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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9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottled(500ml). -in Pingvinen, Bergen. Bottle costs 79 NOK or app. 11€.
Black coloured, big creamy brown head, chocolate liquerice nose. Strong roasted malt, coffee and bitter chocolate aroma with notes of licorice and juniper. Warming alcoholic finish. Excellent beer.
Black coloured, big creamy brown head, chocolate liquerice nose. Strong roasted malt, coffee and bitter chocolate aroma with notes of licorice and juniper. Warming alcoholic finish. Excellent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2007
at 04:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Pours a dark brown with a modest, creamy tan head. Light lacing. Nose is mild with roasty malt and coffee. Tastes roasty with coffee, just like the aroma. No real sweetness here, but the wheat mellows it out a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2007
at 09:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle pours a black with huge dark tan head. Dark roasted chared smokey aroma. Dark roasted flavor with some molassas. Not much residual sweetness. Slightly thin but soft smooth feel. Soft carbonation after most of it came out in a gentle pour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2007
at 22:36
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Aroma of darkly toasted malt, obscenely dark chocolate, and smoke. Opaque brown/black color with a beige/tan head that was respectable, maintained, and laced a little. Medium to full bodied, sharp, creamy carbonation. The flavor is really flavor. Dark toasted burnt malt, chocolate, alcohol, and I’d say coffee, more espresso. It is bitter. The finish is all over the place. It has bitter, pepper, and a lot of other stuff. It also should be the last beer you drink in the evening. A real palate finisher. It only gets better with each mouthful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2007
at 22:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from GBBF (I think). Yep, well that’s a black coloured beer then with a thick tan head. Big impy stout aroma. Big bitter choc, espresso coffee, not so much hop as some. Just a bit over carbonated. Lots of choc. Not sure the whole works. A little bit oily, soy sauce. Some charcoal, very intense. Some good hop on end. Good pepper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2007
at 10:49
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
This beer has the aroma of a rich coffee porter, with coffee, roasted malt, and chocolate. Thick and heavy, almost purple in color. Roasted malt flavor with more coffee. Nice palate, sort of English in style with very low carbonation and a light port character, as well as considerable hops. I really liked this.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2007
at 14:08
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home ... deep black,slight smokey malt but not much;deep rich roast malt ;lots of coffee and roast malts.... 3.8bottle at home batch 60 ... bbf DEC 2010... deep roast malts nose ... still over fizzy ... meaty malts ... big fruits ... rich and dark ... light coffee ... great roast ... awsome .. considering its age .. actually just awsome 4.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2007
at 08:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Opaque pour, with a well-retained, frothy tan head - the aroma is immediately interesting - the wheat malt is very apparent, imparting an earthy, grainy, almost musty quality to the aroma - the expected chocolate and coffee smells are there, but the wheat mixes things up, almost giving the beer a weizenbock character - the flavor is very weizenbock - caramel and toffee and that wheat earthy tartness are quite strong - espresso bitterness, bakers chocolate and a flaked oat slickness let you know this is a stout, though - very creamy and flavorful, and the wheat works quite well (I expected otherwise).
Tried
on 17 Aug 2007
at 21:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Three 200ml tasters (bottle). Very dark coloured body with a rusty tint. Nice brown-yellow foam. A rather discreet aroma has got a vinously touch with notes of liquorice. The taste starts with a wheaty touch and develops into a climax of dark berries and rounded chocolatly maltiness. Lingering aftertaste with a alcohol finish. Robust, strong and full bodied brew, perhaps with a bit too dominant yeasty touch in the ending (Tromsø Ølfestival, 15.08 and 16.08.2007).
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2007
at 14:19