Haandbryggeriet Dunkel Weizen

Formerly brewed at Haandbryggeriet (Norway)
Style: Dunkelweizen
Drammen, Norway

05.08.2006, 0,5l Bottle. Brygg nr 3. Colour is dark brown. Big head, lively carbonated!. Aroma and taste nice.

50 cl bottle at Lorry’s, Oslo. A huge offwhite head that quickly shrank to a minimum tops this dark brown beer (Strangely,that seems to happen with all the HaandBryggeriet brews) A lot of sediment- yet another characteristic. Very fruity, berry-like aroma, rather sharp and acidic for the style. Flavours are full of berries and chocolate with the latter taking the lead towards the finish. A very lively beer. Not at all typical for the style, but scores on originality. The Germans would hate it, but I am not a German: Worth the 10 euros.

Bottled. Dark brown colour wih a beige head. Pleasent mix of dunkel and weiss.

Frothy fizzy fast dying tan head, unclear dark brown body. Yeast and herb aroma with notes of wheat, banana and brown sugar. Sweet wheaty flavor. Toffee, spices and dried fruits and a bit of chocolate in there as well. Too much carbonation. Sharp and unbalanced with a too dominating yeast note. My least favorite from Haandbryggeriet.

Bottle - sampled at the RBESP 2005
Bready aroma. Murky brown, lively bottle. Light fruit, light body. Fizzy. Needs more work.

Bottle at RBESG grand tasting, August 2005. I thought this was a pretty decent, quite full bodied dunkelweizen, but refreshing too (although the run of heavy sweet doppelbock type beers that preceded it may have influenced that impression). A bit murky looking, but the estery and clove notes are all in place, underpinned by a caramel malt character that is not too pronounced. Good effort.

Bottled at Lorry, Oslo. (#3) Brown, with a light tan head. Hazy. Aroma of cloves, banana and acid. The co2 level probably hides some of the flavors. Banana, cloves and some roastiness is detectable. Medium body, but way too fizzy. Will probably have to rerate this one later on. (051123)

Bottled: Brownish coloured. Murky. Light brown head. Liqourice, banana and yeast in the aroma. Quite wheaty. Almost llikee a hefe. Fruity, light acidic, yeasty, spiced and notes of liqourice in the flavours. Quite good this one. Spiced, bananaish, wheaty end.