One of the best so far. 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze bottled in February 2004. Surprisingly fresh and full of life for its age!

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The oldest bottle in my little collection -- a 37 cl bottle of 3 Fonteinen Geuze beer from 1984, almost 40 years old! It's been in my cellar for about 30 years.
I think I'll keep this one for a special occasion.

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Next, some vintage 3 Fonteinen. Three 75 cl bottles of Oude Geuze bottled in 2004 and eight 75 cl bottles of Oude Kriek bottled in 2005.
The lambic that these beers are blended of is brewed with spontaneous fermentation and several years of aging in oak barrels before blending and bottling.
For the Kriek or "cherry" beer, sour cherries are added into the barrel during aging.
If you're interested in knowing more about how these fascinating beers are made, 3 Fonteinen have some great articles on their website ( www.3fonteinen.be ).

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Another longtime passion of mine -- vintage beer. In particular, Belgian lambic beer. Just like denim, it gets better with aging.

Over the next several posts, I'll introduce some of the vintage bottles of lambic beer I have lying in the cellar of my parents' house back home in Belgium. The newest bottles are 5 years old -- bottles I bought the last time I was home in Belgium 5 years ago -- and the oldest ones are almost 40 years old! The only reason I've been able to keep this little collection is that I live in Japan, and I only get to go home to Belgium every several years. If I'd lived in Belgium, I would have finished drinking all of them a long time ago!

Starting with two 35 cl bottles of Oude Geuze Mariage Parfait and a 75 cl bottle of Oude Geuze brewed during the 2002-2003 brewing season by Boon.

Lambic beer is a spontaneous fermentation beer, and "geuze" refers to a blend of old and young lambic beers. The Mariage Parfait, or "Perfect Marriage," is a perfect blend of lambic aged for three years in oak barrels before bottling.

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