Haandbryggeriet Dark Force

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

Hazy dark brown color with okay head, Great aroma. Strong licorice flavor, coffee and chocolate.

In short: A smooth velvety and peppery imperial stout. Original a very good
How: Bottle 1 pint 9oz (500ml?). Consumed 6 months after I received it in a trade from… someone… Thanks someone.
The look: Black body topped by a medium light-brown head
In long: Unexpected earthy and grainy peppery nose. The beer is very roasted. The high roastiness and spicy/peppery really hide the sweetness and leave a relatively dry finish. The 9% is very well hidden, this brew felt like a peppery session stout. Although it is a wheat impy stout there’s something about the velvety smooth body that reminds me of oatmeal stouts. The smooth and soft body and the harsh peppery/spicy character make it a rather original take on the style. Really nice, may the Dark Force be with you, or at least in a store nearby.

Black in color with a thick head of fine brown bubbles. Aroma is of chocolate and coffee and intense fruit. Flavor is dominated by juicy malts and chocolate with a nice touch of hops.

Dark greige head over black beer with ochre-yellow rims. Fresh malts, noble Continental hops, roasted malts, parsley. Burnt rubber, quite a bit of restsugars, smoked malts, caramel, bit of sweet coffee flavours. Well bodied if not really solid - let’s say filling. Nice! Interesting, intriguing. Batch 171

Bottle. Dark brown with huge brown head. Aroma wiht a hint of wheat and roasted malts. Taste roasted malts and licorice. I have a hard time finding much traces of wheat in this beer. Quite boring.

Extremely intense black/red/brown, dark brown fizzy head. Aroma has some malty sweetness, not as burnt as I expected. Balanced taste, full maltiness and slightly dry finish. Soft feel, warms a bit in the finish but ABV is hidden from taste. With yeast turns exciting red, flavor has more floral notes, yeast in the nose.

Bottle. Pours pitch black with a big light brown head. Well-balanced roasted aroma. Remotely tart. Wheat. Faint notes of coffee and chocolate. Flavour is roasted and tart. Notes of alcohol, but in a good way. As it warms, wheat blends in with the roasted notes. Finish is sweetish, bitter and a bit stingy. Roasted and tart. Metallic notes as it warms. Lingering roasted bitterness. A bit too much carbonation. Overall not too complex, but a nice beer. 17-04-09.

Bottle at Brewpub, Copenhagen. Pours black with a steady nice brown head. Coffee aroma, a bit smoked, oaky and woody, licorice and cocoa notes. Coffee and cocoa flavor, some leather some dark fruits. Roasted, maybe some ash.