500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 2/10/2011. Pours slightly hazy very dark reddish brown color with a small light khaki head with poor retention, that reduces to a ring of lacing that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of blackberry, cranberry, cherry, green apple, red grape, oak, clove, red wine vinegar, pepper, hay, straw, brown bread, leather, herbal, musty funk, and oak/yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good complexity and balance of malt, yeast ester, and wine barrel notes; with good strength. Taste of blackberry, cranberry, cherry, green apple, red grape, clove, oak, red wine vinegar, brown bread, light chocolate, leather, herbal, pepper, musty funk, and oak/yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy/spicy tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of blackberry, cherry, cranberry, green apple, red grape, oak, clove, red wine vinegar, brown bread, light chocolate, pepper, herbal, leather, musty funk, and oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity and balance of malt, wine barrel, and fruity/acidic yeast flavors; with a nice malt/acidity balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied; with lightly slick and moderately acidic mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice Flanders brown ale. All around good balance and complexity of malt, fruity/acidic yeast, and wine barrel flavors; and nicely smooth to sip on with the moderate level of acidity. A very enjoyable offering.

Brun med beige lite tynt skum. Kraftig lukt av kirsebæreddik og noe gjær. Smaker sur kirsebær men kjenner faktisk noe malt også. Ettersmaken sitter godt, lite kullsyre

In honor of my upcoming trip to Scandinavia I am having this 6 year old bottle of Haandbakk from Handbrygeriet(Norway) I got from Ezo beer. Made in 2006, aged in wine barrels until 2008, the label says best before 2010. This bottle is 6 years old & on opening it there was a weird brown gunk on the cap & rim of the bottle which kind of freaked me out but it poured a fine dark black-brown with wine read accents. The aroma is a sour tart punch of cherry. The flavor is delicious, a big sweet sour cherry bite! Which is amazing as there are no cherries in this beer. It is simply the wild yeasts & lactic acid. Very drinkable, a great sour beer!