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HaandBryggeriet
- From:
- HaandBryggeriet
- Norway
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 13.56%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 45
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 24, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 02, 2011
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 8
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Sour Ale brewed with Crowberries.
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.25/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Shared bottles at HaandBryggeriet. ABV 7%. Reddish brown colour, low head. Strong sourish aroma of crowberries and lemony gueuze, notes of farmhouse. Sour flavour, notes of crowberries and oak. Interesting, but will probably improve with a year or two in a cool cellar.
May 24, 2022
Reviewed by joe1510 from Illinois
3.92/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
500ml Bottle
$10.99
Binny's, Bloomingdale
A very aggressive pour yields a short lived antique white head that fizzles down to nearly nothing in half a minute. The body is a dark murky garnet that turns cranberry red when backlit, how appropriate. I can't say much for the looks of this guy.
The smell, on the other hand, I can get behind. The fruitiness is in between cranberries and sour cherries with each smell bringing one or the other to the forefront. Red wine vinegar acidity rides through with a faint touch of vanilla lactic sweetness and all this is surrounded, in the most modest of ways, by damp wood (or forest floor, whichever you prefer).
An assertive tartness hits at the tip of the tongue and although it mellows it does last throughout. Slightly astringent damp oak, the faintest hint of vanilla, robust red wine vinegar acidity, and a mix of cranberries and sour cherries all come together to make for something enjoyable. The finish surprisingly sweetens up a touch with the fruitiness to give a play on sweet and sour. Nicely done!
The carbonation is sluggish but the body is light enough that they work well together. The finish is moderately sour, nicely tart, and slightly sweet before turning saliva sucking tannic dry.
I'm enjoying this beer more than I thought I would. I've had it in the past but don't remember much about it, which usually means it wasn't very good, but I'm enjoying this bottle tonight. There's sweet, sour, and funky components at work. Definitely worth a try.
Sep 07, 2013$10.99
Binny's, Bloomingdale
A very aggressive pour yields a short lived antique white head that fizzles down to nearly nothing in half a minute. The body is a dark murky garnet that turns cranberry red when backlit, how appropriate. I can't say much for the looks of this guy.
The smell, on the other hand, I can get behind. The fruitiness is in between cranberries and sour cherries with each smell bringing one or the other to the forefront. Red wine vinegar acidity rides through with a faint touch of vanilla lactic sweetness and all this is surrounded, in the most modest of ways, by damp wood (or forest floor, whichever you prefer).
An assertive tartness hits at the tip of the tongue and although it mellows it does last throughout. Slightly astringent damp oak, the faintest hint of vanilla, robust red wine vinegar acidity, and a mix of cranberries and sour cherries all come together to make for something enjoyable. The finish surprisingly sweetens up a touch with the fruitiness to give a play on sweet and sour. Nicely done!
The carbonation is sluggish but the body is light enough that they work well together. The finish is moderately sour, nicely tart, and slightly sweet before turning saliva sucking tannic dry.
I'm enjoying this beer more than I thought I would. I've had it in the past but don't remember much about it, which usually means it wasn't very good, but I'm enjoying this bottle tonight. There's sweet, sour, and funky components at work. Definitely worth a try.
Reviewed by eric5bellies from Australia
3.65/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.65/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Drank from my Duvel tulip
A -Pours a red dark copper colour with no head.
S - Sour cherries and other fruits. Nice
T - Really nice sourness up front followed by the dark fruits like cherries, etc. The finish is lingering with Brett, and sourness.
M - Light to medium body with minimal carbonation
O - Not a bad example of a fruit sour. Would have liked to have seen more carbonation.
Mar 02, 2013A -Pours a red dark copper colour with no head.
S - Sour cherries and other fruits. Nice
T - Really nice sourness up front followed by the dark fruits like cherries, etc. The finish is lingering with Brett, and sourness.
M - Light to medium body with minimal carbonation
O - Not a bad example of a fruit sour. Would have liked to have seen more carbonation.
Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia
2.42/5 rDev -35.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2
2.42/5 rDev -35.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2
Bottle: standard light brown 500mL bottle with a completely rubbish looking label. Looks like it was printed on a personal / home computer.
Appearance: looks like a dirty soda - a heavy reddish-brown in colour with absolutely no head whatsoever. Bubbling head, but no head - and I mean no head at all. I tried to bring one up by pouring high, but there wasn't even a touch of froth on top during the pour.
Aroma: a solidly pungent sour cherry aroma - very different to anything I have had before. Very... Interesting.
Taste: an incredibly pungent, overpowering sourness mixed with melted dirt and off earth flavours. The more I try to choke this down, the more the concept of self-harm becomes appealing.
Aftertaste: follows the same flavours. Doesn't linger long, but the ideas of self-harm carry through just fine.
Mouth feel: oddly enough, the mouth feel seems just baout right. Medium in body with just enough carbonation to carry the flavour through.
Overall: I realise this is probably one of those "not used to the style" things, but I have certainly had lambics, krieks, etc before, but I don't think I will ever get used to this horror. I think not.
Mar 02, 2013Appearance: looks like a dirty soda - a heavy reddish-brown in colour with absolutely no head whatsoever. Bubbling head, but no head - and I mean no head at all. I tried to bring one up by pouring high, but there wasn't even a touch of froth on top during the pour.
Aroma: a solidly pungent sour cherry aroma - very different to anything I have had before. Very... Interesting.
Taste: an incredibly pungent, overpowering sourness mixed with melted dirt and off earth flavours. The more I try to choke this down, the more the concept of self-harm becomes appealing.
Aftertaste: follows the same flavours. Doesn't linger long, but the ideas of self-harm carry through just fine.
Mouth feel: oddly enough, the mouth feel seems just baout right. Medium in body with just enough carbonation to carry the flavour through.
Overall: I realise this is probably one of those "not used to the style" things, but I have certainly had lambics, krieks, etc before, but I don't think I will ever get used to this horror. I think not.
Reviewed by StaveHooks from Oklahoma
3.59/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - Pours an orange struck dark reddish hue, hazy with a light head that recedes rather quickly leaving no trace of itself.
S - Fruity and funky! Starfruit, melon, raspberries, blackberry cobbler, acidic aroma, dank musty wood, hints of floral
T - Woody ocean water, salty apple cider, earthy minerals, hints of tart berries and bright and sour citrus, it's pretty earthy and floral. While the tartness is there, it's slightly muted. Cooked stone fruit, and salty honeydew. Earthy mineral notes on the aftertaste.
M - Firm medium body, low carbonation, salty with a dry finish.
A very interesting lambic. Lots of salty/stone/mineral/earthy flavors that are mixed with tart fruits and funky yeast. I like the effort but feel it's slightly too salty without enough tartness. With that being said, it was an enjoyable drink that was fun to explore.
Dec 30, 2012S - Fruity and funky! Starfruit, melon, raspberries, blackberry cobbler, acidic aroma, dank musty wood, hints of floral
T - Woody ocean water, salty apple cider, earthy minerals, hints of tart berries and bright and sour citrus, it's pretty earthy and floral. While the tartness is there, it's slightly muted. Cooked stone fruit, and salty honeydew. Earthy mineral notes on the aftertaste.
M - Firm medium body, low carbonation, salty with a dry finish.
A very interesting lambic. Lots of salty/stone/mineral/earthy flavors that are mixed with tart fruits and funky yeast. I like the effort but feel it's slightly too salty without enough tartness. With that being said, it was an enjoyable drink that was fun to explore.
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