Hanssens Artisanaal in Belgium - Reviews, Beer & Craft Beer, Location & Contact

Established in 1871

Hanssens Artisanaal

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

Vroenenbosstraat 15
Dworp
1653

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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7.3

fonefan (62248) reviewed Oude Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle @ 16th Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation 2007, Opstal. Unclear light yellow red color with a small fair lacing off-white head. Aroma is vntage, sour / sweet cherry’s. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2007 at 08:14

oh6gdx (43583) reviewed Oude Lambik from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is sweetish, but yet very sour wooden and slightly grassy. Flavour is sour fruits along with earth and mould. Quite tasty and pleasant.

Tried on 05 Jun 2007 at 05:14

7.3

fonefan (62248) reviewed Kriekenlambiek from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ 16th Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation 2007, Opstal. Clear medium red color with virtually none head. Aroma is light cherry, moderate sour. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and moderate to heavy acidic with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

Tried on 03 Jun 2007 at 06:08

6.8

fonefan (62248) reviewed Oude Lambik from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught @ 16th Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation 2007, Optal. Clear orange color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate acidic, wood. Flavor is moderate sweet and heavy acidic with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

Tried on 02 Jun 2007 at 08:09

7.8

Sloefmans (14286) reviewed Oude Lambik from Hanssens Artisanaal 16 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught Foxy-ochre beer; small transparant rim. Ghurkins, sage, wood, a lot of saddlesoap, bit of pineapple. Still some (restrained) sweetness, despite its 2 years; lemon, dry hay or straw, pineapple flavours. In the MF, the real age shows: dryness, very light bodied, long, tannine-rich aftertaste. Very good lambic, not only because of its palate, but also because of its blending potency.

Tried on 27 May 2007 at 14:45

6.8

Shawn Shaut (8019) reviewed Oude Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 17 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Bottle: Poured a red ruby color with light reddish head. Aroma is sour cherry and aged. Sour cherry flavor very dry bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2007 at 12:40

7.6

shrubber (14989) reviewed Mead the Gueuze from Hanssens Artisanaal 17 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Opened like a bottle of champagne (luckily I was warned by SoLan and didn’t spiil a drop). Strong musty lambic aroma with noticeable honey and white pepper notes. Golden yellow with gigantic head. Sour musty cracker flavor with just a hint of the mead. HIgh carbonation. More traditional gueuze flavor - expected it to be sweeter but it’s very dry - a bit like Cantillon’s Faro with higher carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2006 at 17:03

7.5

oh6gdx (43583) reviewed Mead the Gueuze from Hanssens Artisanaal 17 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottled (9% ABV, thanks to joergen & co). Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is a mix of mead (the honey) and gueuze. Flavour is honey and sourness. Strange mix, a lovely idea, which works quite well, atleast for me.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2006 at 11:42

9.3

gnoff (11226) reviewed Oude Kriek from Hanssens Artisanaal 17 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10

First ratingInitial Rating Date: 10/1/200637.5 cl bottle from Swedish Systembolaget.Brownish color, white head. Strong sour scent, some horse droppings. Very sour taste. No bitterness. Acid, but nice, aftertaste. Unusually high level of CO2 for this type of beer.6/3/7/3/14=3.3Second ratingBottle at The Rover, Göteborg.Shady copper color, small white head. Extreme acidic scent with some sweet cherries. Acidic and marzipan taste, sour aftertaste. Spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness.7/3/6/3/13=3.2Rerate37.5 cl bottle at Akkurat Stockholm. 1998 vintage, sampled on August 6, 2010.Hazy copper color, small white head. Phenolic, smoke, acidic, red currants scent. Sour, acidic, marvelous taste! Mouthpuckering sour mouthfeel. Very low bitterness. Un-ripe red currants, when green in color, aftertaste.6/4/9/4/16=3.9Rerate375 ml bottle on January 8, 2011. BB 07/08/2030.Thanks to Nisse666.Hazy deep ruby red color, pretty much no head. Almost overpowering cherry pip scent. Acidic to sour taste, sour finish. Puckering sour mouthfeel, low bitterness.8/2/7/3/14=3.4Rerate75 cl bottle, thanks to Dunbar72! Sampled on Feb 22, 2014.Hazy dark red color, smallish off-white head. Acidic to sour, cherry scent, also cherry pips. Acidic to sour taste. Puckering mouthfeel, very very low bitterness.8/3/9/3/18=4.1RerateBottle 37.5 cl on March 14, 2014. BB 2024.Clear dark red color, small off-white head. Very acidic and sour scent, a bit of berries. Acidic to sour taste, some Salubrin aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, no bitterness.10/4/9/4/19=4.6Rerate75 cl bottle from Etre Gourmet, sampled on September 23, 2014 in Ludvika.Clear to light hazy reddish brown color, white head. Acidic, light sweet, sulphuric, gunpowder, vinegar scent. Vinegar, dry taste. Vinegar aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, no bitterness.4/3/5/3/10=2.5

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2006 at 13:49

7.4

oh6gdx (43583) reviewed Oudbeitje Lambic from Hanssens Artisanaal 17 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled. Hazy golden/orangeish colour. Supersour nose along with some strawberries. Flavour is sour and fruityish/berryish. Very pleasant lamic.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2006 at 03:28

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