HaandBic
HaandBryggeriet

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From:
HaandBryggeriet
 
Norway
Style:
Fruit Lambic
Ranked #132
ABV:
7%
Score:
83
Ranked #23,889
Avg:
3.65 | pDev: 18.08%
Reviews:
41
Ratings:
81
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 11, 2022
Added:
Jan 03, 2011
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  17
HaandBic is our first beer in the style of a fruit lambic with added red currents and cranberries. We have naturally also added a lambic style yeast blend including bacteria and yeast of different types. Then this concoction has been aged in oak barrels for almost 18 months. The beer gets its tartness from both berries and the concoction we added. It will mostcertainly develop further given time.

16 IBU, 20 EBC
Fermented with several different yeasts and bacteria. Serving temp 8 - 10C or 46 - 50F.
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Ratings by tendermorsel:
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Reviewed by tendermorsel from Massachusetts

4.53/5  rDev +24.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I am gonna be upfront in saying that I love the Haandbakk.. but I really liked this beer and highly reccomend it to someone who is into sour beers.

Golden colored with minimal carbination. Kinda like a flat lambic. What little head was on the beer after the pour fizzled away almost immediately.

Whoa! This is a sour one for sure. Pretty intense actually. Tons of lactic tartness. Very vingary. Little funk almost straight lactic sourness. I found this very simular to the Haandbakk. What ever wild yeasts they used with the Haandbakk they are using with this beer
too. Same biting vinegar taste. Is there such a thing as a house wild yeast? In many ways I would say that this is a blonde verision of the Haandbakk.

I can totally see why this might get low reviews. It is not for the faint of heart. About as intense as a sour can get. I loved it both times a tried it. I plan on storing a few bottles in the cellar to see where it goes. I can completely understand why some poeple would not like this one despite the fact that I did.
May 09, 2011
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.78/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 7.5%. Brewed with redcurrants and "tyttebær"/lingonberrries (a kind of wild forest/mountain cranberries) and lambic style yeast. Aged in oak barrels for 18 months. Orange colour, moderate to low off-white head. Strong aroma of tyttebær juice, farmhouse / horseblanket and vinegar. Moderate carbonation. The flavour is sour and lambic-like, but not extreme. The berries come through nicely, funky and oaky notes, not much sweetness. Alcohol is noticeable, but not in a bad way. Refreshing and interesting beer.
May 11, 2022
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.36/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Had this June 27, 2015.

Poured an appearance and color that had more in common with a flanders red than most lambics. Was pretty ruddy and didn't retain much headspace. Gotta say the appearance was the least impressive aspect of on otherwise good beer. Aroma leans in on the cranberry and red wine like notes. Hint of oak beyond that.

Taste was good, still going in that red wine and flanders red like direction, a hit of acetic acid to further the comparison. Cranberry and currant offer a relatively sharp bitterness in the mouth feel that betrays the commercial tug job rep for 16 ibu or whatever it was. Sourness is maybe a 4 on the 10pt scale. Undercarbonated slightly. Hint of oak smoke to it. I dunno, this was like the little brother of their superior flanders. At double digit dollars, this comes close to being $1/per ounce and it just isn't good enough to justify that price tag. Not a fan of cranberry or currant in beer generally, so the overall result of this review isn't much of a shock.
May 07, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by Zach136 from Georgia

Aug 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.25 by kvgomps from New Jersey

Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.63 by SoPeL from Poland

Aug 30, 2015
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Rated by kscaldef from Oregon

2.5/5  rDev -31.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Very earthy. Sort of a Flanders type thing. Not digging it much.
Jun 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Eziel from Ohio

Jun 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by PatGreer from Massachusetts

Sep 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Rifugium from North Dakota

Sep 07, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by skipxtracer from New York

Aug 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by KAF from Iowa

Jul 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by DangerDawg from Ohio

Jun 25, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by afsdan from Colorado

Mar 21, 2014
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Reviewed by VelvetExtract from Massachusetts

4.03/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
2010 vintage

A-Pours an opaque, dull copper color. Nearly no head. A very lazy initial bubble up, then nothing.

S-Aroma is well integrated and pleasantly tart. Fruitiness and semi-sour berry notes. Very lightly oaky.

T-You can tell it had some age in it. All the flavors have meshed together. A tart fruitiness dominates the flavor. Cranberries and currants added bring forth a lot of genuine sour berry flavors. Hints of oak. Finishes sweet.

M-Flatter. Has some body to it. No noticeable booze.

O/D-I think the age really did this brew some favors. Well integrated flavors. Tasty tartness. Underrated.
Dec 21, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by JAHMUR from Connecticut

Dec 12, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by vermilcj from Ohio

Dec 11, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Farnswurth from Illinois

Nov 05, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by brandonld23 from Massachusetts

Nov 01, 2013
HaandBic from HaandBryggeriet
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 81 ratings