Dark Force (9%)
(has 3 batches)
HaandBryggeriet (Norway) in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway 🇳🇴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.58
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"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.
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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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black with huge brown head. Sweet aroma with notes of roasted malt and coffee. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, liquerice and cofee notes. Ends slightly bitter.
Tried
on 08 May 2008
at 15:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
50 cL bottle, batch 60. Pours black with a dense chocolate brown head. Roasted malt aroma, nice note of chocolate and a distinct hops wooden note shining through. Smooth fullbodied brew. Flavour is a lovely mix of hard roasted malt and acidic hops touch. Shows a solid alcohol presence lightly burning into the finish yet smoothend by the chocolate notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2008
at 03:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(From old notes, bottle on 2008-01-12) Beatiful head. The wheat malts used balance the taste which balance the slightly burnt taste. The hops are there and are quite ok but their taste could open up more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2008
at 08:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours deep dark brown with initially tall mocha head. The aroma is dark roasted malts mixed with mild dusty malt astringency and a hint of vanilla. The taste is big roasted malts that bleed into more burnt malts and mild caramel soaking in a broth of smoke. Into the finish its roasty, mildly charred, burnt, coffee and sweet molasses. Comes across very thin for the style.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2008
at 21:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml Bottle- Black in colour with a small tan head. Raisins, malt and coffee in the aroma with a hint of aniseed and alcohol also creeping in. Initially quite tangy and smooth on the tongue, it then becomes rich yet drinkable. Coffee, plain chocolate and raisins in the taste with a noticeable but not overwhleming alcoholic finish in which a coffee taste lingers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2008
at 04:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 0,5 l at Tromsø Ølfestival 15 Aug 07. Black as coal. A brown creamy head. Strong aroma of fruit and malt. Heavy flavor dominated by fruit and berries. Dry aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2008
at 15:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Rich ruby black beer with a nice dark tan head. Chocolate, caramel, wheat aroma. Chocolate, coffee, caramel, toffee, wheat flavor. Rich and full bodied. Yeasty, earthiness lingers with lots of chocolate and roast. Alcohol noticable. Takes a chance and succeeds in something a bit different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2008
at 22:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep, opaque charcoal-brown body, medium, tight ochre head with the clumping characteristic common to wheat beers. Big, bold roasted to charred malt nose, licorice, and coffee. Charred malt body, with coffee notes, a touch of molasses, burnt brown sugar, and tangy wheat. Very bitter, long, chalky finish. Reminds me a bit of Nogne O Imperial Stout. Brash and well-done.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2007
at 16:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Huge roast and coffee aroma. Alot of molasses in the nose too. Lightly plummy. Big grainy roasted flavors, slightly tannic and astringent, near puckering at the back of the tongue in that acrid imperial stout way. Tannins keep the sweetness in check. Lingering dark roast coffee in the finish. Perhaps some hints of bitter chocolate but there so much roast in here its hard to say what else. Full palate but not chewy, with a warming finish. Near black, opaque with a thin brown head. Neat and I suppose unique, but not a truly great one.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2007
at 17:22
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Almost black beer with beautiful brown head. Aroma is very roasted, some coffee, liquirice and hint of fruits. Flavour is very roasted. After first taste there are also some sweetness, bitterness and liquirice. Palate is sweet and nice to drink. Maybe there are little too much roasted malts but you can find also some other fine nuancees.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Dec 2007
at 14:26