0,375l bottle at home. Bottled 11/2022. amber clear color, medium big white head. smells funky, earthy, herbal, hay, peppery, tobacco, nice to very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes funky, citric, earthy, some hay, tobacco, bublegum, bit lactic, peppery. finishes dry and lightly sour with notes of hay, earthy and peppery notes. hmm, its a nice one, but not totally convincing for me. Love the hay notes, has a light sweetness to it, that hides the underlying sourness pretty well, some rather sharp sour notes (volatile acids) come through though. Lacks some funk as well, a tad simple even. Overall sharp acids are a bit too noticeable.

8, 7.5, 6.5, 6, 6.5

Sour but not rotten peach rings, quince.

375mL bottle, pours a hazed golden with a tiny white head. Nose is full of lemony funk, citrus, and a hint of black pepper. Flavour is on the acidic side, with plenty of lemon, moderate barnyard funk, puckering acidity that stings the sides of the mouth, and vinegar. Unusually, there’s also a sort of kiwi-like sweetness to it that only somewhat balances the acetic character. Lacking the complexity of a top-tier gueuze and it’s too acidic for me, but it’s undeniably well put together.

Bottle. Color: Clear golden, stable white head. ABV 6% according to the label. Aroma: Fruity citrus, some lemon and hints of stone fruit. tart, light funky hints. Taste: Medium to over medium tart, Balsamico vinegar, fruity notes of lemon, citrus, unripe grape, oak wood. Funky hints. Probably quite a lot of older Lambic is used in this blend, given the tartness. Medium body, just below average carbonation. A little too acidic for me, personally. And missing some complexity.

Bottle, 375 ml, shared with Luka and MiroB. Cloudy golden with medium white head. Musty, vinous, bit acetic, medium+ sourness.

Light hazy golden colour, white foam. Typical Hanssens funk. Notes of wood, some citrus and vinegar. Ok, but too lemony and acidic.

New geuze blended by Hanssens for their fellow villagers of the Boelekewis restaurant, constructed in December 2022 from lambics brewed at Boon and Lindemans. Big thanks to tderoeck for sharing! Snow white, moussy, opening head on an initially clear, warm orangey golden robe, turning into a misty apricot blonde as the bottle is emptied. Aroma of dusty attic, green gooseberries, apple vinegar, dried mushrooms, old wood, moss, dry leather, bitter garden herbs, stale sweat, unripe green kiwi, dry forest floor. Sharpishly tart, lemony onset, a tad acetic even, lots of unripe gooseberry, green plum and green apple astringency with lively carbonation - the sourness slightly reduced a bit further on by a ripe kiwi-like fruity sweetishness hidden within the sourness; this sourness, however, remains sharp and edgy throughout, piercing a bready core into a tannic finish with drying lactic acidity joining the sharper acetic aspect, but also earthy, musty, funky Brett effects. Altogether enjoyable geuze, even if a somewhat less 'neig' character could bring improvement (and this goes for many other Hanssens lambics today as well, I guess) - but who knows how this will evolve over time. Accomplished, in all, but a side by side tasting with Hanssens' own geuze could, perhaps, prove interesting. I should visit this Boelekewis restaurant one day - I heard a lot about it through the years, but have not made it there so far.

22/XII/23 - 37.5cl bottle as a gift, shared @ home, BB: +20Y, bottled: week 4, XI/2022 (2023-1191) Thanks to Dimitri for the bottle!

Clear orange gold beer, big aery irregular off-white head, a little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: lemony, pretty fruity, grains, cookies, somewhat piny, herbal, funky touch. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very sour start, lemony, some vinegar, a little metallic, sharp acidity. Aftertaste: vinegar sting, pretty sharp, dry, a little herbal, pretty funky, lemon juice, more acidity burning, gooseberries, some overripe kiwi, very dry finish.

Pours unclear amberblonde. Fairly big, dense and noticably stable white head. Scent is bit acetic, but not over the top. Grassy. Taste is sharp, intensely tart, fairly high acetic acid . Dry finish. Bit woody. Strong citric (lemony) presence underneath the acetic.

Quite pale. Aromatic. Fruity. Woody. Mega sharp vinegary sourness. Pickle juice.