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Hanssens Oude Gueuze

Percentile
97
overall
Brewed by Hanssens Artisanaal
Style: Lambic - Gueuze

Dworp, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5083.79/5.03.78/5.06%67.3Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
As with all Gueuzes, Hanssens is a mixture of several vintages to produce a lambic which is refreshingly fruity.

This is the result of blending different lambics of different ages. The second fermentation takes place inside the bottles and therefore they are stored for minimum six months in constant temperature kept cellars.

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 UselessGdTaste (363), Long Beach, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/103/510/20
Mar 15, 2007  
Looks like a hefe. Tastes like pure lactic acid. I appreciated the smell and all, but the taste was just wayyy to sour. Most likely not the best Lambic to start with, but still...not so good for drinking.


 ekstedt (2425), Göteborg, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/103/514/20
Mar 14, 2007    Updated: May 18, 2007
Bottle. Deep hazy golden, small white head. Intriguing aroma with cider-like base of green apples, but some earthy notes of leather and gunpowder. The flavour is too sour, in a harsh way. Hopefully this bottle will age well in my cellar.


 Skinnyviking (4157), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/513/20
Mar 5, 2007  
Bottle. Lown and astonishingly lasting white head. Hazy golden body. Medium acidic grape fruit aroma. Acidic grape fruit flavor, agressive taste without being too much. Long lasting nice and bitter aftertaste.


 drpimento (824), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/102/57/20
Mar 3, 2007  
this is compared to its brewer’s description. I barely pickup the refreshingly fruitiness. I do get some heavy duty sourness. color was nice. aroma was typical gueze but accented by malt/cider vinegar. couldn’t finish mine, but others who were trying it seemed to really enjoy it and even were reordering it! Had it from a small bottle at Bodega Brew Pub downtown La Crosse


 tbookman (618), Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/101/55/20
Mar 2, 2007  
Medium/dark gold color - very cloudy with a thin off-white head. Aroma of old vinegar, rotten apples and barnyard hay. Taste is puckering sour - hard to get past that to the other flavors, though there is a tinge of sweet fruits and some oak at the end. But it mostly just gets lost to me in that rancid acidity.


bdb2 (1), Houston, Texas, USA
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4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/103/518/20
Mar 1, 2007  
I love the balance of this beer. It perfectly balances the flavors of the wild yeasts with the base beer.


 probstk (1034), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Feb 24, 2007    Updated: Feb 27, 2007
37.5 cL bottle via Lubiere, served just below cellar temp from a tulip glass.

App.: deep straw, clear, full white head. Aroma: Pungent! Horse blanket funk, spicy and green, sour mustard greens and rhubarb or cherry maybe, phenolic - acetone, magic marker kinda and a light cheesiness. Palate: medium-full body, light effervescent carbonation. Flav.: bracing tartness, acetone and horse blanket, spicey, woody, bitter finish.

This is complicated stuff. I need some training to be able to describe and appreciate this type of product. I don’t even know how to rate it.


 Moz (613), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Feb 17, 2007  
Bottle, 37,5 cl. Hazy golden colour with a small white head. Funky lambic aroma. Flavour is all the sour fruits you can think of, grape fruit, rhubarb, lemon, unripe apples and so on. A bit too acidic.



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