HaandKrik
HaandBryggeriet (Norway) in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway 🇳🇴
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.25
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Brewed as a regular HaandBakk but with about 25% cherry puree added during aging to create a kriek like sour ale. Sugar has been added for sweetening.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours hazy brown to amber with a small tan hesd. Aroma is almondish and wineous. Dry, citric, tart. Lingering citric and smooth fruity. Dry and herbal. Sourish and dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 May 2016
at 11:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml bottle @ Patricks. Unclear, dark reddish brown body with a small, bright-pink head. Aroma of dark cherries, malt, acidity and hint of wood. Flavor is sweet and sour, lots of strong dark cherry flavor with some malty sweetness, hint of almond, quite acidic and a bit juicy towards the end. Fine body and forever lasting aftertaste. Undoubtedly a fine brew, but for me a fruit beer is quite a complex thing. To be able to recognize real berries is a demand, and without doubt this one is the real thing. Still, to make a perfect fruit beer I need more complexity than just real berries and, lots of acidity. This beer also has quite much malt flavor and that’s a big plus counting on the positive side. It’s difficult to put my finger on exactly what’s missing here, but when I manage to get a bit bored with the beer before finish a small bottle like this I can’t give it top score. But for sure this is a fine brew and it might develop more with some cellaring. Would be fun to sample it again in a years’ time if possible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2016
at 14:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Cotteridge Wines tasting rooms; hazy dark brown pour with a thin tan head, aroma has dark cherries, taste has meaty bovril, dark cherries, ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2016
at 14:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Fra fat på ØST, Haandbryggeriets krankupp mars-16: uklar rødbrun med offwhite skum. Aroma og smak av sure kirsebær, rognebær og litt eik. Dette i en ganske slank (vitaminnivået tatt i betraktning) maltkropp, som gjør at den sklir fordomsfritt over ganen. Fin, bærsaftig avslutning. Den beste av de tre jeg hadde i kveld.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2016
at 14:36
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12.02.2016, 0,33l bottle sampled @ Bergen International Whisky & Beer Festival:
Small slightly fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is sour-ish fruity, soda powder, sour cherries, mild vinegar, cherry candy, grass, oak, berry skin. Taste is sour-ish fresh, soda powder, sour cherry candy, mild vinegar, sorrel, berry skin, sour cherries, sugar, grass. Medium bitterness, sour-ish dry mouthfeel. Nice one.
Small slightly fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is sour-ish fruity, soda powder, sour cherries, mild vinegar, cherry candy, grass, oak, berry skin. Taste is sour-ish fresh, soda powder, sour cherry candy, mild vinegar, sorrel, berry skin, sour cherries, sugar, grass. Medium bitterness, sour-ish dry mouthfeel. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 14:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Nice deep red amber color with a fine tan head. Good lacing down the sides of the glass. Rather rich cherry aroma, but stays within a proper limit. Solid body and a fine smooth carbonation. Mellow nice sweetness and a pleasant mild sourness. Really nice and pleasant rich mellow cherry and wood flavor in this one. Maybe a bit one dimensional. So what. It was really nice. And I want more.
[Bottle at Union Scene in Drammen, Norway]
[Bottle at Union Scene in Drammen, Norway]
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2016
at 05:44