred to the hand pumps that were used to serve the three types of beer: lambic, faro, and kriek. 3 Fonteinen started brewing his own lambic in 1998.
Origin: Lambic is a type of beer brewed in the Pajottenland region of Belgium southwest of Brussels. It is fermented through exposure to wild yeasts and bacteria. Oude Gueuze’ label was accorded legal protection by the European Union. Brewers are now only allowed to call their product Oude Gueuze if the older lambic used in the process has been aged for three years, has matured in oak barrels and is free of any artificial sweeteners.
Food: Pairs wonderfully with mussels, crab, asparagus, duck, eggs, blue or goat cheese and desserts like waffles.
