HaandBryggeriet (Norway) Dark Force (9%)

Dark Force (9%)

 

HaandBryggeriet (Norway) in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway 🇳🇴

  Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production
Score
7.59
ABV: 9.0% IBU: - Ticks: 154
"Double" (imperial) wheat stout.

This imperial really strikes back. From a strange country far, far away, comes the only Imperial Wheat Stout in the known universe. Once again, the ’Hand’ brewery - four guys brewing in their spare time, on an absurdly small scale - boldly goes where no brewery has gone before.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

bottle from dsnowden, thank you!

Well this is an interesting impy stout. Aroma is very smokey. Burnt, chocolate, burnt coffee, and lots of burn malt. Flavour is quite malty with this distinct flavour i enjoy, and i’ve had it in a few other beers..........buti can’t put my finger on what it is. Finish is bitter, and ends withmore burnt chocolate, and coffee. My description is really lacking, but all i know is this is a wonderful beer, and i really enjoyed it.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:07


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle 0,5ltr: Opaque black awesome brew with an great taste of chocolate, fruits(plum) and coffee, good bitter finsh.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:41


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

4-12-24 HC&B 4.0 8-8-22 HC&B

Tried on 09 Aug 2022 at 01:50


7

A deep dark stout with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, licorice, alcohol warmth, light musty character, soy sauce. In mouth, a nice chocolate malt with dark fruits, licorice, alcohol warmth, light mineral notes, pleasant and smooth. Batch 411, from 2011.

Tried on 12 Jun 2021 at 01:22


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Dark brown/black colour, beige foam. Nose of roasted malts, brown sugar, some berries, coffee. Taste is roasty, medium sweet, bitter finish, creamy mouthfeel. Good!

Tried on 13 Mar 2021 at 20:24


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sample @ 6TH WANDERLUST CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL (2nd day), my #5300. F: medium, tanned, not long lasting. C: black, opaque. A: roasted malts, chocolate, cocoa, herbal, dark fruits, bit coffee. T: rich dark roasted malty backbone, cocoa, dark fruits, bit vinous, alcohol is well masked, cherries, soft carbonation, very nice, enjoyed.

Tried on 02 Oct 2019 at 10:52


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Almost black and opague. Coffee and licorice and blackcurrant in the aroma. Creamy, oily bitter flavor with licorice and balckcurrant. Just a bit thin and alcoholic. Powerful stout.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07


7

Bottle at Rekord Bar, Drammen. Almost Black with beige head. Malts, hops, bitterness, Wheat.

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2019 at 20:39


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Brewed September 9th 2015, bottled October 13th 2015. No decoding required.

Wheat malt, wheat yeast? This should be interesting.

It pours black with a pretty big head of tannish foam..nah, it's tan. Good lacing. Once things settle down, there's just a ring of foam around the glass.

That smell! Roasted malt, dark chocolate, toffee, some coffee..3 years old. The years must have been very kind; never had this fresh so I pretty much don't know what I'm talking aboot.

The taste reflects the smell with no hidden surprises. Roasted malt rules the roost with bitter dark chocolate following closely behind. Some coffee, enough for you to know that it's there. Semi sweet/bitter overall and a real treat.

Medium bodied with light carbonation...there wasn't a sound when I popped the cap.

So darn good. A revisit is mandatory.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2018 at 21:48


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Tried on 04 Sep 2018 at 14:21