Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Hazy golden body with a nice, big, foamy white head. Aroma would have made me guessing for a tradition wheat beer, its mild malt, god citric fruit, yeasty, esters and a bit spicy in direction of flowers. The taste is not far from a wheat either with mild pilsnermalt, nice fruitiness and estery yeast, frankly I feel the wheat flavor as well even this might not be correct. Anyway its a super refreshing, quite light, very quaffable and still tasty beer that's just perfect for some hot days in the sun. Still it has enough flavor and body to go well together with a light meal. Highly enjoable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample at Haandfest 2019. Sorry to admit that this amazing beer where sampled at the very end of the festival and its qualities might not be totally fair judged, at least not as detailed as I want to rate. Anyway its dark brown with a beige head and has the basic aromas and flavors I recognized from the regular edition, still a bit boozy as well as I remember but in a rather nice way. I did not find any blueberries what so ever but the Bourbon is recognized and the rum may be identified as raisins and dry fruit. Nice, distinct dark malt, bitterness and barrel flavor. Fine body and very long lasting aftertaste. A nice, slightly boozy sipper I would love to try again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Unclear golden body with a fine, stable off-white head. Aroma has much malt, ripe fruit, peaches and tropical fruit. Flavor is sweet, soft malt, tropical fruit, citric fruit, peach, mango, hint of toffee and medium bitterness. Balanced body and fruity aftertaste a bit on the sweeter side. A nice and fruity DIPA with a good balance between sweetness and alcohol which compensates for relatively mild bitterness without becoming too sweet. Pretty solid IPA with a good malty base.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Lille Lørdag from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from MENY. Hazy golden body with a big white head. Both aroma and taste is dominated by fresh fruitiness. No clear defined fruit identified, but a nice flavor of something between citric and tropical, perhaps a hint of grapefruit. Mild soft pale malt, moderate bitterness and average body with a rather long lasting aftertaste in the same direction. Nothing complex or extraordinary really except for really well made at a relatively moderate alcohol level. Of course a fresh can is essential here, as mine was – so close to e perfect thirst quencher. Nothing more and nothing less, cheers!
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Hop Tweak #01 from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap @ På Kornet, Stavanger. Hazy yellow body with a small white head that fades quickly. Strong and nice aroma of topical juice and passion fruit and mango, not much else but sure a fine fruity nose. Flavor is refreshing tropical fruit, but a bit one-dimensional. Tastes mostly like a sweet juice with some fruity mild acidity, actually in nice balance and super quenching. Medium body and the same aftertaste as the rest. Nice and easy but plain and one dimensional. Good for small glass, but thatch enough.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Death By Disco from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap @ Bøker og Børst, Stavanger. Pitch black body with a small, lacing beige head. Strong and very nice nose of sweetish dark malt, smooth roast, dark chocolate, vanilla, berries (probably blueberry, but I didn’t know that wen drinking it and just noticed berries), some wood and warming, slightly boozy alcohol that could be from aquavit barrels (at least probably not any kind of wine barrel?). Flavor is very sweet and malty, but in a delicious way. Dry fruit, chocolate, caramel, berries and warming alcohol. Full bodied and really long lasting aftertaste. A classic.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Pompel from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap @ Patricks, Kristiansand. Slightly unclear golden body with a stable, lacing, dense off-white head. Aroma is fruity with citric, grapefruit, lemon, sour berries, some funk and hint of yogurt. Flavor is medium sweet pale malt, slightly acidic fruit, grapefruit, citric zest, minerals, a bit harsh bitterness and some yogurt in the start that seems to disappear. Nice body and long lasting aftertaste. Pretty pleasant brew, refreshing with a sour finish.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Pilt from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap @ Cirkus as Funk Hop Mosaic. Cloudy orange body with a thin white head. Aroma is mild citric fruit, peach and slightly funky. A bit discrete in aroma. Flavor is both sweet and acidic with soft, sweet malt, peach, lemon and some bitterness. Not much funk really and not particular complex. Medium body and average aftertaste. Refreshing and quite straight forward easy pale ale with a tart frutiness.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed JulePipa from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Gulating. Rather clear golden body with a fine off-white head. A bit weak and rather neutral in aroma, malt and light fruit in general. Flavor is medium sweet malt, hint of toffee, some fruit and moderate bitterness. Medium body and a bit short in aftertaste. Totally decent, easy drinkable, perhaps closer to a British bitter but not much going on here really. PErhaps the hops has faded out.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Haandkvartett from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ Burger & Beer. Black body with a minimal sized beige head. Strong and nice aroma of dark malt and dry fruit. Quite sweet, dark malt, dry, red fruit, moderate bitterness and some warming alcohol. Feels a lot stronger in alcohol than 8,5%. Fine body and long lasting smooth aftertaste. A fine, solid, well balanced, tasty beer. Perfect to my burger.