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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 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at Grote Dorst. Red amber colour, no head. Aroma is bit poopy, light sourness, not much cherry. Taste is good, initial sourness, cherry goodness. Finish more cherry.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02

7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at Gainsbar. Aroma is strawberry, sourness. Nice sweet fruity smell. Taste is very sour at the start, then the strawberry comes in. Pretty nice, but it's a once a year beer I think as I am not sure how well the flavours combine for me.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at Grote Dorst, tragically with a hangover. Red amber colour, no head. Aroma is weird, sugar puffs, wheat, bit stinky. Taste is nice, lots of fruit, sour, coats the teeth.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02

8.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at home from Ohtsuki. Lovely light golden orange colour with small white bubbly head. Aroma is nicely sour, very fruity, slightly tropical but with grapefruit sharpness. Only light funkiness/earthiness, but definitely comes through. Taste is differently balanced, lots of sourness at the start, real slap in the face then fades into something more fruity. Lot more funkiness in the taste than the aroma. The finish is more sweet and some of the flat creaminess that I associate with gueuze. Further down the sour edge diminishes a little bit, but it still starts with a punch. Quite different and pretty interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02

8.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle from Ohtsuki. Red copper coloured and with not much head or sparkle. Aroma is very funky and sour, vinegar, cherries in the background, but dominated by mustiness and sourness. Maybe even a bit sweaty! Taste is lovely. Initial sour punch and then slowly fades and merges with the sharp cherry taste. Slightly floral too. Pretty interesting. Soft in the mouth, with not much carbonation, but very smooth. Great stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8
Sampled in between Ratebeer and Brewver, so not much specific notes. Very vinegar-like, such as to be expected by hanssens. Full fruityness as well.
Tried on 06 Sep 2019 at 08:09

5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Etre Gourmet. Ruby red. Light haze. Slim ring of off white head. Nose has cheap balsamic vinegar. Wet leather. Vimto cordial. Taste is sweet and super tart, harsh, acidic bitterness. Slick mouthfeel. Low carbonation. Innard stripping acidity. Balls to this. I should have known better. This is a slick, overly acidic, flabby mess of a beer. Awful.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2019 at 20:07

5/10
Bottle. Pours red. Aroma and flavor are sour, acidic, vinegar, sour cucumber, strawberries. Overall: drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2019 at 17:57

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Corked bottle. Purple red color. Rubber, chocolate, cherry, blackberries, vinous notes and raspberries in the aroma. Very fruity. Low on carbon. Chocolate and oak next to the fruit. This is nice!
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 16:23

7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
My 300th beer. Indeed a special one. Strawberries off course in both aroma and taste. Also citrus, vanilla and oak. Sour with still some sweetness left. Good, sour lambic, but not too complex, the strawberry dominates.
Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:08