![Hanssens Oude Gueuze.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_3285.jpg)
One must-visit during Toer de Geuze is the Hanssens Artisanaal lambic blendery in Dworp, at Vroenenbosstraat 15. Hanssens is rarely open the public these days (no doubt a quality of life decision by owners Sidy Hanssens and husband John Matthys) so Sunday, May 7 will be a prime opportunity to visit this superb lambic producer. Hanssens will not be open the Saturday.
Here is what Sidy Hanssens told me in late April: “We will have Oude Geuze, Oude Kriek, Oude Schaarbeekse kriek, framboos, cassis, scarabecca = pure Schaarbeekse lambiek. The food is all home made: Belgian fries, pork farm grown pig from friend on a spit with vegetables, home made liverpate, eggsalade from our chicken, home dried saucigses smokend on hanssens old oak barrels chips, a special apero from geuze and cava. We will also have wulken in geuzesoep.”
Looks like Hanssens will be a great visit, as always!
![Hanssens blender/co-owner John Matthys.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_0524.jpg)
![Rows of bottles of Hanssens Oude Gueuze.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_0511.jpg)
![Rows of barrels at Hannsens Artisanal.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_0519.jpg)
![Barrel at Hanssens Artisanal.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_0491.jpg)
![John Matthys of Hanssens (right) with Italian beer writer and lambic lover Lorenzo Dabove.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_0531.jpg)
![A row of barrels at Hanssens.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_9000.jpg)
![Active fermentation at Hanssens.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_9002.jpg)
![Drinking Hanssens lambic from a barrel makes people smile. Here, Craig and Mary Schanning from Wisconsin.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_8983.jpg)
![Pulling lambic from a barrel at Hanssens.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_2514.jpg)
![A row of newer barrels at Hanssens.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_2503.jpg)
![The beer options during 2015 Toer de Geuze at Hanssens.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_2526.jpg)
![IMG_2525](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_2525.jpg)
![Lisa pouring a Hanssens Oude Kriek at Cafe In de Welkom, Dworp.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_3352.jpg)
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