Haandbryggeriet Porter

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

Bottle: Huge pour ... pure blackness with a massive bodied foam comforter of tan on top. The aroma is full of sweet chocolate and cream. With a silky mouthfeel, this drinks with a well rounded but not overwhelming blend of dark chocolate, mocha and whipped cream. I could seriously drink this for breakfast ... I think it is outstanding. (#3257, 12/20/2007)

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.

Batch 78 brewed 5-07. Right out of the bull pen this one froths up like a rabid Angus with a permahead. Finally reducing this brew has a fluffy canopy that lingers. The color is very dark and masculine for a Porter. Aromas are mild with Belgian offerings, a defined roast, and leather. Full nectar with ample carbonation. The texture is expansive on the palate and has a very soft overall feel. This is a big, roasted porter with a true classic souring component. It’s dry as a bone and has a moderate hop profile that bitters promptly with a slightly aggressive disposition. Flavors of heavily roasted coffee bean, cocoa, tar, leather, and earth. The finish is bittered better than average and leaves a nice classic soured leather twig. Overall: this is a dense, mouthwatering Porter true to style.

16.9oz bottle. Pours a deep chocolate black with a lively fuzzy head. The price is ruggedly high on these beers in the US, but this is certainly worth trying. Sort of an off aroma reminiscent of Caribbean stouts. The body and mouthfeel on this beer is awesome. Drinkable, while maintaining complexity and alcohol. One of the best Porters out there.

Nice black pour with booming brown head. Interesting aromas come off the top, yeasty and almost citrus zests scents coupled with the toasted chocolate aromas and a distant hopppy pine quality. Nice body with a diverse flavor spectrum, evolving from wheaty and fruity notes to deep toasted espresso notes to a lingering hop bitterness. Great brew.

Appearance: Very dark brown, almost black. OK amount of tan head. Batch 143. Aroma: Dark malt, roasted. Smoke. Hint of cherry? Taste: Dark malt. Smoke, coffee. Roasted. Very nice. Info: 500ml bottle, 7/9-2008

The beer departs the 500ml bottle an deep brown, some ruby highlights, the head portly and a creamy light chocolate, upon its demise the lace forms a solid sheet upon the glass. Nose has a rich sweet toasted grain aroma, hints of coffee and bittersweet chocolate, quite appealing. Start is richly malted, sweet and a touch of burnt grain bitterness at the back, top is moderate in its feel. Finish has a customary acidity, the hops personable; semi sweet dry aftertaste finishes this good drinking porter, well worth the sample.

from crackedkettle.com - very dark brown colour with a solid creamy beige head; nice lace; toasted, deep aroma of black chocolate and mocha, notes of vanilla; medium to full-bodied; very creamy mouthfeel, the initial sweetness is followed by a moderate sourness and a solid bitterness; long toasted aftertaste of espresso - very nice