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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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cassis, some grapefruit. Not sure this bottle preserved well, as there was no gas on popping cork. Ruby red pour, no head. Tart finish. Bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2023 at 02:22


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

Bottle, 375 ml at charity tasting Wien 2022. Shared with Miro B, Werckmeister and others. 2014 vintage. Clear dark gold with no head. Dusty, honey, sweetish, soft texture. Medium sourness. Interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2023 at 18:02


7.5

Tarts and a bit vinegary

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2023 at 17:44


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Djupt rödfärgad vätska i stort sätt utan skumlock. Rejäla aromer av körsbär. Syrlig och rejält emaljskrapande smak.

Tried on 17 Mar 2023 at 17:10


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

Frothy white fair mostly diminishing head. Dark yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy moderate raspebrry sour aroma. Moderate acetic raspberry flavor. Long great finish. Creamy palate.

Tried on 29 Dec 2022 at 14:25


8.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Vintage 2015. 375ml bottle. Na poczatku buchnal silny aromat octu winnego. potem maliny i poziomki. w smaku cierpkie kwasne maliny sfermentowane, spora cierpkosc, jasne, mgliste pod koniec metne do sino-sliwkowej barwy. ale taki zakwas ja lubie, zero piany i tysiac wytrawnosci, ta octowosc byla mila nie jakas nachalna. Bretty zrobily co trzeba. Paring with French cammembert. Bottle from no existing place: Piwa Eegionalne Katowice.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2022 at 23:24


Tried on 31 Oct 2022 at 14:44

gave a cheers!

Tried on 31 Oct 2022 at 14:44


Tried on 31 Oct 2022 at 14:44


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

0,375l bottle shared at charity tasting at home. golden clear color, no head. Smells honey, dusty, bit funky, dried fruits. rather decent smell. medium body, soft carbonation. Tastes honey, dusty, funky, bit sherry, dried fruits. Finishes super balanced, with some sour, some bitter and some swee notes, honey, sherry and dust notes. suprisingly good, i rather dig it. Honey with some funky & bitter notes

7,6.5, 7.5, 7, 7.5

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2022 at 08:37