6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Lemons, cheese a tad sushi in the aroma. Cloudy orange, nice head. Dry citric fruitiness, flowers, surprisingly little honey. Fizzy mouthfeel.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2005
at 16:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Deep red colour with small brownish hints. Small head. Cherry in aroma, kind of bitterish. Dry bitter cherry in flavour. A bit alcohol in flavour too, very dry aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2005
at 11:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled
Deep cherry red, small white head. Sour, fruity nose, not cherry found here. Sourish, but same time quite sweet cherry flavor. Big difference to other Hanssens I’ve sampled is lack of barnyard notes. Balanced kriek.
Deep cherry red, small white head. Sour, fruity nose, not cherry found here. Sourish, but same time quite sweet cherry flavor. Big difference to other Hanssens I’ve sampled is lack of barnyard notes. Balanced kriek.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2005
at 15:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, St Albans Beer Festival 2005. Copper colour. Sour beer, quite nice fruit and a bit of rubber. Nicely sour and intense lambic
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2005
at 11:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Less sour than the other gueuzes I have had, surely due to the mead. Citrus and yeast aroma. Assertive nutmeg finish, and still a very sour beer by any standard. Not as complex as it could be.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2005
at 15:37
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Brass coloured with a small but compact head. Acidic, earthy aroma. Acidic flavour of rhubarbs and unripe apples with an earthy tone.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2005
at 12:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
375 ml bottle, corked champagne style, at Plan B, Copenhagen. Red / "pinkish" / brown colour, moderate pale pink head. Sour cherry and funky barnyard aroma. Flavour is very sour cherries and red wine vinegar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2005
at 17:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden amber colour. Almost no head or carbonation. Typical lambic/barnyard aroma with just a hint of strawberries. Tart and very dry flavour with the strawberries being very subtle.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2005
at 11:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 37,5 cl) I would’ve believed that the more subtle strawberry flavours would be completely buried by the tart lambic, but that was fortunately not the case. Initial strawberry aroma, disturbed by some vinegary touches. Strawberry aroma, even sweetness, held completely in check by the sour lambic. But a well made fruit beer. 290602
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2005
at 15:58
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
(Bottle 37,5 cl) Simply called "Hanssens Kriek" at 5% ABV. No label on the bottle. The fruit flies had found this beer before me - hundreds of them were buzzing around the slightly leaky bottles in the drinks shop- They for sure liked this beer.
Reddish brown and very flat. Extremely sour, vinegary nose making your nostrils contract almost completely. The cherries do however leave a slight hint of sweetness on your tongue. Quite an exceptional experience, but one I could’ve done without. 110700 (Bottle 37,5 cl) As "Hanssens Oude Kriek". I reckon this in principle is the same beer as the above, but not a bit stronger - and with a label.
More red than brown, small head with a pinkisk tint. Even some carbonation. Still a very sour Kriek, but not quite as extreme as the old version. 110700
Reddish brown and very flat. Extremely sour, vinegary nose making your nostrils contract almost completely. The cherries do however leave a slight hint of sweetness on your tongue. Quite an exceptional experience, but one I could’ve done without. 110700 (Bottle 37,5 cl) As "Hanssens Oude Kriek". I reckon this in principle is the same beer as the above, but not a bit stronger - and with a label.
More red than brown, small head with a pinkisk tint. Even some carbonation. Still a very sour Kriek, but not quite as extreme as the old version. 110700
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2005
at 07:09