Haandbryggeriet Dark Force

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle @ Københavnske Øldage 2007 in Copenhagen. Black color with a average frothy fair lacing mostly diminshing light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, burnt, roasted, banana, vanilla, light alcohol. Initial flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, light acidic, moderate bitter, middel flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, light acidic, moderate bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Drunk and rated to celebrate my rating number 17,500. Bottled. A pitch black beer wit a thick very dark brown head. The aroma has notes of hard roasted malt, wood, berries, dark chocolate, and soy sauce. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of roastes malt, as well as medium notes of soy sauce, wood, and dark chocolate, as well as just hints of wheat, before the dry roasted, and woody finish sets in.

(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a completely opaque black with a beige head. Roasted, burned aroma. Fairly full body with lightly vinous accents, some burned malts leave a high degree of malt astringency. 130507

50 cL bottle, batch 60. Pours black with a dense chocolate brown head. Roasted malt aroma, nice note of chocolate and a distinct hops wooden note shining through. Smooth fullbodied brew. Flavour is a lovely mix of hard roasted malt and acidic hops touch. Shows a solid alcohol presence lightly burning into the finish yet smoothend by the chocolate notes.

UPDATED: OCT 17, 2007 Bottled. Pitch black colour, small beige head. ARoma is roasted malts with some hoppy bitterness and slight hints of alcohol. Flavour is sweet malts with some alcohol, sweet sugary notes and some roast. 7 4 7 4 15

Re-rated Oct 17th 2007. Bottled. Pitch black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is spices, roasted malts, salted licorace, some alcohol and caramel. Flavour is roasted malts, caramel, some salted licorace and a bit spicyness. Really good. 8 5 8 4 17.

Bottled at Københavnske Øldage. Near black with firm brown head. Sweet and caramelly with burnt popcorn, sticky choclate and some syrup. Quite malty, but the mouthfeel is a bit mellow. Notes of tar in a salty, lightly resiny finish.

Bottle. Dark brown coloured with a small beige ehad. Roasted aroma of choclate and liquorice. Roasted flavour of chocolate and liquorice. Warming alcoholic and roasted finish.

Bottle at KØ07. Sweet liquorice aroma with a hint of butter. Black colour, very small brown head. The flavour is very roasted with some coffee and a little sourness which balances the flavour nicely. Late coffee aftertaste.

Batch number 60
Black color; beige, big but fizzy head. Strange aroma mixing light feelings of malt, caramel, roasted malt, cardboard, grass, manure. The mouthfeel is quite dry, with medium strength; there is a lot of roasted malt, caramel and liquorice flavor. The final as well could not be else than bitter with roasted malt and liquorice. Not the top of the list.

UPDATED: MAR 7, 2010
Date: September 16, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: black, fine tan head
Aroma: dark chocolate and roasted aroma with a light sweet vanilla character
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich sweet chocolate flavor, sweetness is balanced by roasted character, touch of bitterness from the roasted

Date: February 22, 2010
Mode: draft
Source: bsp
Appearance: black, frothy tan head
Aroma: sweet chocolate and roasted aroma, caramel sweetness, nice fruityness
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, roasted malt adds a bitter burnt edge, just a hint of caramel sweetness adds a touch of dark fruits

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4