Haandbryggeriet Odin’s Tipple

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

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is very roasted combined with notes of soy sauce and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt, soy sauce, and a bit of chocolate, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.

pitch dark, small brown head. roasted malts, slight sour note. in the aroma. flavor is boozy, roasted grains, brown sugar, syrup, licorice, very flavorfull,but the alc is too evident, and i don’t like the (intended) floral base.

Bottled. Pitch black coloured. Small brown head. Yeast, spice, chocolate, roast and coffee in the4 aroma. Flavour of chocolate, roast, sweetness, spice. Has some caramelly notes. Medium to full bodied. Ends on a sweet and spicy note.

50 cL bottle. Pours black with a small chocolate brown head. Mild spiced and hard roasted malt aroma. Dark chocolate note. Mild yeasty, vague spiced and caramelish flavoured. Lingering hard roasted malt flavoured. Smooth and roasted finish. Nice one.

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours an opaque dark with a brown head. Sweet vinous aroma, burned, ashy malts. Very solid body, sweet hard roasted malts and vanilla. Fruity, dried fruits with a sweet edge. Only a discreet malt bitterness. 130909

maybe the best imperial stout i’ve ever had. looks like an ordinary impy, smells a bit better, sweet and roasty with a coffee chocolate inviting scent that is a fucking joy. smells like motherfucking s’mores. damn. i can taste the alcohol with the mellow dark chocolate, and it is good, roast is just right with a warm half finished cup of coffee with vanilla and whiskey. straight forward clean and delicious. right amount of sweetness, right amount of roast, right amount of bitter, this beer is all the right shit, and if the description is correct is not a kitchen sink beer, maybe more folks should streamline their recipes. i’m glad whoever designed this one did. 5 10 10 5 20

Bottled. Quite much opaque black colour, not much head. Aroma is caramel, sugar, strong alcohol, liquor and some wood. Flavour is quite much the same. Some chocolate also. Quite strong alcoholic and liquoriceish sweet notes.

Deep black inky pour with a dark brown head. Rich rum raisin smell....smells sweet, heavy alcohol. Was initially shocked at the first sip at how unbelievably great this tasted. Super complex first impressions...sure, it had the basic template of an Imperial Stout, but there were cherry flavours, brandy notes, touches of sour apple, the presence of burnt coffee, toffee, and caramel. Not too mention a definite red wine character that really sets it apart. The mouthfeel was the only let down to me as it just seemed to thin and oily for these kinds of huge flavour blasts. The finish was dry as hell and retained a strong bitter edge on my tongue. The balance and malt complexity at work within this beast are impressive...as is the handsome Norse label.