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

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RATINGS: 373   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.58   EST. CALORIES: 195   ABV: 6.5%
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This beer is a robust porter with lots of dark malts of various kinds with a smooth taste and a nice fruitiness from the hops and a dryish aftertaste that lingers. 34 IBU's


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3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 12/20
ChristianSA (368) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - SEP 3, 2005
Bottled. Fast disappearing head. Sweet and slightly metallic aroma. Flavor is sweet with notes of chocolate. Watery mouth feel. OK, but could use more attitude.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Engelsmann (651) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - AUG 30, 2005
Bottled. Pours a dark brown. Aroma is of roasted malts, Hints of coffee and a yeasty fruityness. Taste is fruity at first, then a roasted bitterness kick in. Medium dry aftertaste

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
kook (2033) - Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA - AUG 26, 2005
RBESG05: Dark brown in colour. Choco, roast coffee, loads of great flavours. Quite dry, and quaffable.

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
omhper (17478) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - AUG 25, 2005
Bottled at RBESG. Near black. Sweet and roasty. Salty and tarry with notes of licorice and coffee. Surprisingly light bodied with clean mouthfeel and striking bitterness.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
argo0 (10388) - Washington DC, USA - AUG 23, 2005
UPDATED: JAN 24, 2008 (1/23/08, 50cl bottle, thanks jasonp) Brown head atop dark brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate, caramel, some smoke/ash. Taste is moderately sweet, milk chocolate, some coffee/roast, smoke. Smooth medium body. (7/4/7/3/14)

(RBESG05, 50cl bottle) Beige head atop an opaque dark brown body. Aroma is medium sweet, coffee, sugar. Taste is the same. Watery light body. (5/3/5/2/10)

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Emil (6070) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - AUG 22, 2005
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a baige head. Light roasted coffee, chocolate aroma and taste. Medium body and a light dry finish.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
rickgordon (3815) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - AUG 21, 2005
Bottle. RBESG -05. Dark brown. Phenolic nose, slight toffee. Light mouthfeel with vague caramelly, roasty notes.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
DanielBrown (3175) - Birmingham (via Leicester), West Midlands, ENGLAND - AUG 18, 2005
Bottle at RBESG Grand Tasting 05. Brown, flat. Muddy aroma. Fizzy, brown ale style actually. Medium length, fizzy finish. Some plastic, clay etc. Average.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Hildigöltur (5106) - København, DENMARK - AUG 16, 2005
Bottled. Muddy brown chocolate milk coloured. Very mild and soft with quite some chocolate and notes of coffee and toffee. A light and different porter.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
joergen (17353) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - AUG 14, 2005
UPDATED: APR 5, 2006 Bottled at RBESG 2005. Dark brown coloured with a beige head. Aroma of caramel and cookies with roasted notes. Roasted flavour with notes of smoke and caramel. Thin body. 5-3-5-3-10. Bottle. Batch #22. Dark brown coloured with a beige head. Raosted aroma of coffee. Roasted flavour of coffee. 6-4-7-3-13.


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