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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled, 0.375ltr. Golden, lightly hazy beer, with just some white bubbles around the rim. Tart and sour on the nose, with cellar, yeast, green apples and a delicate hint of strawberries in the background. Sweet and sour on the same time when you taste it. It also has cellar, some citrus and strawberries. Unripe strawberries it feels like. Medium, astringent body. In a strange way, this was pleasant, and quite palate-cleansing and refreshing. Rating: 7-4-7-3-14-3.5. 060704

Bottle, 375ml corked. An unclear, golden-orange beer without head. Some strawberries on the nose, but only a faint hint. It’s much more in the front in the flavor, sour strawberries, not that almost sweet ones. Tart, citrusy, almost vinegarish and rather funky. Lasting funky, sour and vinegarish finish. Overall, probably the best strawberry beer I’ve tasted, and I doubt I’ll taste any better as strawberries seems to be hard to combine with beer. 110722
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2006 at 05:30

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange colour with a small white head. Barnyard aroma with hints of strawberries. Sweet malty strawberry flavor with some sourness. Sweet strawberry aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2006 at 02:19

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle from Utobeer. Reddy orange colour with no head. Sour cherry lambic farmyard aroma. Really good integrated fruit and tart lemon/cherry finish. Very nice, if a little (i.e. a lot) tart.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2006 at 04:10

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours bright amber into a tumbler. Started to foam up the head of the bottle, but quickly disspated when poured into the glass. Leather and horseblanket aromas. Light bodied and fizzy with tart, sour lemon peel flavors. Dry and lasting sour lactic finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2006 at 20:07

6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Draught Hazy, deep red colour, nearly purple; no head. Acetic onslaught and VERY sour cherries. Adstringent in the extreme. Somewhat softer taste, "sweeter" - or fruitier than the nose, but still a lot of acetic acid. This is really more vinegar dressing than drinking beer. OUCH my enamel!
Tried on 27 May 2006 at 16:32

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Aroma has brett, yeast, and cherry as well as acid. A cloudy pink beer; nearly still. Very sour and acidic but the cherry is part of the sour flavor. Not harsh at all, but much too sour for someone who doesn’t enjoy lambic.
Tried on 21 May 2006 at 00:19

8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear deep wine red. Tart aroma of lingonberries and cherries. Very dry. Almost still with rounded mouthfeel. Really acidic, but with very litltle barnyard character. Fairly straightforward, but very good.
Tried from Cask on 04 May 2006 at 14:35

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle at Reading BF 06. You could hear these bottles being opened clear across the tent. I told the barmaid to be careful, but she didn’t listen and therefore she gave a heart attack to everyone else stood at the bar when the cork hit the tent roof. Gold cloudy beer with bubbly off white head. Sour aroma typical of gueuze. Bit of farmyard. Slight sweet edge. This is wonderful though.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2006 at 03:04

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Quite acidic and earthy aroma. Copper colour, small white head. Acidic flavour with an earthy aftertaste. Quite refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2006 at 08:09

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled Brugs de’ Beertje 04-11-05. The fourth of my trip into the mysterious world of Acid beers. The fantastic bar lady in this bar seem’s so chuffed that I am continuing with these beers and tells me that this one is made with real cherries unlike many other’s that have flavouring and syrups added. This is a belter and the best thus far. Hazy amber colour small white head. Again their is a initial sharpness but for the first time I find this tempered but a little more sweetness and I like that balance. Wonderful cherry taste and this one like the others get’s better with each sip once your tongue has become accustomed to the tartness, very, very good.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2006 at 02:02