Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Weizenbock from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
An unclear brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel, but also with lighter notes of wheat and banana - and so is the flavor.
Sigmund (14587) reviewed Weizenbock from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500 ml bottle, Vinmonopolet. Batch No. 31. On the first pour my weissbier glass fills completely with brown foam, which very slowly subsides to form a large and creamy head, on top of an opaque dark brown beer. First a very nice aroma of dark fruits, bakery / rye bread, bananas and cloves, then some less pleasant sidenotes of pepper and artificial candy set in. Flavour is sweet and alcoholic, notes of roasted malts and slightly burnt toast. Fairly bitter finish. This weizenbock is no Aventinus, but still a nice try.
MiP (20366) reviewed Weizenbock from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Malty anis aroma. Muddy brown colour, small head. Roasted malt flavour with a peppery aftertaste.
yngwie (24278) reviewed Weizenbock from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled, #31, at Cph Beerfestival. Dark brown with sediments and a beige head. Sweet, lightly roasted and a belgo-like yeastiness. Unmature or is it like this? Will rerate some day. Full-bodied beer with a flavor more like a brune, but good anyway. Long finish. Rating: 6-4-6-4-13-3.3 (060519)
Rerate 070620, #31, aged fourteen months. Dark brown pour, with some sediments and a large, rocky beige head that settles quickly. The nose is rather yeasty for a weizenbock, with a little sour hint, roast and coffee-notes. It’s quite fruity-sweet in the flavor, with the roast and coffee present there as well. It’s heavily carbonated, thus making it harder to sense the flavors. It is in fact rather easy to shake up a two inch head severel times in a row. I don’t think they hit the style spot on, but it is a nice beer, but a little too heavy carbonated to make it as drinkable as wished for. The finish is dry and fruity, an off course coffeeish and roasted. Almost forgot, there’s alcohol warming your throath as well, and even some dried fruits in the finish. I know this was their first attempt on this beer, hope they get the carbonation problem sorted out, and it is rather nice even though it isn’t the typical weizenbock. Rating: 6-4-6-4-13-3.3 (070620)
Rerating, #33, cellared for a year. Still pours a dark brown body, a little reddish tint occurs, and the dense, beige to tan head diminishes rather quickly, but looks nice just after the pour. It is heavily carbonated, so had to pour three times to be able to empty the glass. I know the brewers prefer their weizens very effervescent, but I find them way too fizzy. It seems they were easier on the yeast in this batch, as the beer pours almost clear. Except for it being a very dark beer, of course. Aromawise also, it seems to be lower on the yeast. The roasted notes, and a pronounced sourness arrives first, followed by fruit, mostly banana, and caramel, but they are quite subdued. As the beer warms up, dried fruits find their way into the nose as well. The flavor is nice, not your average weizenbock, it’s too roasted for that, but the roastiness becomes it, and there’s fruityness, caramel-sweetness, hops, a little touch of spices and raisins, as well as a little alcohol burn. The alcohol and hoppy bitterness are most evident in the finish, along with a little chocolate and coffee. The sourness from the aroma is present in the flavor as well, in a stout-like manner, quite subdued, that is. I wish they could tone down the carbonation a bit, maybe the yeast they are using are too willing, what do I know, but the co2 masks the flavor way too much. Medium body, quite dry. Use: If you can’t decide whether you want a weizenbock or a porter, have both, or have this one. It’s a nice beer for the colder months or a late summer night, or maybe after the Easter meal in the early spring. It will probably match a good cigar as well, but that I haven’t tried. Cheers! (071220)
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Ardenne Blond from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500 ml bottle (#9). Hazy orange color, quite pale. Huge, creamy white head with big bubbles. Aroma is fruity with coriander and overripe bananas, and something else? Rich, sweet, fruity taste. Lots of ester. Aftertaste is kind of surprisingly bitter. Interesting and complex beer, but I think one bottle is enough for the evening. Tasted again one year later. The maturing was good for this beer. Same score, but I could for sure have a few more of this at the same evening.
gunnfryd (21926) reviewed India Pale Ale from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. (#4) og (#25) . Combine the best of both . Dark golden colour with off-white head. Fruity hop aroma. Sweet hoppy flavour with a hint of fruit in the flavour. Light bitter finish.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Weizenbock from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a clear mahogany with a creamy, beige head. A bit too heavily carbonated. Fruity, fat aroma with bananas coming through. Lovely full body with lots of caramel and fruit. Very subdued bitterness. Lovely - and another promising beer from Haandbryggeriet. 220506
omhper (44752) reviewed Weizenbock from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
[Bottled at Københavnske Øldage] Dark brown. Aroma of toffee and banana. Solidly malty with soft mouthfeel. Fairly balanced, if a bit sweet, but has no features that really grabs you.
Finn (18112) reviewed Påskegodt from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 0,5l. Batch 28. Undeterminable orange-brown colour. Cloudy. A small white head. A citrus aroma - just what you expect from an easter ale. A sweet bitter taste. A bit too sweet to be refreshing. Lots of sediments: Muddy.
anchr (2305) reviewed Påskegodt from HaandBryggeriet (Norway) 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
The color is brown-orange, and it it between cloady and muddy. Smallish head that disappears. The aroma is fruity with strong hints of oranges and somewhat lighter hints of chokolate - but in a good balance. Perhaps these two aromas are perfect just for a Norwegian easter ale? The mouthfeel is prickly (even peppery), as if it has been spiced. I thought of a Belgian Witbier, but the label does not support that conclusion. It s rather bitter (too bitter for a wit, and too dark), and the bitterness is acompanied by the peppery spiecy feeling. There is also a wheat character to it, and I suppose it is refreshing. My wife loved it, but I don’t.