Haandbryggeriet Haandbakk

Brewed by Haandbryggeriet (Norway)
Style: Sour Ale
Drammen, Norway

pours a murky maroon brown, with a medium, frothy off whit head. Smells of tart fruits, berries, a litle vinegar, and strawberry. Definitely smelled pretty tannic and sour. The flavor has a big kick to it. Sour fruits, oak, and tannins all combine to formulate the base of this sour ale. Good carbonation to it, so important for a sour. The oak was very pertinent in the finish, leaving it semi-dry and full flavored. Very tasty little sour ale, id drink it again.

Bottle shared by ATLBeerdog at the BSP. Pours a hazy reddish brown with a small tan head that dissipated slowly and left very good lacing. The aroma is mostly tart, acidic fruits, cherries especially with a healthy dose of barnyard funk and vinegar thrown in. The taste is actually a little more balanced. There is the acidic fruit and vinegar funk, but the fruit definitely has a sweeter character in the taste. Maybe even some brown sugar before the finish comes back dry and sour with lots of wood. The mouthfeel is dry and woody, very wine-like, with a decent amount of carbonation. The balance of the sweetness in the taste makes this one more drinkable than many of the lambics I’ve tasted. Tasty.

Deep rudy red with a pink/beige head. Strong cherry, plum, dark fruit, vinegar, must, and wood. Dry body. Very sour. Vinegar, dark fruit, tart cherry, dark fruit, earthy, and oak. Very enjoyable. Sour and delicious. It does get a bit hard to drink at the end due to the dry sourness, though.

Bottle courtesy of gunhaver. Pours a ruby red color with thin white head. Aroma is sweet and sour with notes of cherries, ripe dark fruit, wood, earthy vinegar notes. Flavor is tart but not overly so with notes of sweet ripe fruit, oak, citrus, vinegary acidity, and hints of vanilla. Generally light to medium body with a tart fruity finish.

Dark mahogany with very quickly diminishing head. Smell of dark vinegar and lime. Taste will knock you over! Powerful sour notes, vinegar, lemon, a hint of sourdough, slightly bitter. Palate is light with a medium finish and low carbonation. This thing has a serious kick. Good for the style, but cant imagine drinking more than half a bottle. Seems like its meant for food, would be great with bread.

Dark mahony colored brew. Aroma of aceton, cherries. Flavor is cherry, sourness, alcoholic, very sour.

Bottle from a homeless crack addict. Thanks, homeless crack addict! Pours a beautiful and thick amber/mahogany with an aroma of heavenly sweet cherry Luden’s and raspberry syrup. Nice, healthy head of beige sits atop this beautiful concoction. Flavor falls a tad short of the expectations set by the aroma, but it still packs quite a sour punch to the taste buds with jabs of sweet and sour cherry, cedar, and finish of sweet grapefruit. Nice, tingly mouthfeel. Great sour.

Bottle. Pours a reddish brown color, with a fizzy white dissipating head. Minimal wet lacing. Nose is big tart cherries, with apples, some licorice, slight alcohol, caramel and huge on oak. Very tart flavors, huge oaky, vanilla, dry fruit, citrus, with a nice chocolate finish. Burns the nose, very smooth and medium-bodied, extremely drinkable, complex, and very well-made.