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[[Image:3_fonteinen.jpg|thumb|200px|right|3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze.]]
===Original Gravity==History=It 3 Fonteinen was founded in about 1887 as a café and geuzestekerij, a place where geuze is estimated that the original gravity of 3F Lambic is between ~1produced by blending old and new lambics, acquired from other breweries.050 The enterprise was bought by Gaston De Belder in 1953, who expanded it with a restaurant and left it to his sons Armand and ~1Guido in 1982.055In 1998, a brewery installation was bought. This information Apart from using its own lambic, 3 Fonteinen uses lambic made by Boon, Girardin and Lindemans for its geuze. 3 Fonteinen is based on known ABV% one of the few remaining geuzestekerijen. The Mijol Club, a literary club, founded by Herman Teirlinck, used to convene in the café.[citation needed] In May 2009, a faulty thermostat caused 3000 bottles to explode. The remaining overheated geuze was made into an eau de vie called "Armand's Spirit", the sales of which enough allowed the brewery to continue operations.[1] In March 2013, after four years of interruption, Brewery 3 Fonteinen inaugurated its new brewing installtion and final gravity reaching low as ~1is brewing its own lambic again.007 in gueuzeDuring the four year without its own installation 3 Fonteinen managed to keep its head above water by blending lambic that they bought from nearby lambic breweries like Boon and Girardin.