Hanssens Artisanaal

Microbrewery in Dworp, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Hanssens Artisanaal

Established in 1871

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Vroenenbosstraat 15, Dworp, 1653, Belgium
Description
Hanssens Artisanaal is the oldest independent geuze blender in the whole world. At Hanssens, no beer is actually brewed! Instead, they pursue a profession that was very important in the history of lambic style beers, they are solely blenders of beer.

Hanssens takes this a step further, and actually blends batches from different breweries in their area. This used to be a very common practice, but Hanssens is now the oldest remaining blender. They bring to this endeavor a variety of barrels, some up to one hundred years old, and a passion and a love for the tradition of Geuze and Lambics.

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7.9
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.

Tried from Bottle from Het Huis van de Geuze on 07 Jan 2026 at 18:46


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

bottle shared with friends for Dart Night - purchased about a year ago and cellared - very very good

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2025 at 21:44


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Flaska från SB. Disig varmgul vätska utan skum. Ung och lite omogen med med pigg lätt acetisk syra. Av bären märks jordgubbarna mest som smakar smultron. Omogna aprikoser, citrus, vinäger och lätt sträv beska. Lite outvecklade smaker som det lätt blir i bärlambicer. Men kul samarbete. Gott

Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2025 at 12:51


8

Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2025 at 23:04


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5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Poured totally flat. Aromas are tart cherries, malt and culture. Flavors are similar to nose but with lots of vinegar. Too much vinegar. Drain pour.

Tried from Bottle from Belgian Style Ales / Monastery Greetings on 21 Oct 2025 at 00:43

gave a cheers!

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

0.375l bottle, huge thanks Jana for sharing with Adam, Jozefina, Peter and me. Reddish body. Sourish minerally blackcurrant aroma, bit funky. Sourish, minerally lovely blackcurrant profile, light funk, lovely tartness, well balanced, good one by all means!

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2025 at 16:30


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled, unknown vintage, on the bus .Thx Jana for sharing with Adam, Jozefina, Peter and me! Murky brownish body. Creamy strawberry jam aroma, quite tart. Sweet strawberry jam dominates the taste, ending with a solid sour finish. Simple, kinda pleasant, likely not in the best of shapes, but fun.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2025 at 16:20


7.5

Tried from Bottle at Pressklubben on 03 Oct 2025 at 16:08


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

0,375l from bottle at Man in the Moon, Stockholm. Amber hazy color, small white head. Smells funky, earthy, citric, acidic, berry, hay. Very nice smell. Full body, light carbonation. Tastes earthy, funky, citric, earthy, berry notes, tannins, oak, peppery. Finishes dry and medium sour with notes of citric, funky and tannins. Nice stuff, love the funky notes. Rather acidic though, overall quite good

8, 8, 7, 7, 7.5

Tried from Draft at Man in the Moon on 23 Sep 2025 at 14:56


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

0,375l from bottle at Man in the Moon, Stockholm. Amber clear color, no head. Smells acidic, berry notes, oak, bit vinous. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes acidic, berry notes, strawberries, light oak. Finishes dry and rather sour with notes of berry notes, acidic and strawberries. Nice one, rather acidic. Overall good

8, 7, 7, 6, 7

Tried from Bottle at Man in the Moon on 23 Sep 2025 at 14:54