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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Blik 50cl thuis. Tropisch fruit, citrus, grapefruit, malten, harsig, sinaasappel, redelijk bitter. (24-1-2026).
Tried
from Can
from
Bierwinkel038
on 24 Jan 2026
at 21:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from my friend @cunningham, many thanks. I don't know how old is this beer, but I guess quite old. Deep brown almost black color with medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, blueberries, other berries chocolate, raisins. Taste starts with dark chocolate, blueberries, chocolate, raisins, light caramel. Medium bodied for Imperial stout. Dangerously still easy drinkable. Alcohol is well hidden.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2026
at 21:17
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Tap at Valhalla Prague, thx Barba crew! Murky brown body. Tart, sticky, sharp dried fruit and papery oxidation in the aroma, bit of glue. Remarkably lean, light, smooth body with heaps of raisins, mild glue, some stone fruit, well restrained alcohol. Fun stuff but not without its flaws.
Tried
from Draft
at
Valhalla Beer Club
on 23 Jan 2026
at 21:47
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
(Draft at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 17 Oct 2025) Dark brown colour with brief, beige head. Malty, slightly vinous nose with notes of caramel, dried fruit, raisins, dates, a touch of wood and dark bread. Malty, slightly vinous taste with caramel, dark bread, dried fruit, raisins, figs and a mild herbal bitterness in a warming finish. Full body, quite sweet. Rich and warming, with a mellow boozy touch. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Oliver Twist
on 23 Jan 2026
at 18:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
A bit rough, lots of fermentative esters. Med warmth. Not very sophisticated, but works.
Tried
from Draft
at
Valhalla Beer Club
on 23 Jan 2026
at 04:56
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Can from the Packie enjoyed at home. Pours a dark brown with faint garnet edges and a creamy tan head that persists. Dark roasted coffee and chocolate with bits of caramel and citrus to counter. Faint alcohol. Light warming alcohol burn. Creamy mouth bit beer. Boy that blurs the stout or porter and black ipa line. Pretty tasty sipper.
Tried
from Can
from
The Packie
on 18 Jan 2026
at 22:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,33 boks fra VP Kvaddå, delt hjemme med Daglig Leder på vår 33 års bryllupsdag: brunsvart med ok skum. Raffinert aroma og enda bedre smak med mørke karamellsjokolader, nytraktet luxuskaffe tilsatt et par dråper bourbon, hint av salt og i det hele en suverent balansert nytelse. Den friske, syrlige kaffesmaken har et element av bjørnebær i seg. Gratulerer med dagen, Kitty!
Tried
from Can
from
Vinmonopolet Sandnes, Kvadrat
on 14 Jan 2026
at 18:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
170ml draught at Ølhallen. Near-clear golden body under a tiny white head leaving fair lacing on the glass. Inviting hop fruity aromas, citric moments to it. Well hop fruity taste, sappy grapefruits to the fore followed by a semi-dry fruity ending with a discreet bitter bite. Medium bodied. Likeable.(Tromsø, 13.01.2026).
Tried
from Draft
at
Ølhallen
on 13 Jan 2026
at 14:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,33 stridsenhet fra et velfungerende utsalg rett sør for bygrensa, hjemme: nærmest viskøs utskjenking til mitt Orval-glass, kortvarig beige skum, kaffeduftende og med akutt symptombehandlende smak og virkning. Nytraktet espresso tilsatt en kork (eller to!) Baileys, mørke karamellsjokolader og et streif av kanel. Sterkt vanedannende, men heldigvis alt for dyr til at den kan bli et jevnlig innslag.
Tried
from Can
from
Vinmonopolet Sandnes, Kvadrat
on 11 Jan 2026
at 18:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. can. Pitch black in appearance. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate malt, soft earth. Flavor is a exact copy. Good body and strength of the malts. Nice body with a bitter char finish. Maybe a hint of alcohol. Decent for sure.
Tried
from Can
from
Greg & Jane's Beer and Wine
on 10 Jan 2026
at 19:57