Norwegian Wood (-2018)
HaandBryggeriet (Norway) in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway 🇳🇴
Traditional Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.18
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Once, every farm in Norway was required by law to brew its own ale. All of that ale had a natural smoky taste because the malt was kilned by fire, and most of it was spiced with juniper berries. Norwegian Wood, a recreation of that traditional style, is made by the "Hand Brewery" - four guys brewing in their spare time, on an absurdly small scale.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle at Brauwerk Tasting bought in 2014 in Norway. Bottled 03/2014, BB 03/2016. brown cloudy color, small tan head. smells smoky, leather, spices, light fruits, light currant notes, creamy. medium to full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes smoky, ash, berry, nice roast notes, spices, light sweetness, milky, light leather, light bacon. finishes with smoky, roast, light ash, quite creamy. wow, great lovely creamy / roasty taste. love it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2015
at 13:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Amber color with beige head. Smokey bacon, juniper berries, wood, malts, caramel. Nice mouthfeel, great balance. Wow!
Tried
on 20 Jul 2015
at 13:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at SinH4’s Goodbye Event. Innocent malty nose, but a very sweet and strong juniper taste. Beautiful!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2015
at 13:05
8/10
Tried
on 09 Jul 2015
at 08:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear dark amber/ruby colour with big but quickly collapsing head. Intensive aroma of caramel fudge and full of peaty and woody note. Taste is medium to heavy sweet, with smoke, wood and some ham. Quite easy to drink.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2015
at 16:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Old rating rerated 14.04.2015, 0,5l bottle @ home:
Nice slightly fizzy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry and smoked, co2 stinging in the nose, weeds, shed, leafs, pine needles, caramel malts, horse blanket, grass, yeast, hints of bacon. Taste is slightly dry mineraly, wet grass, minerals, shed, leafs, caramel malts, hay, nuts, yeast, burnt caramel, pine needles, bark. Medium bitterness, slightly fizzy mouthfeel. Nice enough, but it used to be better before...
Nice slightly fizzy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry and smoked, co2 stinging in the nose, weeds, shed, leafs, pine needles, caramel malts, horse blanket, grass, yeast, hints of bacon. Taste is slightly dry mineraly, wet grass, minerals, shed, leafs, caramel malts, hay, nuts, yeast, burnt caramel, pine needles, bark. Medium bitterness, slightly fizzy mouthfeel. Nice enough, but it used to be better before...
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2015
at 13:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle, many thanks to Gunnar! Pours a deep amber with thick off-white head. Aroma is smoked malts. No juniper detected, but a lovely smooth smoked beer nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2015
at 07:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
50 cl. bottle. Hazy, amber colour with golden hues and a dense, lightly tanned head. Sweet aroma with smoked malts, caramel, fruits, juniper berries, spices, ashes and an earthy note. Some spruce adding bitterness. Taste is sweet. Medium body with a creamy texture and a fine, lively carbonation. Lasting smoked, slightly drying finish with a good juniper berry fruitiness and toasted malts. Odd, but well balanced and this beer is gaining attraction as the bottle empties. A good experience if you’re looking for something special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2015
at 16:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Pours hazy coppr amber, taste is almost sickly sweet up front with a smoky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2015
at 01:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Uklar orangebrun farge med hvitt skum. Lukter bær og krydder. Smaker fruktig og litt krydret. Kjenner mer til røk i ettersmak.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2015
at 13:48