Haandbryggeriet Haandbakk

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

Cloudy amber with a small off-white head. Complex fruity aroma, with cherry, oak and leasther. Tart and sour, lots of wood flavour, a little candy sweetness and a lasting complex aftertaste

bottle thanks to gerrit for sharing. pours amber with beige head. nose is sour cherry, vinous. flavors of sour cherry, woody, vinegar, a bit harsh acidic quality finished but maybe some time and this will soften up a bit.

Bottle thanks to Gerrit tasted during the First Annual Chicago Sour tasting. Dark brown almost opaque with almost pancake beige head. Dry sour aroma with cherry, acidity, grapey. Flavor is cider vinegar, really acidic, oak, tannin, way over the top vinegar. Medium body and pucker. Pretty harsh, not well refined.

Reddish brown in color with a nice beige head on top. The smell is cherry, little cough syurp, tart, fruits, wood, and a little wine like. The taste is tart, cherry, fruits, wood, oak, and nice. Solid beer.

Pours a very dark cherry color topped a thick, foamy beige colored head that leaves sheets of lacing. The aroma shows notes of sour cherries, dark fruits, oak, and a hint of balsamic vinegar. The flavor follows with the sour cherries and funky oak leading off and then followed by some earthy spices and a touch of vanilla for smoothness. The oak really shines and adds several elements to the beer overall. Medium bodied, smooth with nice carbonation and a nice sour finish. This is a really nice flemish sour ale.

Pint bottle thanks to StFun. Pours murky chocolate brown with a half finger dense tan head. The nose is sour cherries, red wine vinegar and light funk. The taste is wood, unripe cherry skins, balsamic vinegar, light asprin and some cocoa in the tail end of the finish. Medium creamy yet tingly mouthfeel. Very good – thanks again Josh!

Deep red/brown with thin tan head. Initial aroma is sweet fruit, kind of strawberry like. Flavor is sour with a little fruit lurking in the back. Delicious! The sherry rhubarb wine from the oak has a subtle influence on the flavor. Very pleasant. Slight hint of oak as ii warms. I liken this beer to a fruitier La Folie.

500 ml bottle. Pours a clear ruby brown with a very fizzy fleeting beige head that fell to a thin ring. The nose is sour and tart with sour cherry skins and pits, lots of oak, chocolate, and balsamic vinegar. Reminds me a touch of La Folie. I thought it was going to be all sourness, but there’s a good bit of funkiness in here too. Sour cherry and oak meld with a bit of chocolate malt and vinegar. Long lingering finish. Mouthfeel is fairly heavy and slightly syrupy with a good bit if fizzy prickly carbonation. Lingering oak and almond notes. Overall pretty solid, maybe a bit overly sweet, but it is interesting.