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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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Dark golden with a white head - Sour tropical fruity aroma - Sou tropical fruity flavour - Tropical sour finish - This was good
Tried from Draft at RØØR on 08 May 2026 at 20:26

7/10
On tap at Apollon, Tønsberg. Chestnut colored, nutty, lightly meaty. Dried fruit, hints of roasted malts. Some dark dried fruit. Winter beer. 646414 260508
Tried from Draft at Apollon Tønsberg on 08 May 2026 at 19:44

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
44cl can from Meny, Helgeroa. Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Fruity aroma with citrusy notes, tropical fruits and pale malt. Moderate sweet with rather fresh, fruity flavours and a pleasant bitterness. Quite refreshing.
Tried from Can from Meny Søndersrød (Helgeroa) on 01 May 2026 at 20:27

8.5/10
Tap @ Patricks. Black body under a dense, beige head that fades quite fast. Delicious aroma of dark malt, dark chocolate, hint of wood and aquavit. Taste is surprisingly smooth for a 12% ABV with soft roasted, dark malt, dark chocolate, hint of coffee, mild wood, balanced bitterness and warming alcohol. Quite delicious.
Tried on 28 Apr 2026 at 19:01

7.5/10
Tap @ Patricks. Almost clear golden under a white head. Nice refreshing aroma of pine and generic fruits. Light malty backbone. Taste has smooth pale malt, moderate sweetness, refreshing fruity bitterness with pine. Balanced body with a rather bitter aftertaste. Nice and balanced all over, very far from your regular lager this. Could easily go for an IPA with light malt flavour.
Tried on 28 Apr 2026 at 06:59

7/10
On tap at Patrick's. Semi-crisp, smooth, with a good bitterness. Piney, lightly peppery. Grassy hints. Really pleasant. 747414 260424
Tried from Draft at Patricks Pub og Restaurant on 24 Apr 2026 at 15:13

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Patricks. Golden color with a white head. Aroma and flavor is fruit, malt, pine, grass.
Tried from Draft at Patricks Pub og Restaurant on 24 Apr 2026 at 08:43

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Canned 440ml. -Courtesy of Marko, shared with him & Hrabren. Black coloured, medium sized brownish head, roasted malt and light nutty nose. Roasted malt, chocolate, burnt sugar, notes of alcohol and bit nutty with dry finish. Unfortunately pretty average.
Tried from Can on 20 Apr 2026 at 22:29

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
EB - Can 500ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 🍀 ☁️☂️ [ As Haandbryggeriet 1866 Vienna Lager ]. ABV: 5.5%. [20260419]. 6/3/6/3/-12
Tried from Can on 19 Apr 2026 at 13:28

7.5/10
Can. A malty one, as expected, with roasted malts, dark dried fruit, nuts, dark rye bread notes and a little alcohol. Quite sweet on the palate, lightly warming, and full bodied. Nice piney, bitter hops in the finish. Pleasant indeed, a pity this one didn't get broader distribution. 747415 260419
Tried from Can from Vinmonopolet Nøtterøy on 19 Apr 2026 at 12:55