Hanssens Oudbeitje

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

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

0.375l bottle from Etregourmet webshop. Pours a near-clear to light blurry golden - almost glowing - body with no head what so ever (I tried getting a head on it, but no go) The aroma quickly fills the room with lovely strawberries, barn, hay, tarty-wood-like tones and hints of sugar and silo. Quite original and not bad. It’s as I expected totally flat this one. The bottle suggest it should be good to go until 2027, but I’m not to sure. Anyhow, the mouthfeel is oily to slick. Tastes quite nice, but not as sweet-fruity as the aroma perhaps had me thought. Light tart and quite dry. Some mild grapefruit and rhubarb-sourness mixed with wet hay and hints of stolen summer strawberries. Definitely some berry-sweetness in the lasting aftertaste! Only wish it had some carbonation! Even a little hint would make this so much better. Still, it kinda grows on you and after a while it tastes quite nice. 18.01.2012

UPDATED: FEB 4, 2012 Bottle @ Tap and Mallet: Pours a clear light amber with no head. Flat. Aroma of strawberries, funk and oak. Very tart, very good. Blew me away. FUNKY! Awesome.

2000 Vintage at Sub Zero in Anchorage. Appearance is copper (in this lighting) with white-ish head. Aroma is full of fruit and funk, barnyardy notes, grandma’s closet type weirdness. All the craziness you look for in a sour. Flavors are heavily sour but very nicely balanced with fruitiness of berries, almost like a mix of ripe and unripe fruits. Palate is long and drawn out, with sourness pervading all the way through. Exceptional and worth the premium to try it a world away.

Très bonne bière, goût fraise original. Nez très complexe. Super en apéritif.

Little ass bottle, picked this out after 4 imperial stouts to cleanse the palate. Big strawberry flavors. Some funk on the nose. Then goes vinegar. If it went funky this would be amazing. Too bad!

Bottle: No head just some bubbles which disappear fairly quick. Light hazy and a tiny bit darker yellow colored beer. This smells pretty bad (ok for a Lambiek though) but the taste is heavenly! Smell is a strange mix of yeast and wood, shit, manure, caramel, bad water, hint of sweets like brownish fruit and sugars. Actually pretty well balanced smell, though a bit strange (shit?) The taste is very very nice: sour, strawberry, wood, caramel, hint of yeast, some yoghurt, some sweets like a tiny bit of brown/sticky sugars added. Nice woody yeasty light caramel light sour aftertaste. Bit too short, which if it was longer and stronger present it would’ve scored even higher. Low carbo, soft sour mouthfeel, full body and a lightly watery texture. The strawberry is perfectly balanced with the lambiek! Delicious!

37.5 cL into a Westmalle glass (from ABS Drinks), clear orange with no head. Smells very sour and fruity, wtih some sweetness. Tastes both sweet and sour. Sharp acid taste, but it tastes, hence good rating. Has a strong acidic sour taste. Its enoyable but not one for people unused to sour ales.

nose is heavy pigsty, sour medium strawberry, weak late menthol, feel is watery, carb is medium, taste is decent strawberry, sour notes, pigsty, late sweet leaves.