Hanssens Artisanaal
Microbrewery
in
Dworp,
Flemish Brabant,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Hanssens Artisanaal
Established in 1871
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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.
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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours fairly clear, very yellow-blonde. Small to no white head. Scent is very funky, raw and overripe apple. A lot of cider-funk vibes here. Medium high to high acidity. (too) high on acetic acid. Woody, overripe apples.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2023
at 05:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 37.5 corked and caged (2014) lot H, bought 12/2015 bbd 08/34 @ home poured into a teku glass. Sour nose. Clear pale to medium amber colour, good frothy white head, slowly diminishing, leaving some yeast circles, light lacing. Aroma sour, fruity, green apples, vinegar, horse blanket, brett, woody notes. Mouth filling sweet and sour taste, brett, unripe prunes, lemon zest, green apples, vinegar notes, some yoghurt, some wood. Medium body, sticky texture, soft carbonation, dry but also fruity sweet and sour aftertaste, light bitter notes in the finish, rich and tasty geuze, what a joy, excellent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
from Beergium
on 10 Aug 2023
at 16:05
8/10
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Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2023
at 16:02
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle, 6%. Great aroma, acetic and complex with a powerful blackcurrant aroma. Seemingly clear deep red colour. Very small whitish head. The flavour is very acidic, but there is a lot of fruit in it. Not dry as such, but more acid than sweetness. Good acetic notes, lots of blackcurrant. Acetone finish. Bites my throat a bit. Very low carbonation. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2023
at 19:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours slightly hazy dark ruby with airy light pinkish head. Clear aroma of lambic yeast and fruit, with mild malty touches. Dry, vinous flavour with notes of currants and dusty and estery touches and malty hints. Dry aftertaste with estery and dusty notes. Low carbonation, but that is not a problem here. A nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2023
at 19:48
7.5/10
Tried
on 10 Jun 2023
at 16:05
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
hazy golden to orange colour, moderate sized off-white head, which disappears quite quickly leaving back an ivory layer; aroma of lemon juice, acetic acidy, acetone and some earthy notes; taste is the same with some salty notes; great gueuze!
Tried
on 01 Apr 2023
at 17:32
6.9/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
7.5/10
Tarts and a bit vinegary
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2023
at 17:44