HaandBryggeriet (Norway) Cold Christmas IPA

Cold Christmas IPA

 

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

  IPA - Cold Winter
Score
6.87
ABV: 7.5% IBU: - Ticks: 19
"Cold Christmas IPA is a crisp and balanced IPA with a pronounced bitterness made to compliment traditional Norwegian Christmas dishes.
 

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5.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Tap at Valhalla. Hazy golden-amberish body off-white head. Dry white wine aroma, dry white wine taste, astringent, very astringent. No, this is bad.... Sorry Peter for suggesting it!

Tried from Draft at Valhalla Beer Club on 31 Dec 2025 at 15:28


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Yellowish golden colour. smalll white head. Aroma is herbal, earthy and mild grassy tones. Flavour is grassy, herbal earthy and some mild salty tones. Nah. Call it Kölsch, still not clean enough.

Tried from Can on 08 Feb 2025 at 19:46


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

440ml. A cloudy golden colour, small white head. Light citrus and grass in the flavour. Even a bit grainy with lime peels. Ok.

Tried from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore) on 08 Feb 2025 at 19:43


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

44cl can. Vaasa tasting 2025.
Poured clear golden in color. Dry, bitter, grains. Pretty much what the name says.

Tried on 08 Feb 2025 at 19:41


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Uklar, ravfarga, kvitt skum. Aroma av sitrus og lime, høy. Smak av sitron, gras, harpiks

Tried on 01 Jan 2025 at 18:51


6.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Lett grumsete golden med hvit lav topp som blir liggende som et tynt slør. Aroma; Fersken, sitrus, humle, urter/krydder, ananas. Smak; lime-skall, ananas, fersken, surt eple, humle, bark, urter Svakt bitter, halvtørr avslutning med mye kryddersmak.

Tried on 19 Nov 2024 at 20:50


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Golden with a white head - Malt and hops in the aroma - Malt body with a light herbal hop flavour and bitterness - The malt and hops flavours goes into the finish - This was nice

Tried on 27 Feb 2024 at 15:06


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Golden, clear with a medium white head. Aroma of hops, citrus and spices sense. Medium bitter with a hops and spice ending.

Tried on 20 Dec 2023 at 22:29


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can @ home. Had to admit I didn’t get this one the two first time I had it. But there where something going on, not sure about this cold IPA thing as a style. In my opinion it has nothing remotely at all to do with an IPA. Adding hops in a brew doesn’t necessarily make it an IPA, I feel this is closer to something between a dry blonde and a pale lager with some hops added. But times are changing and with the great popularity of NEIPA, beer is drunk holding to hops seems to make them hypersensitive to bitterness. Anyhow, IPA or not third time's a charm. Slightly unclear golden body under a big, foamy white head. Quite clean aroma with some citric fruit and light pale malt. Taste feels really clean and crisp, mild citric fruit, grapes, hint of fresh grass, light soft pale malt and moderate bitterness. Light but balanced body with the same soft, smooth aftertaste with even more pronounced taste of grape juice. Easy drinkable and refreshing, getting to enjoy this more for each time I drink it.

Tried from Can on 16 Dec 2023 at 09:57


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

From can at MB2 after yule tide beer tasting. Almost clear pale straw colour. Aroma and taste of sorrel, succade, bitter citrus zest, dandalions and bitter pine shoots.

Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2023 at 21:14