India Pale Ale
HaandBryggeriet (Norway) in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway 🇳🇴
IPA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.71
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. (#4) og (#25) . Combine the best of both . Dark golden colour with off-white head. Fruity hop aroma. Sweet hoppy flavour with a hint of fruit in the flavour. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2006
at 05:55
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Oslo City Vinmonopolet. Batch 17 (bb. Oct.2007). Hazy orange brown. Short lived head. Slightly carbonated. Intense, but short mouthfeel. Fruity with lemon, orange and yeast in flavour. Hoppy and malty flatness in a short ending. The second glass with the sediments looked like cafe latte (01042006).
Earlier Rating: 3/25/2006 Total Score: 3
500ml bottle, batch 4, bb. autumn 07. Russet colour, but rather clear body. Starts with a good white head, fully diminishing after a short while. Aromatic with tones of yeast. Crispated. Medium body. Complex bitter flavour. Notes of caramel, hops, and malt. Not a historic style of IPA, but it’s a pity that the beer has retired.
Earlier Rating: 3/25/2006 Total Score: 3
500ml bottle, batch 4, bb. autumn 07. Russet colour, but rather clear body. Starts with a good white head, fully diminishing after a short while. Aromatic with tones of yeast. Crispated. Medium body. Complex bitter flavour. Notes of caramel, hops, and malt. Not a historic style of IPA, but it’s a pity that the beer has retired.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2006
at 15:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. Yeasty aroma hiding the nice hops. Clear copper colour. Small stable white head. Quite bitter flavour, but also sweet and fruity. Aftertaste is quite yeasty. One has to be really careful pouring this, as the bottle states, because there is a thick layer of yeast at the bottom.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2006
at 06:44
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle - sampled at the RBESP 2005
Slightly sour, citric aroma. Cloudy yellow amber, low creamy head. Citrus, yeast, veggie, a bit peach. Lightbodied. Wasn’t too impressed.
Slightly sour, citric aroma. Cloudy yellow amber, low creamy head. Citrus, yeast, veggie, a bit peach. Lightbodied. Wasn’t too impressed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2005
at 15:11
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
An immedieate head that soon dwindles. Smoky taste that owershadows the hoppy aroma you expect from an IPA. A lasting, sourish aftertaste.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2005
at 15:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled, (#4) Pours a hazy, golden colour, with a large, small-bubbled, beige head. Aroma is mostly fruity with malt. Quite mild taste for an IPA. Citric/orange tastes dominates at start. Hop-bitterness comes stronger at the end, but not as biting as I shold wish for. More an english IPA than the american type i for some reason expected. (051006)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2005
at 13:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hardly any head; what’s there appears to be finely laced. Aroma is quite faint when cold, but has a mix of malts and citrusy hops. Taste is quite big, yet very clean and smooth (extremely harmonic). Again malts and citrusy hops with some metal notes. Metal notes grow stronger when warm. Finish is bitter, but not very. Very nice! A light, highly drinkable, and still interesting IPA. A nice complement to the stronger ones from Nøgne Ø. (This is also the only IPA approved by my girlfriend, which says something about the drinkability.)
Tried
on 29 Sep 2005
at 15:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled at RBESG. Cloudy amber. Vague orange aroma overpowered by alcohol. Sweet and solidly malty with notes of peach and clean mouthfeel. The hops add bitterness but not much aroma and flavour. Simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2005
at 03:46
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
(Bottle 50 cl) Slightly hazy, orangey golden with a small, creamy head. Slightly unpleasant phenolic aromas. Malty with a weird tartness and a dry, rough, bitter finish. No real pleasure. 120805
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2005
at 03:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle conditioned, RBESG 2005, Grand Tasting (courtesy of the brewery). Lovely hoppy aroma (Cascade?), notes of grapefruit and very subtle oak. Flavour is somewhat less impressive, fairly light bodied and bitterness is not overwhelming - still, this is another decent beer from Haandbryggeriet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2005
at 14:37