Haandbryggeriet Dark Force

Brewed by Haandbryggeriet (Norway)
Style: Imperial Stout
Drammen, Norway

500 ml bottle. Pours black with a deep brown head. Aroma of roasted dark malts and piny hops. Very full, creamy mouthfeel. Taste is dominated by juicy malts and chocolate with a nice touch of hops. Can’t really find the wheat, but a quality product nonetheless.

Black with huge brown head. Sweet aroma with notes of roasted malt and coffee. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, liquerice and cofee notes. Ends slightly bitter.

Bottle shared with Ronald and Carita in Finland. So here’s something different - a wheat impie stout, Considering this the impressive rocky roasted head wasn’t suprising. What was dissappointing was the mouthfeel, which was a little thinner than I expected. Dark roasted notes, with a long bitter chalky aftertaste. Was there blueberry in there somewhere?

Thanks to everyone that has sent me one of these. I have received about a 6 pack of these as extras, so I figure I might as well rate it. Pours black with a thick brown head. Aroma was lots of caramel and chocolate. Huge chocolate flavor, some hops, espresso, wheat, and tart fruit. Finishes creamy with a very slight acidic edge. Interesting.

50 cL bottle, batch 60. Pours black with a dense chocolate brown head. Roasted malt aroma, nice note of chocolate and a distinct hops wooden note shining through. Smooth fullbodied brew. Flavour is a lovely mix of hard roasted malt and acidic hops touch. Shows a solid alcohol presence lightly burning into the finish yet smoothend by the chocolate notes.

Bottle. Really dark brown, near black pour with a thin tan head. Powerful aroma...berries, smoke, coffee, lemons. The taste has some licorice, plums, espresso, and an interesting tartness, I guess from being a wheat stout. Also so notes of grain. Pretty sticky mouthfeel, goes down smooth. Certainly interesting, and not at all bad. Unusual take on the style.

From Enjoyit via trade. This bottle was from Europe, different black and white label as opposed to the U.S. version. The pour was ultra dark brown with lots of black and very little else. A three finger head that was super dark tan or light brown in color formed. Spots of lacing. The aroma was chocolate, light smoke, sugary sweetness that reminded me marshmallow creme. This thing smelled like s’mores! The flavor is chocolate, marshmallow, smoke, tart cherry, light spicy hops. The mouthfeel was the only dissappointing aspect of this beer. It was on the thin side and the carbonation was overly active. Thanks again!

Bein not really a ffiend of wheat beers, this one was a great shot. smoky but full flavour, thickness of a stout miexed with aroma of a wheat beer, I was expecting it to be more hoppy.