Haandbakk
(has 3 batches)
HaandBryggeriet (Norway) in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway 🇳🇴
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.27
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This is a recreation of a Norwegian style naturally soured ale, aged in oak wine barrels for 18 months for the authentic sour flavour
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Mark’s Sour Tasting on 06/16/2010. Hazy red body with a small white head. Big sour and oak aroma with some anise. Big oak flavor with a bit of fruit and a huge tart finish. Medium full body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2010
at 12:50
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Batch 49. Brewed 10/10/06. The beer tastes strongly of oak and is very tart. The tartness is sour cherry with a vinous character. You can just really taste the oak barrel, and that oak makes things quite dry. The alcohol isn’t felt in the least behind the enormous tart flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Sep 2010
at 09:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to gn0sis for this one! Bottle looks a bit complex, but good. Beer in the glass deep black, nice head. Starts sourish, quite fruity like plums and raisins, malty-moldy. Finish not as dominating sourish as the beginning, well balanced, warming-malty. Quite drinkable. Really nice beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2010
at 05:01
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Aged two years. Pours ruby-tinged mahogany into a Duvel tulip. Pours a huge head that fills to the top on a vigorous pour. Creamy micro head conglomerates as it very slowly recedes leaving no lacing. Sour cranberry, cherry and oak aromas. Tart, puckering dark cherry from front to back. Nice oak in the lasting slightly hot finish. This one is a winner.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2010
at 14:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle, batch 159 vintage 2008, 7.5%) Reddish brown colour, slightly hazy, with lasting, beige head. Intense acidic nose with vinegar, sour berries and some wood. Fruity, sour taste with notes of balsamic vinegar, raspberries, oak wood and hints of toasty malt hiding beneath an acidic veil. The sourness is not as aggressive as in the nose, however. More than medium body, rounded mouthfeel. Mainly dry and sour, not much evident bitterness. Alcohol well hidden beneath the vinegar. The Norwegians are entering Rodenbach territory and this is an excellent shot at the style, possibly lacking the complexity of the best versions. Very nice though!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2010
at 13:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50cl bottle at the DC Local tasting. Pours a translucent copper brown with a creamy tan head. Big tart, cherry aroma, a little feet, pungent cheese, woody, a little boozy in the nose. Flavor is acetic, wood pulp, caramel malts, rum, tart apples, tart cherries. Finish is very acetic and tart.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2010
at 17:28
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of Greg at Churchkey (thank you sir!), shared at DC local tasting. Murky brown color, large bubble head that settles quickly. Aroma is sour mustard seed and mustard leaves. Taste has steady sourness throughout, with an edge of wood and caramel. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2010
at 10:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
dark brown, unclear, lots of white or yellow floaties that look like scales. head is small and yellow to light brown. aroma is acid citrussy sour, dark fruits, brown sugar. vineagra, the sourish part of cola nuts. wood. interesting and complex but also a bit messy and brutal sour aroma. flavor is extremely sour, acid, vineagra, dark fruits, brown sugar. This one will take some time to finish, the most sour beer i’ve had for months. I would recommend blending it with something else ;-). flavor is complex, the intensity is brutal.way too sour to give you any hint of alc. percentage. If You like something extremely acid and sour, try this one out.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2010
at 08:31