HaandBryggeriet (Norway) Dark Force (9%)

Dark Force (9%)

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production
Score
7.58
ABV: 9.0% IBU: - Ticks: 156
"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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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Smak och doft av kaffe, choklad. Veteölskänsla, stor sötma, rund och len eftersmak samtidigt som det finns någon konstig krämig och stickighet. Annorlunda.
Tried on 12 Apr 2013 at 04:46

6.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Flaske fra polet, batch 538 (brygget 051112): meget flott skum i mitt Duvel-glass. Nesten kullsort farge. Aroma av mørkbrent kaffe, mørk sjokolade og litt røykmalt. Smaken likeså, med både litt syre og sødme. Ikke helt sikker på hvor jeg skal palssere denne, bør antakelig langtidslagre en flaske for å få et bedre inntrykk.
Tried on 05 Apr 2013 at 12:38

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Flaska från SB från 2009, drucken på norgeprovning. Inte alls fyllig och rund utan snarare vass och stickig munkänsla, kaffe, choklad, soja och aningen rök. Osäker på om den var okej. Drickbar men en ganska konstig upplevelse.
Tried on 18 Mar 2013 at 06:31

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
lots of charcoal and dark chocolate. Smooth. Moderately bitter finish. Excellent.
Tried on 08 Mar 2013 at 19:38

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
BBF12 pours very dark taste is chocolaty, burnt malts, some oat. very drinkable , wich is rare for the style i supose.
Tried on 26 Jan 2013 at 02:11

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
50 cl bottle @ home. Batch #122: brewed 12/2007, BBE 12/2011. Rated on 18.06.2010
Aroma has coffee, well roasted malt, very dark chocolate and licorice. Flavour is rather roasted with coffee notes, licorice, dark chocolate, ashy notes and hints of cocoa. Good!
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2013 at 11:48

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
[Thanks to Cunningham]. 50cl bottle. Batch 449. Black colour with a tan head with an average duration. Aroma is toasty, roasty and light red fruits. Flavor has burnt malts notes, roasty, malty, light caramel. The final has roasted malts hints, slightly bittery and dark coffee; with a long aftetaste with black coffee notes. Dense on palate, it has an average carbonation and a full body.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2012 at 14:43

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16.9oz bottle. Opaque brown-black with a massive rusty beige head. Nto so sure about the aroma, a little chalky. Tastes sort of like it would have been better without the wheat. Huge chocolate tones, but some underlying offness?, maybe the bottle is old? Batch 383. I’d guess it is mildly infected, but the big rich specialty malt sugariness makes it acceptable. The wheat shows itself in a dry, earthy way..not really a bonus. An unsuccessful tweaking to a style they can nail.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2012 at 20:19

8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Thick, oily, creamy. Bitter, roasted aroma. Flavour is bitter with coffee and cocoa coming through but it does seem to retain a degree of lightness and drinkability from the wheat.
Tried on 02 Oct 2012 at 11:16

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Cask at the Borefts beer festival. This is probably my favourite beer of 2012, however, this was my first cask Dark Force. It pours dark mahogany with a long-lived thin tan head. It has a big roasted malt and chocolate aroma which is reflected in the flavour with the addition of a liquorice bitter taste on the palate. There seems more consistency in the bottled version, but on cask it’s an awesome ale too. If you have not tried it, I urge you to track it down.
Tried from Cask on 28 Sep 2012 at 15:37