HaandBryggeriet Farewell Ale
3.6
188 reviews
Drammen, Norway
Community reviews
fizzy brown-yellow head that disappearsfast without lacing. coffee colour. aroma of smoke, leather, wood, roasted malt, eucalyptus. taste like aroma, yeasty with a bitter finish from the roasted malts. medium body and carbonation. mega-gusher :/ bottle 50 cl / bd mar-2012 / bbf mar-2014
Aroma: perfume of persimmon with carbon and choc 7
App: very dark brown with a tan head 3
Flavour: sweet malt carbon overtone of fruit balanced by bitterness 7
Palate; thick and well carbonated 4
Overall 17
Couleur : entre marron et noire. Nez : nez de bière noire assez classique, caramel, café, un peu de noisettes, et de fruits noirs. Bouche : bien dans la lignée du nez, pas très épaisse, moyennement puissante, assez légère, marquée par le chocolat et le café, beaucoup de mousse. Finale : bonne longueur, manque un peu de fruits. Une bière noire bien faite, mais qui ne sort pas du lot.
Bottle from Voldby. Clear very dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt and a little smoked wood. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and roasted rather bitter finish. Carbonation is somewhat prickly. 151113
500ml bottle, batch 360, dark brown color, with a frothy fluffly tan head, with a nice yeasty, chocolate chip cookie dough, dark dried fruit, mocha, chocolate nose, with a mild espresso, black coffee, molasses note, with some semi-sweet chocolate baking bar, caramel, toasted, chocolate, roasted malty accents in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, doughy, chocolate cake, black coffee, mochaish, dark bitter chocolate baking bar, roasted, chocolate,toasted, subtle smoked malt character, with some fruitcake, light licorice, brownie, roasted coffee bean flavours, leading towards a yeasty, dark dried fruit, molasses, chocolate chip cookie dough, licorice spiciness, dark bitter chocolate, lingering roasty bitterness finish.
Bottle @ Christers. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, oak, chocolate, little raisins. Flavor is malt, wood, caramel, dark fruits, little sweett, light boozy. Medium body, a little to high carbonation. 231013
Bottle @ Christer. Clear dark amber, small off white head that quickly disappear, some lacing. Aroma, malty, some roasted notes, chocolate, licorice, .Taste, roasted malts, chocolate, licorice, caramel, oak. Oily mouth feel. Nice dry roasted, liquorice aftertaste.
Bottle. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, chocolate, dark fruits, caramel, plume and yeast. Flavour is malt, yeast, dark fruits, plume, medium sweet, caramel, little wood, chocolate, spices and oak.
500ml bottle @Cimmeria, Oviedo. Some roasty, caramel, liquorice and spicy aromas. Pours dark copper, hazy, floculated, with average tan head, some persistance, some lacework. Medium body, oily texture, soft to average carbonation. Taste starts sweet, caramel, then some roasty notes, liquorice, some wood and spices. Balanced and very enjoyable.
Darkest ruby brown, weak off white head. Charcoal brush of a nose. Tanning roasted hops, tickle of malt and warming bitterness. Smooth choch char finish.
Bottle. Dark brown with tan head. chocolatey roasty aroma, slightly spicy peppery. Similar roasty chocolatey taste. Nice
Bottle at home... Deep dark brown... Thin tan lacing... Soft chocolate roast nose... Dark chocolate malts... Big berryfruits... Quite a lot of alcohol.. But rich and intense... Little licorice
light licorice aroma,black, brown foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, medium body, oily feel, soft carbonation, long harmonic finish.
Dark brown coloured with a light-brown head, mostly diminishing. Heavy malty aroma, roasted and some yeast notes too. FLavor starts heavy sweet, malts, roasted notes, dark caramel. Moderate bitter finish.
Bottle 50 cl. Black with a lightbrown head. Malt,roast, and dark fruits. Med bitter taste with a roasted end........
Bottled 0,33L. Dark brown color, much solid aspect with a very creamy and foamy head, much adherent. Little whiskey nose with aromas of cask, cellar, winous sweet rumors, alcohol. Very perfumed mouth with notes of brandy, sugary cereals, moderate alcoholic impact, roast malty and cooffe. Realy complex beer with a rich bouquet and long persistance. Binding impression.
In short: A rich no style brown beer offering a large array of flavor elements. Good beer.
How: Bottle 500ml, consumed soon after receiving through private importation, months before expiration date but already more than one year after bottling date.
The look: Cloudy dark burgundy-brown body topped by a medium beige head with medium retention.
In long: Nose is toasted, freshly roasted hazelnuts, tree bark, some green stuff (green plants, green hops). Taste has a rich creamy maltiness, mixed-nuts, a thick slice of rye bread, caramel, red fruits, brown bread crust, forest floor, strong yeast presence, a hint of smoke. A nice ‘green’ bitterness (herbal, green pine-needles). Alcohol is a bit more apparent than it should be. Thick fluffy body, lively carbonation, overall Belgian abbey style mouthfeel. This is not simply a Brown Ale on steroids, this is a no-style original beer of brown color. Drinkability is not super-high but a single bottle is quite enjoyable. And I am warning you, do no read what is following the vertical bars ok, so you are still reading, you are a rebel, I like you already, let’s hang out.
Smak och doft av choklad, torkad frukt, karamell, kaffe. Lagom söt och välbalanserad. Lättsam beska.
50 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20101222.
Pours murky amber color with a small head. Aroma of ripe fruits, toffee, toast and bready malts. Flavor of malts, caramel, ripe fruits and licorice notes.
Pours jet black with not a lot of head.
Despite the 7.5% strength this is quite a light beer. This isnt the maltiest stout that I have ever drank.
Still pretty good. Not the most exciting beer, though still head and shoulders above the standard.
From Voldby, DK.
Bottled, 230313.
Brown with beige head. Aroma of malt and smoke. Flavour with some roasted malt and more smoke.
500ml bottle. Darkest brown colour with small to average, firm, frothy, fairly lasting, tan head. Smokey aroma reminds of barbecue, cautious hints of dry fruit parings. Taste is minimally to moderately sweet dark malty, has an explicit smoke note, hints of dark chocolate and dark fruit, plum, blackcurrant; lively carbonation.
Flaska från Demolens webshop. Drucken vid norgeprovning. Ett öl någonstans mellan old ale/lätt porter. Fin doft av rostad malt, sött mörkt bröd, milt syrligt kaffe och torkad mörk frukt. Smaken går i samma stil, lätt kropp, ganska söt, rund och len. Fina dofter och smaker men kanske inte jättespännande.
A lively beer, a part come out of bottle before I find glass. Dark mahongy beer with a medium, dense, yellowbrown head. Aroma of roastiness, some smoke, pine needles, dark fruits and some sourness. Interesting and unique aroma. Taste is quite similar than aroma, some smoke, dark fruits, hint of sourness, wood and pine needles. Medium bodied, smooth carbonation, smooth and enjoyable to drink. The very unique beer as many others from Haanbryggeriet, harsh and earthy beer, I like this.
Bottle batch 453 came gushing out of the bottle into my lap and onto the floor. Clear dark seal brown with a minimal light brown head. Aroma is light campfire, dark chocolate, roasted malt, licorice, wood, bark, light fruit esters. Taste is medium+ sweet, medium bitter and light salty. Medium body, oily texture, medium carbonation; seems it settled a bit after it found it’s way to the glass. Smooth and light salty licorice finish with some light smoke. After I changed my pants and cleaned the floor I found this to be pretty nice to sip on.
50 cl bottle from vinmonopolet Vika. Batch 360. Pours dark brown with a large sparkling foam that leaves quite quickly. Aroma of dark dark coffee, roasted malts and dark chocolate. Taste is very dark burnt coffee. Pme cool ale with a lot of traditions in Norway. Very easy to drink and well hidden alcohol.
Bottle, Batch 360. Dark brown red. Brown large head. Nice aroma with spicies roast bread and some yeast and alcohol. Medium sweet and light on the bitterness. Medium light body with at firely feeling to it from the alcohol. Pretty ok with a "julmust" feeling to it and a lot of alcohol in the finish.
17th August 2011
Opaque black beer, tidy pale tan head. Fresh and crispy palate. Minerally dark malt, mild. Not bitterness or roast. Mild mild coffee with a brief flash of bubblegum underneath. Finishes fresh with a carbonated bite. Not bad.
Bottle from Vika Vinmonopolet (Oslo, Norway)
Pours dark brown with a frothy beige head. Quite cloudy. Basement aromas, hay, and caramel. Medium sweetness, no bitterness. This one was over-carbonated. Would have been much more interesting if it were a bit softer.
Dark garnet brown with a small brown head, fading and leaving good lace. Very shy aromas of burnt sugar, caramel. Medium body, lively carbonation at first, malty, cola, red fruits alternate on the palate with hints of licorice. Very low bitterness. Finishes on this cola note. Not a bad beer at all, very drinkable, but not something I would run for...anyway, I never run for a beer!