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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7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours hazy red with thin white edges. Aromas of strong clean cherries up front, some earthy and stable-like notes, slight vinegar and tartness. Taste is tart but mature, sweet cherries, english jelly sweets, leather, dry woody notes and vinegar.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 17:20

8.3/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared @ Mikkeller Bar, Aarhus. Pours hazy orange with a medium fizzy white head. Aroma is mouldy, citrussy, hay, peach. Taste is citrussy, lemon zesty, hay, mushroom, funk, light vinegary, green apples. Carbed da fok out.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55

7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours hazy dark red with a small fizzy pink head. Notes of heavy vinegar, bandaid, cassis, raspberries, funk.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55

7.8/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours thick purple with a small pink head. Notes of marzipan, sweet cherry candy, vinegar, light lactic, citrus, cherry pits.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:54

9/10
Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2019 at 20:29

9/10
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2019 at 20:27

8.5/10
Pretty heavy sourness, but not the worst from Hanssens. Lots of cherry, a bit of wood and even some sweetness from the fruit. Fun, but a whole bottle might be too much.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2019 at 22:00

Didn't survive that well. Not completely rotten, but not very pleasant either. Papery, some funky cherry, bit of sourness. Fun to have tried, but no.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2019 at 22:00

7/10
Flink zuur, amper koolzuur. Een klein beetje prik had hem voor mij beter gemaakt.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2019 at 21:54

9/10
BB 07/08/2034, lot F. Nice thickness, really low on the carbonation, as I like it. Smell is funky goat. Taste is moderate sourness, bit of vinegar, but not burning or sharp. Some sweetness, goat, very soft, lots of oak. Aged very nicely.
Tried from Bottle from Lekkerbier de bierwinkel on 20 Oct 2019 at 22:00