Cloudy yellow to orange with a beautiful white head. Funk, barnyard, lemon, autumn leaves, horse blanket, wood, spicy hop. Bone dry. Heavy sour. Light plus bitter. A fair amount of hop in the aftertaste. Nice.

Limited Edition Bottle from 2018. Many thanks to tderoeck. Znow mega jazda i kupaż wielu owocow do tego lezakowanie takze w beczce po winie. Tu w odroznieniu do Tankera estonskiego jest wiecej tej dzikosci, cukier zjedzony i przetrawiony. Czerwona barwa, rozowa pianka, taka szampanska. Marmolada wisniowa, malinowa konfitura, borowka brusznica z schroniska na Turbaczu, zorawina mrozona. Takie wrazenia. Na koniec dostaje ocet winny, ktory podbija kwasowosc tego lambika. Super.

375mL bottle, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Nose is full of barnyard funk, musty leather, and some citrus. Flavour is wonderfully expressive, revealing very pronounced funk, a touch of tart citrus, and light leather. Complex, balanced, and developed. Excellent–one of the best from Hanssens I’ve had in some time.

Special edition of Hanssens’ ‘Schaarbeekse’ kriek, made with only Schaarbeekse cherries: their regular version (including that ‘Scarenbecca’ variant) uses only a portion of these elusive cherries, the rest is Kelleris (a more basic variety used in cherry lambic in general). Made for the last Toer de Geuze to date, big thanks to tderoeck for this exclusive bottle! Moussey, bubbly, pinkish, opening and soon dissolving head, misty deep ruby-glowing scarlet red robe with wine red shadings, a beautiful colour. Intense aroma of tons of ripe Schaarbeekse ‘griottes’, cooked redcurrant, purple gooseberry, raspberry vinegar, almond, even vanilla from the cherry stones (and oak), red wine vinegar, hazelnut, unsugared fruit yoghurt, wild apple, background funk (damp hay). Lots of fleshy fruitiness in the mouth, bursting with ripe sour cherries of the most generously juicy and rich kind – the effect that only Schaarbeekse ‘krieken’ can achieve. Side effects of redcurrant, red plum and rhubarb, softish carb with full, vinous body; bready backbone dried by yoghurty lactic tartness and enriched by almondy, even vanilla-like aromas from the cherry stones, ‘filled’ to the brim with cherry-wine-like juiciness and red-fruitiness, almost ‘stewed’ red fruit in the end, where tannic wood, lingering almond effects and a whiff of leathery funk add further depth. Remarkably full and juicy for Hanssens, no sign of the sometimes harsh vinegary effects, utterly rich and unctuous – this to me is one of the most beautiful Hanssens products I ever tasted.

Bottle shared at InVitro. Pours a slightly opaque golden with white head. Nose is lots of funk, fruity notes, citruses, light earthy character and intense acetic acid. Taste is heavily acidic upfront, and also rather sour but then it eases up and the sip turns fruity, estery and funky and these notes last well into the finish as well. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Fun, even with the quite harsh acidic character.