Haandbryggeriet Porter

Brewed by Haandbryggeriet (Norway)
Style: Porter
Drammen, Norway

Bottle. Pours black with a 3 finger foamy tan head that leaves ok lacing. The nose is milk chocolate, dark fruit and roasted malt. The taste is ashy cocoa, charred malt, roasted coffee beans and a slight sour fruit finish. Medium creamy body. Decent porter.

Bottle at Novare Res. Pours a dark brown almost black color. Nice brown head that fades away. Nose is sweet chocolate, sweet roasted malts, and hints of oakiness. Flavor is sweet with a lot of chocolates and caramel. There’s a hint of a hop profile in this beer too which is nice at the finish! Another impressive porter from the Norwegians.

Appears black in the glass, but pours dark brown. Head lasts very well. Nose has some nice things going on, with dark roast, black chocolate and coffee. Flavor has a lot of character, with lots of roast and fruit, and even a touch sourness. The hand beers are of a very high quality.

500mL "Norse Porter" bottle. Batch #78. Brewed: May 2007. Best before: May 2010. Jet-black pour with a HUGE mocha head. Lots of RICH dark chocolate mousse, roasted malts, caramel, topsoil, and hints of rye and oak in the unique aroma. Medium to full-bodied. Roasty, semi-sweet caramel flavors upfront taste-wise. Some milky sourness in there. A smoky, oakiness finishes things off. The end is bitter and dry.

Bottle. Batch 68. Dark brown colour with large creamy light brown mostly lasting head. Aroma is roasted malt with notes of licorice. Rich flavor. Bitter finish. Batch 107. 7-4-7-3-14=3,5

Bottled as HaandBryggeriet Norse Porter, batch 78, served in a stem glass. Pours very dark brown, nearly black, some garnet visible near the edges, and topped by a good inch and a half of creamy beige foam. The nose has notes of dark chocolate, licorice, red grapes, and peat. Taste is a nice blend of chocolate and smoke, some wood and coffee are also noticeable. Finishes dry and roasted with a slight sour edge. Carbonation feels a bit high for this beer, if they would have kept it in check this beer would be nearly perfect.

Aroma is rich and smoky, strongly of roast coffee with a hint of chocolate. It pours a very dark sable, nearly black, with a thick, fine-bubbled, cinnamon-tan head. Mouth-filling flavor is very smoky with tones of chocolate and coffee and just a whisper of sweetness. There is a hint of molasses as well. Texture is thick, oily and smooth, and leaves a tingle as it goes down.

(Bottle, batch nr 158, on 2009-01-08 -- thank you Stig for bringing me this.) Black. Small tan head that lasts quite long. Lot of liquorice and some roastedness in nose. Full bodied and quite soft palate with medium carbonation. Liquorice, roastedness, coffee, some chocolate, cream, bitterness and little bit sweetness in taste. Liquorice, roastedeness and bitterness in long lasting aftertaste.