Haandbryggeriet Krøkkebic

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle from Binnys South Loop (Chicago, IL). Apparently I deleted the rating and copied the wrong one over. Poured a lovely well hazed ruby red amber/copper blend. A small ring of offwhite head dies down, laces small. Aromas are a suitable lactic sourness, touches of gentle vinegar mix with blackberries, blueberries, touches of red wine, fresh wood and earth. Touches of toast. Initial is lighter end of medium bodied, with a melange of blackberry and blueberry, decent sourness, lactic and gentle vinegar. Lots of fruit, touches of sweetness, blackberries, currant, and blueberries with gentle jammy qualities. Tart and sour at a decent to middling level is pleasant, lactic acid, faint vinegar, touches of sweetness. Finish has touches of red wine, getting much more dry into the finish. Pretty nice, the crowberries provide an interesting complexity of flavors.

500ml bottle. Can’t say that I have heard of a crowberry before this. Pours with minimal carbonation. A frothy white head of bubbles that is more attributable to the pouring method than the actual dissolved CO2. As such there is low retention and minimal lace. Body is a somewhat hazy copper to slightly bronze hue (burnt umber with burgundy highlights). Aromas are noticeably lactic and acidic, jammy, woodsy, lightly musty. Medium funk, wax, tannins, wood. Light manure. Berry quality is somewhere between strawberries, mulberries, currants (black) and blueberries. Flavors are acidic, tannic, and juicy. Noticeable chlorophenol that starts off as manure, then quickly morphs towards leather and smoke (hints of smoke salmon nearly). Tannic and tart, quite dry. Lasting alder wood smoke character which is out of place. Juicy. Earthy, damp leaves, tobacco. Light bubbles, dry and acidic. A bit sharp on the finish. Minimal acetic qualities. Some metallic notes as it warms. Odd beer.

Dark golden with a white head - has a sour aroma with berries - same sour berry taste where the sourness lingers for some time - good sour taste, this was nice

Small light beige head doesn’t last. Slightly hazy amber body with light carbonation. Milky wooden wild berry aroma with vinegary oily fruity notes. Sweetish-acidic wild berry, lingonberry, and wood taste with herbal spicy wooden notes. Light body. Mild mouthfeel initially, then sharpish at the end. Dryish-acidic lingonberry and juniper aftertaste (which is probably really the black crowberry) with wooden metallic funky notes. Nice, but a bit weird and harsh. (0.5l bottle, wine monopoly, Vika, Oslo.)

Dirty reddish tan pour, with no head. Lactobacillus aroma. Slightly astringent mouthfeel. Mildly sour flavor, with some tart fruit and acid. Quick finish.

UPDATED: JAN 16, 2012 50 cl bottle thanks to OleR!
Brewed 06.03.10 Bottled 06.09.11, sampled on December 3, 2011
BB: Many years
Slight bit hazy copper color, small off-white head. Sweet and sour scent. Sweet, then sour, some minty and metallic taste. Sort of moussy and also almost mouthfpuckering mouthfeel, very low bitterness. Some grape peel bitter aftertaste.

Courtesy of gnoff. Pours clear deep copper amber with a small bubbly beuge head. Aroma is sour, acidy, stable, sweet, fruity; very nice. Flavor is sour, lemon juice, fruity, tart and has some sweetness. Finishes tart sour and fruity.

Bottle enjoyed at home
Red with brown tones, thin laced white head. Smells of wild berries, hints of green apple, some malts and also some funky brett. Taste is medium malty with a distinct sour acidity. Some sweetness also apply, but the sourness rules them all. Thin tart dry palate. Not very bitter finish, but i find som bittertones too. An interesting beer from HB, needs maybe some more time in the cellar

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2012 Bottle at brewery. Deep red colour with a very small white head. Fruity nose. Not as sour as usual for type of beer, deep nice full bodied mouthfeel, well blended sour and sweet.

15.10.2011. 0,5l Bottle. At the brewery in Drammen, Norway. Dark golden colour with a thin layered off-white head. Sour aromas with flavours of berries. Very soft flavours of crowberries together with the sour notes.