Haandbryggeriet Haandbic

Brewed by Haandbryggeriet (Norway)
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Drammen, Norway

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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bottle... bit of confusing color, looks like fruit juice, dark dirty red, very watery light tan head leaves a bubbly ring... this smells pretty fantastic, I’m quite shocked, tart fruits, cranberry, wonderful fresh oak, medium tartness, very well rounded... the taste is a bit of a let down as its not as bursting with flavor and bit watery but still good, light farm funk, more really nice oak, a bit buttery but still enjoyable... worth having

@ Haand festival. Pour hazy reddish, with no head. Aroma of slightly sour grapefruit, vinegar, and sour berries. Slight funk as well. Taste a little sour. Quite mellow in my opinion. Average body, with an average carb.

Bottle thanks to Travlr and Rune. Pours orange copper with no head. Aroma is lingonberries, herbs, oak, bacterias, some lacto acid, sour berries, wilder barnyardy notes and some yogurt. Taste is lacto acid, yogurt, dry/tart, barnyard, a bit of rural stable notes and some sour berries.

bottlw, thanks Travlr & Rune from Haandbryggeriet. Pours orange/amber with some sediment, Aroma: Herbal, berries, brett, musty, horseblanket, candyshop, earthy, woody notes, oak, berries, lacto acid, youghurt, Taste: red berries, youghurt, lavto, brett, funky, red currants, quite dry on th palate, lemon, light bitterness, grape peel, dandelion, tart, sweet fruity, mellow acidic.

500mL thanks to Travlr. Pours hazy deep amber with bubbles. Low to no carbonation. Nose is actually quite nice- richer red cherry, Baked red cherry. Taste is lighter, mildly lactic, some lemon tea. Quite neutral and refreshing. No acetic heat I was expecting. Quite simple in profile. Refreshing. Successful. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

50 cl courtesy of Travlr. Pours cloudy reddish amber, no head. Aroma is really nice with a delicious mix of wild yeast and red berries. Oak, vanilla, leathery and barnyard notes, all very balanced. The berry component is especially well integrated, spicy, wild and sweet, reminds me a bit of rhubab. The taste is just as nice, sweet red berries, a bit of wild yeast and bacteria, and the same nice red berry qualities. Not very tart, but just enough to make it balanced and interesting. Very good!

50 cl bottle at home. Pours a crystal clear copper/red, with little or no head. Looks really nice. Aroma of red berries and sour candy. Interesting and appealing. The taste is a refreshing sour with a tart, bitter finish.

from Erzbierschof - cloudy dark red-amber beer with a poor head retention; aroma of red fruits, chewy malts and bretts; medium-bodied, very dry and with a respectable bitterness; long fruity and sourish finish

Disparate white head over veiled, deep foxy-red beer. Brettanomyces, leather, old socks; fruity, red berries and lemon. Very lambic-y indeed, but not quite... Dry, tart, and fruity. Wow, the flavours are spot-on, even if the finish has just a touch of red fruit jam. Still, mainly acidic, and also vinous. Warming up, something spîcy, like Christmas decoration on pine. Light body, just a tad watery; mild acidburn, long-lasting flavours. Nice, convincing enough. Could live with this.

Rating #500. Bottle from ACBF. Pours dark brown/orange, with nearly no head, and some grainy sediment. Aroma is a combination of lactic acids and barrel touches. Taste is still a bit sweet, works well for the balance, think it has aging potential also. Palate is quite mellow, better than expected for a wild yeast ale. Overall an interesting brew. But not the most suprising aroma’s.

Colour: amber
Smell: sour, wood, oak, candy, caramel
Taste: bit of coconut, bitter, sour, malts, fruity, apples, caramel in the end