Oude Geuze Golden Blend
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen

Oude Geuze Golden BlendOude Geuze Golden Blend
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From:
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
 
Belgium
Style:
Gueuze
Ranked #4
ABV:
6.7%
Score:
99
Ranked #182
Avg:
4.5 | pDev: 6.67%
Reviews:
213
Ratings:
1,208
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 06, 2023
Added:
Mar 14, 2012
Wants:
  286
Gots:
  320
The Golden Blend is made with 4 year old Lambic that accounts for 25% of it’s contents, the rest of the blend is made up by a "secret" combination of 1, 2 and 3 year old Lambic.

The exact mixture is only known by the master-blender Armand himself.

The name "Golden Blend" is not far away from the truth, in fact, the 4 years of maturation in oak-wooden barrels is making this particular Lambic very expensive.

Due to the "evaporation" through the barrels, only a small percentage of the lambic is left over after 4 years of maturing.
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Ratings by Mora2000:
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Reviewed by Mora2000 from Texas

4.2/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle shared at bu11zeye's 10,000th rating tasting.

The beer pours a yellow color with a large white head. The aroma is full of very tart lemons, with some nice wheat and yeast notes, as well as quite a bit of barnyard funk. The flavor is also quite funky, with some nice lemon and wheat notes. There is a medium amount of tartness and some nice yeast notes. Thin mouthfeel and medium carbonation. A very interesting, funky and tart beer that I am glad I got to try.
May 18, 2012
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

4.51/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours a slightly hazy, golden honey color; fairly dense, slow-rising carbonation; thick, white head, dense and billowy. Incredible nose of mild green apple and dry Riesling wine; ripe pear; foeder wood; barest hint of barnyard funk. Sweet apple cider and white wine taste; pear and a nebulous sense of citrus like lemon and tangerine; mild to moderately acidic taste; little (if any) bitterness; faint hint of wooden barrel tones. Medium-heavy mouthfeel; moderately prickly on the palate; semi-juicy and acidic feel.

I was very pleased to find this beer locally and equally happy to drink it. The beer brings a nice, delicate overall flavor to the beer, is not overbearing with acidity or tartness, and goes down well on a mid-summer day.

Pouring temperature: 43 °F; bottling info: no° 31 · 19|20 23/01/2020
Source: local purchase (Coaltrain Fine Wine, Craft Beer & Spirits)
Aug 06, 2023
 
Rated: 4.48 by crobinso from Colorado

Jul 18, 2023
 
Rated: 4.37 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jul 14, 2023
 
Rated: 4.28 by Lucoli from New York

Jun 12, 2023
 
Rated: 4.54 by Bhubbard34 from Pennsylvania

Jun 07, 2023
 
Rated: 4.55 by Bum4ever from California

Apr 13, 2023
 
Rated: 4.24 by codytwo from Connecticut

Mar 18, 2023
 
Rated: 4.35 by Gooseman80 from Illinois

Mar 11, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by MGibbons from Maryland

Mar 05, 2023
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Reviewed by Benish from Utah

4.46/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Peach color. Classic wild funk at the nose with a little mineral; taste very robust, citrus, maybe aged cheese, complexity beyond what I can describe. Very heavy carb. Aways a treat opening a lambic!
Mar 04, 2023
 
Rated: 5 by redfox405 from Virginia

Feb 21, 2023
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Rated by hopley from Massachusetts

4.63/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Bottle date 12/3/2014. Drank 12/25/2022.

Awesome.
Dec 26, 2022
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Reviewed by Sheppard from Massachusetts

4.57/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a hazy golden, not in an IPA way, but a regular beer way. Frothy looking head. Fresh cut apples, some meyer Lemon on the nose. Sweet, champagne-like cider notes up front that is confronted by some sharp acidity. It is, overall, the right amount of acidity with the acidity presented in a very nice way. This is really nice, as advertised.
Nov 26, 2022
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Reviewed by Holderness from Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L -- Golden amber body with a slight haze and a half finger of sudsy white head produced with aerated pour. Some retention and minimal lacing. Looks less cider-like than a lot of lambic
S -- Green apple candy, barnyard funk, dried floral, hint of herbal hop. Just super rustic and lambic-y
T -- Has that rustic, barnyard, funk-forward lambic thing going on again, but with a nice dose of lemon candy and oak
O -- Essentially a more refined version of 3F's standard gueuze

85/100
Oct 13, 2022
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Reviewed by Falcon91Wolvrn03 from California

4.17/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look – A light amber color, with a nice head.

Smell – A pleasant tart smell with barnyard funk, oak, hay, and a light hint of vinegar.

Taste – Has a nicely dry tart flavor, very similar to the smell. Pleasant, but seems somewhat plain.

Feel – Nice carbonation, with a bit of tartness.

Overall – A very nice gueuze. One of the best I've tried, though that may not be my style.
Oct 07, 2022
 
Rated: 4.44 by BarrelAgedG from California

Jul 21, 2022
 
Rated: 5 by gbiello from Massachusetts

Jul 17, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by Stevem68 from Ohio

Jul 10, 2022
 
Rated: 4.09 by MaximumYuks from Oregon

Jun 16, 2022
Oude Geuze Golden Blend from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen
Beer rating: 99 out of 100 with 1208 ratings