Haandbryggeriet Dobbel Dose

Brewed by Haandbryggeriet (Norway)
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Drammen, Norway

50 cl. Bottle. Average creamy off-white head that mostly lasted. Fair display of lacework. Hazy amber color. Aroma of citrus, dusty grassy, yeast, floral and somewhat fruity. Over the palate came caramel, grain and light toasted malt with again some hoppy floral notes. Medium bodied with an average carbonation and dry texture. Moderated bitter and sweet flavor. Dry and bitter finish. Not quite and DIPA but quite tasty anyways.

Bottle poured a hazy orange with a small lasting ivory head. Aromas of earthiness, orange zest, biscuit and a hint of pine. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of earthiness, orange zest, light grapefruit and a hint of pine with a smooth lingering bitter finish.

Brewed 04-08. BB 04-11. Pours a murky, coppery-orange color with a moderately full, white, pillowy head which has decent longevity and leaves some lace. Nose is pungent with lots of doughy yeast overtones and hops underneath with unripe oranges, floral tones, and pepper; other notes of apricots and sweet breads. Flavor is certainly unique with a lot going on; lots of residual sugars, lots of doughy yeast, lots of bitterness. Unripe oranges, coriander, sweet breads, earth notes, pepper, faint pine. Palate is oily, lively, medium to full, and warm with alcohol. Finishes fairly long with sugars lingering to match the bitter notes of floral and pine and some yeast still in there. Certainly not lacking any complexity but nothing seemed to fit together. Not really surprising considering their IPA but it was interesting.

Drinking from a bottle of "Dobbel Dram" bought somewhere in the Chicago area... can’t remember... I am, after all, a grumpy old man according to one of the admins. Anywhere - This pours a somewhat hazed pale amber body with a reasonable head but little lacing. The aroma is an interesting blend of floral and citrus hops with some caramel scents oozing through as the drink warms. Medium bodied. The flavor begins with a rush of citric bitterness, unripe oranges and zest, followed at the midpoint by a light malty sweetness. That’s soon displaced by a surge of citrus and floral bitterness that lingers for along, long while to come. Very nice brew for this grumpy old hop-head.

Thanks to BDR for the bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aromas of pine, resin, a bit of floral notes, some malt and soap. Flavors of earthy hops, floral hops, and some earthy notes. A nice malt backbone is represented well here too.

Bottle. Amber beer with a dark cream colored head. Spicy, grapefruit, light floral aroma. Grapefruit, spice, and earth flavor. Medium-plus bodied with some creaminess. Balanced bitterness. Spice, grapefruit, light pine, and light earth lingers.

Bottle 50 cl. Hazy amber golden with a bubbly off-white head that dissipates rather quickly. Herbal and medicinal aroma. Quite full-bodied, fruity with some yeast. Somewhat astringent finish, again hebal with something reminding me of cough syrup. Surprisingly low in bitterness. 231208

Bottle, batch 150. Pours hazy amber with an average, fizzy, off-white head, somewhat lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (lightly toasted grain, meal, straw), heavy hops (citrus, pine, flowers), average yeast (sweat, horse blanket) with notes of peach, pear, apple, and alcohol. Medium bodied, slick texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness. The fusel alcohols detract from what would otherwise to a very good beer.