Oude Geuze Kavo Noevo
Hanssens Artisanaal in Dworp, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Regular|
Score
7.59
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vinivini (12875) reviewed Oude Geuze Kavo Noevo from Hanssens Artisanaal 1 month ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7
Cloudy to hazy gold with a one finger tall white head of decent retention. Basement, pale malt, lemon, leather, oak barrel, autumn leaves, grass. Dry. Light to medium bitter. Good.
Zlotta (10012) reviewed Oude Geuze Kavo Noevo from Hanssens Artisanaal 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
0.375 l bottle from 'Het Huis van de Geuze', bottled in January 2025. Hazy, orangeish golden with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sourish, gently fruity, very funky aroma of horse blanket, overripe lemon, hay, and light vinegar. Minimally sweet, rather sour, very funky and quite fruity taste of horse blanket, oak, overripe lemon, rhubarb, apple, hay and a touch of vinegar, followed by a medium long, fairly tart, gently woody-dry and a little peppery finish. Medium body, quite astringent and fairly effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Highly refreshing, funk-forward Geuze, quite sour but not nearly as much as Hanssens used to be.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Shortlived white head over cold-hazed orangey golden beer. Horseblanket, farmyard odours, wheat, crabapples, putteke. Wheat, even some sweetness as from sugarcorn, again apples and cider. Faint (sweet-)lemon and lemonpeel. Bit (white) bread. Chewy, somewhere (wheat)filling. Well carbonated, light body due to some mild acidthinning. I was over the moon with the Extra, but this is even better! Hanssens places itself again at the absolute authentic gueuzeblenders top with this excellent, mild oude gueuze.
Kraddel (15872) reviewed Oude Geuze Kavo Noevo from Hanssens Artisanaal 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
i'm still unsure wether this is the replacer of the (earlier) Oude Geuze, or if this will be a side-offering. All I know is, the kavo Noevo Geuze extra was pretty good!
Just to be sure, as a possible goodbye, I had a Oude Geuze last week - which was the most acetic to date, even for Hanssens. Consuming it felt like a job, 'sure, i'm man enough the be able to drink this' whilst dying inside. So, needless to say, expectations are high for this one - even though the (average, not a peak like the one last week) regular Oude Geuze had it's moments of specific craving, so I do hope they maintain this being available, somehow.
This one pours a warming yellowblonde with orange tints, cloudy. Foam stability is very low. Scent is very brett-forward, loaded with woodyness, overripe green treefruit, even a bit floral. Very grainy as well. Amazing ! Taste is bonedry, yet very vibrant. notes of lime, lemon, unripe (what a contradiction) green treefruit. Mildly floral on the back. Less 'heavy' funky, more of a 'lighter' experience, fresh and inviting. If you've ever thought about what would be the ideal summer geuze - here's your answer.
This has very, very little to do with the Oude Geuze by Hanssens. This isn't a 'new take on', this is a whole new beer altogether. Even within the saturated market today, this one jumps out. It's medium acidity (which is very low for hanssens) but it's so, so , so damn vibrant and fresh. At times, this feels more like a (low alcohol, obviously) cocktail of acidity, fruityness and carbonation, rather than a beer. High hopes are exceeded here. If this is the new face of Hanssens, we are in for a wild ride !