Haandbryggeriet Norwegian Wood

Brewed by Haandbryggeriet (Norway)
Style: Traditional Ale
Drammen, Norway

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

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Bottled. Dark, hazy, amber colour with mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is fruits, grass and some spices. Also a big note of conifer. Flavour is slightly smoked conifer, malts and some hops. A very wellbalanced and pleasant beer.

Københavnske Øldage 07. Bottle. The color is beautiful orange-copper and the head is huge and creamy. The aroma has notes of licorice, spice, fruit and a light smoke. The flavour is spicy with notes of malt, smoke, juniper berries, tannic acid, and it’s a very untraditional and exciting beer. 2196

Bottle. Muddy orange coloured with an off white head. Light roasted aroma of smoke and burnt wood. Light roasted flavour of hops with notes of smoke. Hoppy finish.

Bottle at Københavnske Øldage 2007. Clear brown - offwhite head. Smokey, malty, caramel, sweetness, light fruity, dark chokolate, dry, light wood.

UPDATED: SEP 21, 2007 Bottle at Danska Öldager 2007. Dark brown clear colour, with flat head. Aroma of citus,dry hopy nose,dark chocolate,smokey,and som fruityness. Flavor is: coffee,dark chocolate,tar,dry roasty finish. Medium body, medium finish. Nice!!

Hazy orange brown body, beige small bubbled head; Quite big pleasantly smoked nose, behind the smoke there is a rose like sweetness, licorice and some spices that I doen’t recognize; Huge soft carbonation, a little dry on a otherwise very soft textured balanced bitter body; Long bitter finish, slightly dry with lots of aroma, more balanced then nose but very similar.

Bottle @ Københavnske Øldage 2007 in Copenhagen. Hazy medium to dark amber color with a average frothy good lacing mostly lasting off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wood, smoke, vanilla. Initial flavor is moderate bitter and light bitter, middel flavor is moderate sweet and bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, ttexture is oily, carbonation is soft. Nice beer ;o))

Bottle. A hazy dark amber beer with a big beige head. The aroma is dusty, smoked and have some wood, the taste is a bit smoked, to much for my taste, but there is also some fruitiness to it. Medium body with a smoked finish.

Bottled at Københavnske Øldage. Mahogany colour, small head. Dryish woody nose. Lightly smokey and roasty with some hazelnuts. Medium bodied with mellow, somewhat syrupy mouthfeel.Dryish finish with low bitterness. Nice flavour, but lacking in malt character.

CBF07 sample. Pours unfiltered orange with a white head. Aroma of smoke and coal. Flavour is smoked and slight malty. Finish is bitter and dry.