Holmen2 (8880) reviewed Sognabrygg Sogning from Handverksbryggeriet 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle shared with JMD at HNB 18.07.16. Clear dark orange. Small white head. Aroma and taste of toffee, malt, wort and sweet marmalade. Moderate bitterness. Caramel sweetness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2
0.33l bottle. This is a dark amber colored one, cloudy and a tiny quickly sidesticking off-white head. It smells like burnt chocolate and diacetyl. Quite bad actually. Earthy caramel, butter and burnt rye bread. Not a pleasant aroma at all really. Tastes pretty horrible also. It's as earthy and burnt as they get. Thin oily on the texture and below average on the carbonation. A little harsh old bitterness here. Tastes like it has been stored for decades. Not sure what they were thinking when they sent this out on the marked, but it's definitely not something they should be proud of. At all. 08.08.2015
Palme (4405) ticked Sognabrygg Sogning from Handverksbryggeriet 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
0.33l bottle. This is a near clear looking one, darker caramel golden in color and a medium sized somewhat lacing off-white head on the top. It has a decent aroma. Nice and malt sweet, there's tones of melon fruits, a little citrus, minerals and leafs. Not bad at all. Tastes OK also. It has a medium oily texture in the mouth and it's just below average on the carbonation. Malty red berries, there's a mild gentle bitterness all the way. Hints of birch, mild earthy. A gentle almost chili sting in the finish? Could be residues from me chopping up chili though, and a little watery tail. Of the better from this strange brewer. 11.07.2015
Holmen_1 (14640) reviewed Vossabrygg Original from Handverksbryggeriet 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Flaske fra Meny Voss, delt med Ovesen på Holmens aktivitetsdag: uklar brunlig ravfarge med ok skum. Kjenner umiddelbart et snev av røykmalt, og i tillegg dukker noen urter og krydderier opp. Ditto smak, halvtørr. Kjenner jeg også litt einer og honning? Servert litt for lunken?
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Flaske fra Meny Voss, delt med Ovesen på Holmens aktivitetsdag: rødbrun kobber med ok skum, litt gardin. Aroma av salvie, rosmarin, pors og kjeks. Smaken er i samme lei, myk og maltdrevet med fin karbonering. Slank og med forsiktig biterhet i ettersmaken.
Holmen_1 (14640) reviewed Bergensbrygg Hanseaten from Handverksbryggeriet 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Flaske fra Meny Voss, delt med Ovesen på Holmens aktivitetsdag: på etiektten str det Bergen blonde ale, og samtidig sier de at den er "inspirert av den populære tyske ølstilen Kölsch". Hva mener de egentlig? Ølet er klart og lys gyldent med ok skum. Mild floral aroma av citrus og stikkelsbær. I smaken finner jeg de nevnte, pluss malt og brocolli. Slank, og med en lett bitterhet i den halvtørre avslutningen. Ble ufrisk mot slutten.
Holmen2 (8880) reviewed Vossabrygg Original from Handverksbryggeriet 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared with JMD at HNB 03.06.16. Hazy copper. Beige head. Aroma of malt and smoke. Taste of smoked malt, dark malt and tar. Dry, a bit waterish and acidic.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle shared with JMD at HNB 03.06.16. Pale brown. Beige head. Aroma and taste of medium dark malt, sage and lemon grass. Moderate bitterness. Nice aftertaste, with balance of malt, herbs and hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle shared with JMD at HNB 03.06.16. Slightly hazy pale yellow. Moderate aroma of citrus and flowers. Taste of marmalade, fruit and soap.