tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Oude Gueuze from Hanssens Artisanaal 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Complex aroma of tart apple, tart fruits, citrus, barnyard funk, earthy notes, oak. Flavour is heavy sour with a nicely dry finish. Scores major points in both the sourness and funk department. An excellent Gueuze.
tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Oudbeitje Lambic from Hanssens Artisanaal 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Aroma of tart fruit, barnyard funk, sweet strawberry, vinegar, oak. Flavour is quite sour with a nice dry finish. Enjoyed this one very much.
vinivini (12734) reviewed Oude Schaerbeekse Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bone dry. Heavy sour with lovely cherries, barnyard, horse blanket, lemon etc. Nice.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Oudbeitje (2016) from Hanssens Artisanaal 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Hazy dullish amber. Pours quite flat. This still has a strong strawberry jam aroma. On the palate, it's got strawberry but also flat, tart, acetic, that's sour. So strawberries, stilton and red wine vinegar all coming together.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Oudbeitje (2016) from Hanssens Artisanaal 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from 375mL (bottled March 2016). Clear-ish orangey gold with minimal white head. Funky strawberry, very tart acidity, verging on nail polish, jammy, feint yogurty note. Not a fan.
BeerPlace (10899) ticked Oudbeitje (2016) from Hanssens Artisanaal 1 year ago
Thx, Josh!
Smells very tart, some funk and quite a lot of dry strawberries. It is completely flat. Doesn't taste that acidic, probably because of very low carbonation. Meh.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home. Aroma of sour raspberries, oak, Brett, vinegar. Flavour is extremely sour with a dry finish. Body is medium. I thought I’d tasted what sour was, until I had this one. What a monster palate wrecker! Not the most balanced or complex, but this takes sour raspberry to the next level.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Succubus Oude Geuze from Hanssens Artisanaal 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
375mL bottle, pours a hazed golden with a tiny white head. Nose is full of lemony funk, citrus, and a hint of black pepper. Flavour is on the acidic side, with plenty of lemon, moderate barnyard funk, puckering acidity that stings the sides of the mouth, and vinegar. Unusually, there’s also a sort of kiwi-like sweetness to it that only somewhat balances the acetic character. Lacking the complexity of a top-tier gueuze and it’s too acidic for me, but it’s undeniably well put together.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Very curious for this one, as Hanssens was always a very stand out, particularly acetic Geuze. Great at those times you specifically crave a Hanssens, but those times (to me) are rather rare. I've always admired their fruitbeers, but the Geuze has always been a 'on rare ocasion' delicacy. This one is supposingly less acetic, made from the new 'caveau'. Just a year in bottle at time of sampling. Remarkably, it doesn't say 'Oude Geuze'. I wonder if this is another blender following the political desision to not use 'oude', or if this is somehow not 'oude' (younger lambics? ) Pours a clear, mildly amber-glowing blonde. Medium sized head of low stability. Scent is pretty brett forward, some cheese, oak very recognizable. Very 'heavy' on the palate - 'horseblanket' brett might be the thing that makes it that way. Taste is a lot sharper. Very rich geuze, with loads of ripe fruit (apple), still a very sour kick in the back (throat mildly burns) . A lot of maltyness / Wheat (more so than most, maybe even all? other geuzes) High carbonation, medium body. I'd place this near Oud Beersel, but it's more sour than OB, rather than Hanssens. It's a fairly 'deep' and complex geuze, one of the better ones if i'm being honest. Aftertaste isn't very long or complex, but as the beer is fading, you'll want another sip before you start to be bothered by that. Well, I din't see this release coming from Hanssens ! Apparently, they're now doing the brewery full-time. If this is the new route, I absolutely can't wait to see what's next. This is definately more of a 'everyday Geuze ' than their original one. And yet, I hope they'll also have those OG Oude Geuze, still.... For those rare ocasions ;)
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Utterly stunning cardinal to purple, clear beer with a few pink bubbles. Intense, velvety cherries' nose. In fact, cherry explosion. As smelling over a cherry sauce reduction. The same thing returning in the mouth; cherry sauce, cherry' reduction; very mild, not-quite-sweet. There is an acidity, but it keeps hidden in the background, and it might be a bit stronger to my liking. Quite fruitslick, no carbonation. This is the real kriekenlambik from yesteryear - the not blended kind. It's the kind of thing people used to make all over the Pajottenland in all pubs and houses. "In de Drie Bronnen" kriek, for those who remember. Txs to Stef!