BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Oude Gueuze from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle with a yellowish tinted label. Pours with. After seeing some other Hanssens destroy their corks, I would say that this is a newer bottle. Pours a hazed gold with a minimal white head. Aroma from a far is damp forest, cheese, lemon soak wood, and upon closer inspection dirty socks, lemon, various herbs and spices, horse. On the funkier rather than the sour side of Gueuzes sour wise. Floral and earthy as it warms. Taste is sour with tons of lacto, pineapple, and a bit of wood. A bit of lemon rind sourness. Light in both wood and fruitiness. Stomach acid similar to other Hanssens lambics. Some what creamy carbonation for a lambic. Sour mouthpuckering mouthfeel.
Also had to try a bottle estimated to be around 50 years old. Flat, but with a rich funk and acidity that held up shockingly well over the years.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Oude Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours with a frothy pink head over a muddy pink body. Aroma of red wine, sour dark cherries, funk, apple, acetone, vanilla tannins, and pineapple. Taste is good and sour with some horse hair and a bit of sweet dark cherry pie ending with a bit of nail polish and a touch of formaldehyde. Ultra acidic, with straight lacto like stomach acid and a bit of ripe cherry. Super dry mouthfeel light but lively carbonation. Excellent, but I wonder if I could dissolve metal with this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
2000 Bottle I think, at least thats what the label says. Minimal hiss from the cork. Near clear gold with no head at all. Aroma of cork, funk, dried up strawberries, and wet autumn leaves. Taste is sour and cellary with some nice sweet’n’sour strawberry and honey notes, with lemony sour wild yeast citrus. Very nice. Near still mouthfeel, which is not really what I want.
diabel (1874) reviewed Oude Lambik from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught Clear, yellow to orange body. Aroma: sourish, acidic (vinegar), green apples, wood, barnyard, ... Moderately sour, lightly sweet flavour. Quite nice, well balanced flavour. Quite complex. Soft mouthfeel, but wonderful.
diabel (1874) reviewed Cassis from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation
Deep red, clear body. Acidic aroma of cherries, red wine, port, black currant, strawberries, ... Acetic heavily sour, lightly sweet flavour. Quite well balanced.
BrogenDaniel (4420) reviewed Oude Gueuze from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
375ml bottle, 2000 vintage from Cracked Kettle. Pours clear amber without any head. Wet grass, fruity and sour.
Pinball (15907) reviewed Cassis from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
deep red, small white head. aroma is mouldy, slight berryiesh, flavor is based in sourness, some acidity, some fruits, actually very nice, the fruits does not appear fresh, but the flavor is very good
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
clear red, no head aroma is nail polish remover, framboise, faint citrus. too much nail polish remover flavor is too much nail polish remover, then cherries, very very dry, beneath the gentle sweetness is a very strong acid flavor, that can be felt more than it can be tasted. you’ll notice it in the throat after swallowing it.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Cassis from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin reddish head. The aroma has notes of black currant, acetone, wood, and brettanomyces. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of black currant juice and brettanomyces, and with an acidity hitting late and burning in the top of the throat. Huge thanks to KimJohansen for sharing.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Oude Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours ruby into a tumbler. Pink head quickly recedes to hug rim. Sour cherry and funk aromas. Dry and tart with cherries and sour lactic funk that lasts through the finish.