Bestefar
(has 6 batches)
HaandBryggeriet (Norway) in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway 🇳🇴
Traditional Beer Winter|
Score
7.33
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'Bestefar' is the Norwegian word for Grandfather. In this case, it refers to the father of Father Christmas, or 'Nissefar' as he is known in Norway. Bestefar is the perfect companion for a cold winter night spent contemplatively in front of a fire or for those fire-side moments that are a bit more 'festive'. It is complex, a little bit wild...and it might just be the best by far!
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A dark brown ale with a thick creamy mocha head. In aroma, loads of dark malt with grassy and peaty notes, dark fruits, & alcohol warmth. In mouth, a sweet molasse fruity malt, wood extract, peaty and warming alcohol.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2013
at 13:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
50cl bottle. Batch 493. Dark brown colour almost black with a light tan head, light creamy, good duration. Aroma is roasty, light licorice and spicy. Herbal notes in the mouth, spicy, toasty, sweet and brown sugar notes. The final has toffee notes, sweet and light bitterness with a very good balanced. Medium to high body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2012
at 15:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle, batch 447. Pours a nice black, with a creamy, coloured finger thick head. Exceptional and complex aroma with burned malts and coffee, lots of dark fruit and raisins and sweetness from kandi and molasses as well as nice spicy notes. Body is creamy, with soft carbonation. Flavour is sweet with coffee liquorice, kandi and molasses, as well as lots of dark fruits giving a fantastic and everlastingly heavy finish. Tremendous!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2012
at 13:30
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
I runde fem på den store juleøltesten ombord på Fridtjofen des-12: med sin store smaksfylde var denne en klar nr. en i denne runden og en av kveldens beste for meg. Heldigvis har jeg en flaske i kjelleren! Notat 3. juledag: flaske fra batch 490 (brygget 25.06.12, best før 25.06.14): følelsen av en spesiell krydderblanding gir et interessant smaksbilde, dettekan da ikke bare være resultatet av mykologisk magi? Flaske batch 493 (bb 05.07.14), hjemme 27.09.14: flott beige skum som varer. Uimotståelig duft og smak av krydderier. Et superb brygg, gleder meg til årets versjon!
Tried
on 11 Dec 2012
at 11:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a dark clear brown color ale with a large foamy head with OK retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry fruits with some light residual sugar notes is quite nice. Taste is a nice mix between some dry fruits with some residual sugar notes and some caramel and light toffee notes. Light chocolate notes could also be detected. Body was about average with good carbonation and well hidden alcohol. Well made and quite enjoyable beer for those colder winter days.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2012
at 12:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark brown with a small tan head. A lot of spices like clove, aniseed and mint. Also malt, some nuts, licorice and some light notes of smoke. An interesting and rather complex beer. I liked this one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2012
at 05:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Re-rating, this years bottle (2012) @ home. Black body with a fine brown head. Strong aroma of dark malt, smoke, dry fruit, caramel and chocolate. Flavor is sweet and malty, smoke, chocolate, coffee, dry fruit and a fine bitterness to make a balance. Warming alcohol. Fine body and god aftertaste. A nice sipper that I find better than previous rated as a matured version.
500 ml bottle @ Patricks. Bottle date August 2010. Almost black body with a big, but fast disappearing brown head. Aroma of dark malt, chocolate, dry fruit, leather and liquorices. Flavor is sweet, sweet malt, dry fruit, burnt sugar, sweet & salt liquorices and hint of warming alcohol. Full body and a sweet, liquoriced aftertaste. Looks good, nice aroma and promising in flavor, but probably meant to be chaired by many. Half a bottle is just too much for me, at least in the beginning of the evening. Probably rather impressive in smaller amount and by the end of the drinking session, but right now it feels too much like sweet and alt liquid liquorices.
500 ml bottle @ Patricks. Bottle date August 2010. Almost black body with a big, but fast disappearing brown head. Aroma of dark malt, chocolate, dry fruit, leather and liquorices. Flavor is sweet, sweet malt, dry fruit, burnt sugar, sweet & salt liquorices and hint of warming alcohol. Full body and a sweet, liquoriced aftertaste. Looks good, nice aroma and promising in flavor, but probably meant to be chaired by many. Half a bottle is just too much for me, at least in the beginning of the evening. Probably rather impressive in smaller amount and by the end of the drinking session, but right now it feels too much like sweet and alt liquid liquorices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2012
at 14:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a pitch black with a large tan creamy head. Aroma is a big black licorice with some smoke maybe? Flavor is again a black licorice, anise and some more wood smoke. Finish leaves a nice roasted smoky malt on the tounge. This was very tasty. The kind of beer that shows something new as it gets warmer.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2012
at 17:36