HaandBryggeriet (Norway)

Microbrewery in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway 🇳🇴
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2005

Contact
Havnegata 13, Drammen, 3040, Norway
Description
The brewery was founded in 2005 by four home brewers who wanted to make high quality beers. In 2016 two of the original founders retired, and the brewery is today owned by a constellation of the two remaining founders, some employees at the brewery and three other Norwegian craft breweries.

Haandbryggeriet currently has 10 employees all participating in developing new ground breaking beers and recipes.

The brewery has a wide selection ranging from classic and traditional beers to new and innovative brews and hybrid beer styles. Sometimes brewed with local and Nordic ingredients such as cherries, sea buckthorn, raspberries, and lingonberries. Haandbryggeriet has since 2005 also made high quality sours and barrel aged beers such as porters and Christmas beers.

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5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Smell of malt. Pale golden colour, white head. Aroma of straw, corn. Medium sweet. Soft carbon. Like Mexican lager.

Tried from Draft at RØØR on 13 Jun 2025 at 16:22


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

Smell of roasted malt, faint oak and toffee. Very dark brown colour, small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, faint oaky note. Medium carbon. Sweet. Pleasant.

Tried from Draft at RØØR on 13 Jun 2025 at 16:02


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5

Amber with off white head - Hop aroma with some herbal notes - Malt body with hints of caramel and a nice hop herbal flaovur and bitterness - hop flavours and bitterness goes into the finish that ends dry - This was real good

Tried from Can on 12 Jun 2025 at 15:03


5.5

Can. Rather thin and too malty. Decent citrus and pine cones. Not a repeater. 545311 250608

Tried from Can on 08 Jun 2025 at 14:17


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

GYG. Golden color with a white head. Aroma and flavor is butterscotch, fruit, malt, malt, pine.

Tried from Can on 08 Jun 2025 at 06:48


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Old rating from 09-05-16 - 500ml bottle from Kris Wines in North London. Pours a dark brown hazy colour with a beige head. Aromas of citrus, hops & spice. Tastes of citrus, orange, grapefruit, nuts, spice & malt leading to a lovely mixed fruity medium bitter finish with the alcohol well hidden.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2025 at 09:24


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Utseende: Gulbrun.
Lukt: Søtlig humle, malt.
Smak: Søtlig humle, malt, bitter avslutning.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-5-6-6-6=6, Can@440ml, ABV@4.7%, Når@2025.06.05.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Navn: Hvermansen Pilsner
Stil: LAGER - PILSENER
Bryggeri: HaandBryggeriet (Norway)

Tried from Can from Vaaland 1889 on 05 Jun 2025 at 15:03


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Utseende: Gul.
Lukt: Citrus, honning.
Smak: Citrus, honning, bitter avslutning.
Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-8-7=7.3, Can@440ml, ABV@4.5%, Når@2025.06.03.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Navn: Jubileum 2025
Stil: IPA - SESSION
Bryggeri: HaandBryggeriet (Norway)

Tried from Can from Vaaland 1889 on 03 Jun 2025 at 18:00


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

Utseende: Gulbrun.
Lukt: Citrus, honning.
Smak: Citrus, honning.
Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum, heng, hissig ut av boksen.
Medium: Rating:8-6-7-8-7=7, Can@440ml, ABV@4.3%, Når@2025.06.03.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Navn: Humlesus Lite
Stil: PALE ALE - AMERICAN STYLE / APA
Bryggeri: HaandBryggeriet (Norway)

Tried from Can from Vaaland 1889 on 03 Jun 2025 at 16:59


5.5

Can @ home. Slightly unclear pale golden body under a white head. Refreshing hop aroma and the first sips feels nice as well. Further down the glass thew beer feels a bit boring, most of the impression from this beer is just the aroma. Not much body and not much taste either. Smells god, but it’s a bit much for me to drink the whole can by myself. Nothing going on really after the first two sips.

Tried on 03 Jun 2025 at 10:16