 3 Fonteinen was founded in 1887 as a café and "geuzestekerij", a place where geuze is produced by blending old and new lambics, acquired from other breweries.The enterprise was bought by Gaston De Belder in 1953, who expanded it with a restaurant and left it to his sons Armand and Guido in 1982.In 1998, a brewery installation was bought.