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.
8.4/10
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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
Tried
on 31 Oct 2022
at 14:44
Tried
on 31 Oct 2022
at 14:44
7.1/10
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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
7,6.5, 7.5, 7, 7.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2022
at 08:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Re-rate: Poured from 375mL bottle. Same tasting notes, but this one seems to have more depth. Okay. Sept 04, 2022 (7/3/7/3/13=3.3): Poured from 375mL bottle (pkg perforated 4th week of Feb 2020). Garnet red with very minimal off white head. Low carbonation, almost flat, light acetone, gentle cassis, mild acidity, lacking complexity. Very average lambic. Aug 06, 2022 (7/3/7/3/14=3.4): Poured from bottle @ FHF 2022 (backlog notes from Aug 06). Hazed red with minimal head. Funk and gentle cassis. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2022
at 04:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
375ml (FHF leftovers from Jonny) shared with Ryan. Bottled on the 4th week of February 2020. Appearance: hazy purple with a weak rose head. Aroma: highly fermented black currants with acetone notes, some funk, finishes with currant notes. Taste: super low carbonation (well, there was no even ant sound after getting the cork out), moderately acidic, some funk and acetone. Overall: another disappointing experience from today, this one is not good. Not sure how the low carbo did affect it, but not that much probably, especially that it appears it is their regular carbonation level.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2022
at 03:58
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
0,375l bottle at home. Bottled 2016. dark yellow almost clear color, rather big white head. smells grassy, earthy, nutty, hay, herbal, thyme. nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes citric, grassy, earthy, subtle funk, peppery, some oak, herbal, thyme, lime, light coriander. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of grass, lime and peppery notes. nice stuff, rather bright taste, not overly funky, very nice balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2022
at 14:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beerlovers Bar, Antwerp. Hazy deep red with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, heavy cherries, raspberries, acetone, tart and barnyard. Flavor is quite sweet and very acidic. Dry and very acidic finish. A bit too much “In your face”. 120722
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2022
at 19:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dec 31, 2025 (5/3/5/3/12=2.8): Poured from 375mL bottle (pkg Nov 2020, wk 3). Hazed gold with very minimal white head, almost flat. Some nail polish on the nose, taste is quite acetic, quite rough. Acid reflux. As it warmed, raised from 2.7 to 2.8.
June 29, 2022 (8/3/7/4/16=3.8): Poured from 375mL bottle (pkg 2018-04). Slightly hazy golden orange with small white head. Funk, light wood, touch of horse blanket, very feint astringency. Quite nice.
June 29, 2022 (8/3/7/4/16=3.8): Poured from 375mL bottle (pkg 2018-04). Slightly hazy golden orange with small white head. Funk, light wood, touch of horse blanket, very feint astringency. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2022
at 02:22