Hanssens Artisanaal

Microbrewery in Dworp, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Hanssens Artisanaal

Established in 1871

Contact
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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
5/V/24 - 75cl bottle @ Toer de Geuze, BB: +20Y, bottled: XII/2020 (2024-277) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Little cloudy bright red beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: dry impression, hay, funky, weird, hay, cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very sourish start, dry, some vinegar, lemony, some cherries. Aftertaste: dry, some tannins, spicy, very acidic, ok, not great. Schaarbeekse kriek is much better.
Tried from Bottle at Hanssens Artisanaal on 05 May 2024 at 09:15

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
5/V/24 - 75cl bottle @ Toer de Geuze, BB: +20Y, bottled: III/2021 (2024-276) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Clear ruby red beer, small creamy light pink head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice, lots of cherries, fruity, juicy, clan acidity, a little funky. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice, juicy, cherries, very sour, vinegar, dry, lemony, ok. Aftertaste: dry, some lemon, vinegar, some marzipan, cherries, fruity, nice!
Tried from Bottle at Hanssens Artisanaal on 05 May 2024 at 09:10

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
5/V/24 - from wooden barrel @ Toer de Geuze, BB: n/a (2024-275) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Clear to slightly hazy light amber beer, small irregular white head with big bubbles, unstable, falls down rather quickly. Aroma: pretty buttery, diacetyl, little funky, wood notes. MF: no carbon, medium to light body, little oily texture. Taste: lots of diacetyl up front, gentle bitterness, a little funky, wood notes. Aftertaste: more diacetyl, dry, a little bitter, ok.
Tried from Cask at Hanssens Artisanaal on 05 May 2024 at 09:05

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
5/V/24 - 37.5cl bottle @ Toer de Geuze, BB: +20Y, bottled: III/2024 (2024-274) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Clear deep ruby red beer, practically no head. Aroma: nice, very intense cherry smell, cherry jam, some marzipan, a little bit oxidized. MF: soft to no carbon, medium body. Taste: intense cherries, very sour, some vinegar, funky, dry. Aftertaste: very sourish, vinegar, a bit oxidized, dry, lemony finish, pretty good stuff except for the vinegar.
Tried from Bottle at Hanssens Artisanaal on 05 May 2024 at 09:00

7.3/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Süffiger und saurer Fruchtbeginn. Kirschen, Himbeeren, etwas Holz, zunehmend Essignoten. Frisch, leicht agressive Säure, natürlich, etwas ledrig, spritzig. Langer saurer Abgang. 8/11/12/11/8/11
Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2024 at 18:52

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
11/3/2024. Bottle shared at 4TT. From Left Field Beer. As Hanssens Framboos Lambic. Pours clear pale red with minimal head. Aroma is tart raspberries, jammy, strawberries, woody, touch herbal, hedgerow. Nice tartness. Medium sweetness. Moderate body, a little syrupy, light carbonation. Quite likeable.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2024 at 20:55

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
bottle from the cellar. Bottle is 10 years old. A clear reddish deeep orange coloured pour with a mellow loose off white head. Aroma is swet and tangy, jammy sticky strawberry, some funk, lacto, spicy strawberry. Intense strawberry jam even after 10 years. Flavour is composed of super sour, puckering, lemon juice, jammy strawberry, spicy lacto, Palate is semi sweet, spicy, mid pucker, mellow carbonation. Some acid burn in the finish. Lovey jammy strawberry even after 10 years.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2024 at 22:22

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Rated at Ryyppyliiteri. Intensely sour and heavy with some cassis and blackcurrant notes. Funky and jammy
Tried on 21 Jan 2024 at 19:01

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2024 at 02:16

2.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
2016 bottle: Red with a trace soapy white head. Strong vinegar aroma. Flavor was strong vinegar, tannin and a hint of berry. Very flat. Long finish.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2024 at 16:27