Haandbryggeriet Porter

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

The Color is Black coffee with nice brown head. the Aroma is strong coffee, burned malt, spices. Taste is coffee beans, dark chocolate, nuts and did i say (heavy) malt.. the Low abv hides well in the strong taste. nice example of a good porter,

I picked this up while visiting Portland, OR and making my way out to the Astoria area. Appearance: Pours black, very black. Someone here used the term "motor oil" to describe it. I would say that is very accurate. Big head on this one as well. Smell: Raisin, sweet, chocolate. Actually I poured this about 5 min ago and just set it aside to let it settle and warm up. I can pick up some of that aroma sitting here in my recliner away from the glass. Taste: roasted malt flavor. I can taste the chocolate, like bakers chocolate and the light bitterness in the after taste. I also get sweet under tones in the taste. Overall: This is an impressive dark porter. The malts come through but not over powering. This is definitely a very pleasant beer that can be enjoyed by any dark beer lover.

bottle, chocolate colored pour with strong brown head, aroma of fruit and chocolate, flavor has a strong smoke presence with some good chocolate and coffee highlights, nice beer

[bottle - 500 ml] Black pour with a puffy and fizzy tan head. Aroma has some hints of dark malts, plums, barley, and vanilla. Flavor begins with a roasted malt and coffee taste that goes to a lightly sweet and burnt middle of vanilla, smoke, and malt, with a creamy and roasted coffee bean finish. Leaves a bit of chocolate on the tongue. Very carbonated.

Pours with a dark brown to black body topped by a thick fizzy, tan head that settles to be medium thick and creamy. It is slightly sweet with a touch of bitterness and a hint of sourness. Notes of roasted coffee, vanilla , light fruit and smoke throughout. Medium bodied, tingly on the tongue yet smooth.

Solid porter. Pours a rich black with a thin creamy head. Aroma is roasted malt and grain. Flavor is chocolate, burnt barley, coffee, with a touch of hops and cream. Nice and creamy on the palate. One of the better porters out there.

16.9 oz bottle. Pours black with a very large mocha head that lasted until mid glass and left partial lace. Pleasant aroma of roasted malt and chocolate. As the beer warmed an aroma of dirty leaves emerges which I am assuming is the hops which competes against the malt and chocolate. The flavor is heavily roasted malt with some chocolate followed by some roast and hops bitterness. Dry at the finish with the dryness lingering for about ten seconds after the swallow. A solid porter although a bit too heavily hopped for my tatstes at least for a porter.

Bottle, Norse Porter, best by 11/09 (I think). Aroma of roasted malt, roasted nuts, light coffee, chocolate, marshmallow, candied fruit, sweet tones. Flavor very earthy with lots of nuts, chocolate, a reduced quantity of that same marshmallowy sweetness, all backed up by a mildly roasted, rich maltiness. Very nice mildly bitter finish. Great brew.