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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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Lots of cherry and some grapefruit. Great balance and very nice drinking. Murky ruby red. Tangy finish. Very nice stuff. Some orange, Buddha fingers. Passion fruit. Bottle at Max's.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2020 at 21:16

9/10
Clear red bod sml off wht head. Tart cherry fruity arma. Sour cherry fruit flav. Med light bod mod carb. 9/4/9/4/18 4.4
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2020 at 16:12

8/10
Hazy gold bod sml wht head. Tart funky herbal arma. Tart herbal floral flav. Med bod mod carb. 8/4/8/4/16 4.0
Tried on 16 Feb 2020 at 14:29

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
375 ml. bottle. No date. Light strawberry jam appearance, less dark than hopped, no real head. Nose is fermenting wild strawberry, thin raspberry jam fizz, weird fermenting heavy red fruit juice. Zero carbonation as expected. Taste is cranberry, vinegar, flat, raspberry, strawberry, vinegar juice, basic little funk, spoiled fruit vinegar. Fruit is not bad at all but too thin, flat, basic vinegar,… Not the best Hanssens but decent even if bad on a technical level. You get some vinegar burn after a while - ah Hanssens never change.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2020 at 00:43

10/10
So underrated.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2020 at 22:24

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from The Gull, North Vancouver, as Schaarbeekse Kriek; 6.5% ABV, bottled Feb 2019, cork
Deep purple colour, dark and opaque, with no head. Aroma of sour cherries, wood, cork, balsamic vinegar. Dry, mouthpuckering, astringent; powerful cherry character, with robust acidity, and just little of the classic Lambic character.
Excellent fruit character, averagfe Lambic.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2020 at 17:41

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Taster on Weathered. Appearance: murky purple. Aroma: vinegary cherries. Taste: along the same lines, very acetic, acidic. Overall: darn, this is NOT good.
Tried on 26 Jan 2020 at 04:27

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Taster on Weathered. Vintage 2018. Appearance: hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: funky, some car exhaust notes, but bery fruity at the same time, sime sweetness. Taste: along the same lines, moderately acidic,a bit woody. Overall: interesting.
Tried on 26 Jan 2020 at 03:51

7/10
Nieuwe autoband, zuur, fris, lekker!
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2020 at 22:49

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Shared bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours reddish purple with little head. Dominating aroma of acetone, fruity notes. Tastes sour. Thin bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2020 at 20:26