Haandbryggeriet Dark Force

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

Bottle: Pours a dark brown with a modest, creamy tan head. Light lacing. Nose is mild with roasty malt and coffee. Tastes roasty with coffee, just like the aroma. No real sweetness here, but the wheat mellows it out a bit.

Bottle: Dark black color, light tan head and a touch of lacing. The nose is astringent with some licorice, sharp coffee grounds and some strong alcohol. Earthy strong roast and alcohol, extreme! The flavor is sharp and bitter, decent body though. I like the sharpness and finish. Extreme! Thanks Jake!

Bottle pours a black with huge dark tan head. Dark roasted chared smokey aroma. Dark roasted flavor with some molassas. Not much residual sweetness. Slightly thin but soft smooth feel. Soft carbonation after most of it came out in a gentle pour.

Black color with a dark tan head. Slight roasted aroma. Flavor is roasted with a hop backbone. The wheat isn’t too apparent within the strong imperial stout flavors. Alcohol is detectable but not overpowering. Overall, a strong imperial stout, but not one of the best and not as unique as the description would lead one to believe.

500 mL bottle. Pours dark brown-black with a mountainous tan-colored head that lasts quite a long time. Aroma has some of the same elements as a traditional wheat beer... I wouldn’t have recognized the smell as wheat, but given the similarities that must be what it is. Also has aromas of malt, dark fruit, chocolate, wood, and (light) smoke. Complex. Flavor is big dark chocolate with a lingering coffee/hop bitterness. Not as unique as you would expect from the aroma, but tasty. If there is anything bad to say about this beer, it’s that the finish is a little watery. But all around, it’s a fantastic brew.

Bottle via miketd. Dark, pitch black color. Smell of coffee, pine, chocolate, hops, caramel, malt, berries, smoke and bread. Taste of roasted coffee, bakers chocolate, pine, grass, malt, light caramel, smoke, hops and dark fruit. More roasted coffee flavor in the aftertaste. Decent stout but not that full of flavor.

Pours black into a snifter. Mocha micro head subsides to skim surface with no lacing. Alcohol, pit fruit and chocolate aromas. Tingly sour cherry with a lasting bitter chocolate and espresso finish.

500 ml bottle batch 73 from Plaza Liquors - Pours a dark brown color with a large two finger thick tan head. Thin lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, light chocolate, and esters. Flavor is roasted malt, chocalte, coffee, and light esters. Palate is very dry with a lingering roasted aftertatse. Medium body. A good beer.