Hanssens Artisanaal Oude Lambik

Oude Lambik

 

Hanssens Artisanaal in Dworp, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lambic Style - Unblended Regular
Score
7.25
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 36
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6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Growler - Pours gold white head. Nose/taste of lemon, old wet moldy wood and bread mold - medium body.

Tried on 28 Aug 2015 at 00:07


8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

2013 draught at OEC SourFest, 8/15/15.
Good clarity on the bronze-golden body with a smattering of rapidly fizzling white clusters of bubbles.
Lovely stinking cheese, unripened limeskin, hickory nut skin and fairly strong lactic acidity in the nose are all delightful and well in-tune with what I’d expect from a piece of Hanssens Oude Gueuze (the dry, fruity citric elements are very characteristic, as are the more reserved funk and some light green apple (not acetyldehyde)). Really nice, sniffable stuff with no flaws, alcohol or any thing I have to complain about.
In the mouth, it’s actually lightly carbonated, though from some refermentation I’d imagine, as the carbonation is tight and natural-seeming. Light oak can be picked out, while plentiful lactic elements display various notes of cheese, grapefruit rind and yogurt. Not tremendously sour as the sourest of lambics, but certainly nothing to scoff at. Malt and wheat add light flavors and good texture and the fruity tartness and pleasant acidity lingers on. Delicious, though I was kind of hoping it was flat...

Tried from Can on 18 Aug 2015 at 16:04


6.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled at Max’s Rare and Obscure Part 8. The cask pours a clear orange with some spitty, white head. Nose has a lot of vegetal character, band aid, horsey, orange, lemon, straw. Flavor has a lot of lemon, sweet tarts, a bit briney, straw, vegetal, orange rind. Oily, acetic finish.

Tried from Cask on 20 Jun 2015 at 22:06


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Pours clear blonde. Very sour and dry scent. Taste is harsh, sour, very dry. Bit oaky, very acidic, wood, very sharp. Very nice malty finish

Tried on 26 Apr 2015 at 06:24


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at WoSF 2013. It pours amber with pretty much no head. The nose is white wine vinegar, wood, earth, un-ripe strawberry and green apple. The taste is sharply tart, white wine vinegar, earthy, wet leaf, tangy fruit, green apple and wood with a clean, dry finish. Light-medium body, low carbonation and moderate tartness. Pretty full-bodied for the style. Tasty.

Tried from Draft on 27 May 2013 at 09:11


3.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Enjoyed at the 2012 Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation. This is an unblended Lambiek direct from the brewery. Served in 2 ounce pours.

A - Cloudy dark orange. SRM of 11.

S - Cherry cough syrup. Tobacco and pine needles. Pineapple as well

T - tree bark and medicine. Mud and malt liquor

M - no carb. Medium body.

O – This was totally undrinkable. My companions agreed.

Tried on 04 Jun 2012 at 17:00


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

draft @ WoSF 2012 // about 18 months old // clear pear orange, very lightly hazy, zero head // tart, fruity smell, sweeter side of acidity, touch peach // taste is … bitter or at least bitter is a more dominating characteristic than sour, bitter musty, close to rotting cork, wood, lots of hay, tast, musty, quite a bit of herbs in the finish, lasting herbal finish, dusty // flat // that was pretty weird, not really what I expected from them or any lambic for that matter // easily one of the lesser lambic’s // their gauze is excellent, comes to show // tried this again @ WoSF 13 – possibly the best one of the bunch this time around & completely different this time around, fuller than the rest, richer, acidic but still restrained, lots of fruits – changed score to 4.3 from 3.5 – average score for both samples

Tried from Draft on 27 May 2012 at 00:49


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

Imported from my RateBeer account as Hanssens Oude Lambik (by Hanssens Artisanaal):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 3/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 6/20, MyTotalScore: 1.9/5

26/V/2012 - on tap @ WoSF 2012 (Opstal) - brewed XII/2012 (2012-537)

Pretty cloudy dark orange to copper beer, no head. Aroma: some hay, cheese, tobacco. Very faint in all. MF: no carbon, light to medium body. Taste: very bitter, cheesy, little bit of vinegar. Aftertaste,: very bitter, dry, tobacco, very bad compared to the others.

Tried from Draft on 26 May 2012 at 09:14


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Mix of flat base lambics for the Hanssens geuze. Supposedly 70% 3yo Girardin, 20% 2yo Boon and 10% 1yo Lindemans. As Hanssens doesn’t produce lambic but mixes and ages (quite nicely, I must say) the ones from other breweries, I presume the place to rate it is here.
Pale golden colour, no head. Fruity aroma, slight sweetness, quite tart, brett, some grapefruit and raspberry. Flavour little sweet with a nice tartness. Finish tart.
(Draught from a small cask @ Café De Beyerd, Breda)

Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2011 at 03:13


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From cask at the blender’s place. Said to be a four year old, brewed at Girardin, fermented and stored at Hanssens. It’s unclear and golden-orange, with some bubbles but more or less flat. Lemon notes and cellar hints in the aroma. A bit weak, but nice. The flavor has grapefruit like sourness as well as cellar, lemon and barnyard. Quite smooth on the palate, although on the sour side. Dry, grapefruity finish. A nice beer to start the day with. 110501

Tried from Cask on 30 Jul 2011 at 04:56