Hanssens Oudbeitje

Brewed by Hanssens Artisanaal
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Dworp, Belgium

2000 vintage. pours straw yellow with thin white head. aroma is strong vinegar with a earthy tone. no strawberries are detected in aroma or taste. drinks really harsh with super sour vinegar and finishes really dry. maybe i got a bad bottle, but this was not enjoyable for me. maybe im just not that hardcore of a sour drinker yet.

2000 bottle from South Bay Drugs. Flute- pours darker orange at the top and light yellow at the bottom, with no head to speak of but some visible carbonation. Aroma of wood, plastic, grass, straw, leather. Flavor of plastic, leather, tart fruits, gastric acid, and just a hint of stale strawberry. Light body, active carbonation with small bubbles, and dry. This has to be better fresh, and I’m sure the strawberry shows up then. My rating looks just like Shawn’s, but we talked about this one a lot because I couldn’t figure it out. Thanks for sharing your wistom, Shawn, and I hope you don’t think I’m just copying.

2000 bottle shared by phaleslu- thanks peter! Pours a weird color that fades from a light yellow, to orange, to brown near the top. practically no head. Aroma of plastic, leather, wood. flavor plastic, leather, fruit. flavor acid, bile , plastic, cowhide, and stale strawberries. interesting, but I’m guessing this is better fresh. astringent. Dry mouthfeel.

Hazy yellow with small orange hues. A thin layer of big bubbles quickly fades away into a minimal ring of lacings. A rather big smell, very funky. Lots of barnyard and something reminiscent of wet dog. Mouldering leaves and rocks, and a white wine-like acidity. All this is topped by a pleasant but subtle smell of sweet strawberries (like dry strawberries) and a hint of lemon. Very good and rather unique. The taste is sour. The funkiness is more restrained, but still very prominent with a character of wet hay and mud rather than barnyard. Very subtle wheaty notes get through every now and then. As with the funkiness, the fruity notes are slightly more restrained than in the smell. But the strawberries are still noticeable with a rather distinct flavor. A hint of lemon. The finish has actually a quite noticeable grassy bitterness to it, which complement the aggressive sourness and mild fruity sweetness really well. A nice tartness lingers on in the mouth for a long time. Pretty big body for the style (still moderate though), very restrained carbonation with calm bubbles. I don’t think I would have mind slightly more carbonation. It’s not as dry as most comparable beers. Very good. Good balance between acidity and sweet strawberry flavors. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

375 ml bottle froma trade with boutip. best before 07/08/2018. pours almost flat, hazy and light brown, ugly. very slight carbonation. aroma of strawberries and acid. the flavour starts with raspberries but then the acid comes in and the finish id long, dry and sour. a real sipper, if this was carbonated it would have been much harder to drink. nice fruit lambic.

Nose is fresh picked strawberry, sour fruits, big cheesy funk, slight oxidation and autolysis. Flavor is funky sour fruits, unripe strawberries, some chardonnay notes.

2000 bottle, aroma of sour funk and sweet strawberries. Flavor is tart, but not too sour and the strawberries are underwhelming. Carbonation is nearly non-existent, but it is tasty regardless.

Bottle. Aroma is acetic and funky with fruit tones. Bright gold with light carbonation but no head. Good balanced acidity with a slight barnyard eathiness. Pleasant.