HaandBryggeriet (Norway)
Microbrewery
in
Drammen,
Buskerud,
Norway 🇳🇴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2005
Contact
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.
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.
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
First rating(50 cl bottle, thanks Marsiblursi!) Black look, brown head. Chocolate, acidic, spritzy brown scent. Roasted malt and coffee, grainy, malty, dry taste. Smooth mouthfeel, big bitterness.7/4/7/3/14=3.5Rerate50 cl bottle at Haket, on June 6, 2009Marked 9% ABV - BB 10.04.11, Batch 154Pitch black color, big lasting brown head. Sweet, sugary, malty, some salt licorice scent. Sweet, salty, roasted taste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel. High bitterness.7/4/8/3/15=3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2007
at 07:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Biggish dark brown head. Opaque black body, barely translucent dark red at edge. Sweet delicate licorice and toffee aroma with notes of coffee and traces of pine needles. Sweetish coffee taste with minty licorice notes and dark chocolate. A tad watery, but definitely good for the amount of alcohol, and still a smooth mouthfeel. Nicely balanced and harmonic. Dry, coffeeish aftertaste with notes of dark chocolate. Burnt coffeeish taste lingers. Very nice! (0.5l bottle.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2007
at 15:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled at Pikkulinttu, Helsinki. Black, small head. Light fruity coffee aroma. Medium sweet and medium bodied with clean rounded mouthfeel. Fairly low bitterness, A core of chewy, roasty malt provides everything this beer offers, and that is quite a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2007
at 14:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a tan head. Roasted malty wheat aroma with lots of chocolate. Sweet wheat flavor with bitter chocolate and coffee flavor. Sweet malty chocolate finish with a bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2007
at 14:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Big dark brown long-lasting head. Opaque black body with carbonation. Light caramel and licorice aroma with minty notes. Deep burnt coffee, licorice, and mint taste with chocolatey notes. Long, lingering chocolate and coffee aftertaste with minty notes and pine needles. Lovely! Very, very good. (0.5l bottle.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2007
at 12:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at KØ07. Milky orange colour. Sweet coriander flavour, quite yeasty and quite peppery. Spicy, but a little disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2007
at 13:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at KØ07. Sweet, fruity hop aroma. The mouthfeel is a little thin, but the flavour is nice, good sweet, fruity hop flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2007
at 13:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at KØ07. Teaish, smoky aroma. Cloudy red/brown colour. OK sourness and a hint of smoke to the flavour. Horseblanket and powerful hop flavour. Good mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2007
at 12:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at KØ07. Sweet liquorice aroma with a hint of butter. Black colour, very small brown head. The flavour is very roasted with some coffee and a little sourness which balances the flavour nicely. Late coffee aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2007
at 12:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Red black colour with a beige head. Aroma is smoked, prunes, roastiness, coffee. Flavour is smoked, coffee, caramel, vanilla, fruit, malt. Nice porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2007
at 12:31