HaandBryggeriet Haandbakk
This beer was brewed in sept. 06 and has since then
been aged in oak barrels until bottling on March 22. 2008.
The beer is blended for roundness but is still very sour and a little bit acetic. We think our first attempt has been a great success and we will definitely try this again.
8.5% alc. 20 ibu. Serve at 8-12C
Information from 2022:
Nordic oud Bruin.
Handbak is our take on a sour brown or oud bruin. A beloved classic, this was the first commercial sour in Norway.
ABV has varied:
2008 - 8.5%
2009 - 8.0%
2018 - 6.7%
been aged in oak barrels until bottling on March 22. 2008.
The beer is blended for roundness but is still very sour and a little bit acetic. We think our first attempt has been a great success and we will definitely try this again.
8.5% alc. 20 ibu. Serve at 8-12C
Information from 2022:
Nordic oud Bruin.
Handbak is our take on a sour brown or oud bruin. A beloved classic, this was the first commercial sour in Norway.
ABV has varied:
2008 - 8.5%
2009 - 8.0%
2018 - 6.7%
3.7
590 reviews
Drammen, Norway
Community reviews
500ml bottle. Dark burgundy with a foamy beige head. Flavors are lightly roasted cereals, molasses and berries with vinous notes. Intense lactic acidity. Medium body, soft to moderate carbonation, oily texture.
Draft @ Van Moll, Eindhoven. Cloudy chestnut colour, light beige foamy head. Classic and well done flanders red ale notes like sour cherries, berries, herbal, clove, caramel: I prefer it a bit more sweet. Medium body and medium-high carbonation.
This brew is truly strange, and I mean that in a nice way. I guess the best way to describe this is that it's like a Flanders Red expect that it has HaandBryggeriet's Scandinavian charm. So I guess you could call this a Nordic Red? This rust-colored beer has a healthy dose of barrel character. There's lots of earthy, leathery oak funk. The acidity is strong and vinegar-like. While there is some caramel malt and tannic vanilla sweetness, you get more of the funky barnyard bacteria, smoky barrel char, and fruity sourness. This is a highly nuanced Sour beer and there's not anything that's quite like it.
Bottle.
A- Vinegar, cherry, oak, funk, mild vanilla.
A- Dark red color, clear liquid, minimal head.
T- Tart, sour, funky, balsamic vinegar, cherry, oak,
P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, tart finish.
O- This bottle was over 6 years old! Not sure if that helped it or not. Lots of serious tartness and funk from the oak barrels. Vinegar notes are a bit heavy. Really good but fairly aggressive flavors.
Bottle thanks to Stuu666. Pours brown with no head. Aromas of basamic funk, red wine, acetic notes. Taste is light sour, more balsamic, sourness creeps up down the glass. Dry, woody, sour finish, light cidery hint. It's a bit good this is.
Bottle from Dyspensa in Radom. Alez kwasne piwo. Niesamowity aromat juz po zdjeciu kapsla. Pachnie octem jablkowo-winnym. W smaku sos beszamelowy zalany a wlasciwie utopiony w occie balsamicznym, ocet winny troche wisniowej zadziornej kwaskowosci. Piwo jest lsniaco bordowe zupelnie bez piany taki to urok tego stylu. Metnosc poprawna kakaowo brazowa sie robi po przelaniu tej mazi. Caly czas gryzie i zakwasza gardlo. Extremalne i dla wielu nie do przelkniecia. SUPER sour red and brown Ale. zblizony do Rodenbach vintage troche tez do dobrych wytrawnych win wloskich, zwlaszcza sycylijskich. Hardcore Sour I’m lovin it.
Bottle @ home, cellared 2,5 years. Pours a dark ruby red color and a minimal head. Aroma of ripe dark fruits, acetone, cherries, oak, caramel. Taste is tart, quite acidic with some acetone. Brettanomyces, vanilla, oak, cherries, some sweet caramel, raisins and ripe red fruits. Finish is very dry with lingering oak, red grape tannins and cherry. Very nice.
Backlog, ocena przepisana z untappd, w ramach uzupełniania profilu na ratebeer.
Bottle - 500ml. Dark brown body with low carbonation and a fading, off-white bubbly head. Complex, robust, malty/hoppy aroma with oaky, fruity, and spicy hints. Alcohol is well hidden. Its sharp sour taste carries oaky, brett, and wild berries notes. Ends with a long sour finish. Well done.
Bottle from Coppers, Newcastle. Very dark brown-ruby red in colour with a vanishing head of foam. It has a sour cherry flavour with dried fruit notes and oak on the sour finish. Pretty good.
Dark, dark amber/ruby. Sparse head. Aroma intensity 3.5/5. Wild yeast, acacia and tomato aroma, notes of thyme and barbecue. Heavy sour. Medium body. Long sour finish
Bottle. Red brown pour. Aroma of red fruit, tart, oak, berries and mild vanilla. Flavor of sour red fruit, oak, vanilla and a nice sour fruity finish. Very good.
Bottle at salthorse. Pours deep brown, nose is funky, balsamic, oak, toffee, taste is chewy toffee, sour, berries, wood.
dark brown, hazy, minimal off-white foam; cherry, acidic, vinous aroma, medium+ sourness, light sweetness and bitterness; medium+ body, average- carbonation, long dry finish;
Overall: great taste, nice aroma, very good
Brown colors with hint of ruby and purple when held to the light. Diminished tan head. Malt and rich dark fruit in the aromas. Hints of alcohol and lacquer throw things off slightly. Initial paint thinner noted in the front. Light fruit and oak slide in later, but it still has the initial shock of sucking on a siphon tube and catching some crap in the mouth. Some cherry and oak flavor come in late. Too much distraction from the early, crude alcohols. 4/10
Bottle. Sensoric. Very deep brown/reddish with thin, almost none, light brown head. Poor head retention and lacing. Aroma is intense acetic, vinous with fruits - cherries notes. The unpleasant acetic notes are well hidden by vinous character and lightly malty profile. Taste is moderatly sour and dry. The sourness is quite noticable from the beginning in the end the intensity makes it slightly warming. Light body, watery texture, lively carbonation, finish is dry and sour.
Bouteille datée du 20/11/2013, bue après 30 mois. Mais peut-être embouteillée en juin 2015 car la date 20/11/2013 semble être celle du brassage (brygget), avant un séjour de 18 mois en fût de chêne. La date BB est aussi du 15/06/19, ce qui aurait du sens. Robe rouge foncé plutôt claire avec une mince cerne de mousse autour du verre. Faible effervescence. Arômes de fruits rouges bien sûres (framboises et cerises noires surtout), extrait de fraises, jus de citron, gelée de fruits. Arrière-plan médicamenteux, un peu de chêne, anis et cacao en poudre. En bouche, c’est d’une acidité intense. On goûte un peu les fruits des champs, de légères cerises noires, mais l’acidité citrique masque une bonne partie des saveurs. Une âcreté rapellant les tanins du vin rouge se joint aussi à ce mélange qui devient de plus en plus dur à boire. Un coup l’acidité estompée et les papilles réanimées, on goûte un peu le chêne, mélangé à un restant de jus de citron. Texture plutôt légère et corps mince. Disons que je me serais amplement contenté de la moitié de la bouteille.
Traditional Norwegian Oak Aged Ale
Alkohol: 8% obj.
IBU: 20
Próba odtworzenia norweskiego stylu naturalnie kwaśnych piw.
Leżakowany w dębowych beczkach w celu uzyskania autentycznego smaku
Kolor: Brązowowo-czerwony. Określenie stylu Red/Sour Ale jak najbardziej trafione. Piwo nie jest przejrzyste.
Piana: Rachityczna żółta piana, która z sykiem opada do minimalnego krążka. Ten także zanika po chwili. Zerowy lacing i brak jakichkolwiek śladów na szkle.
Zapach: Pięknie pachnie. Zapach jest wielowarstwowy.
W pierwszym szeregu ustawiają się kwaśne czerwone owoce (czerwona porzeczka). W kolejnym szeregu trochę aromatów wiejskich (słoma, stajnia, końskie siodło).
W ostatnim szeregu pojawia się subtelna nuta drewna i lekka paloność.
Ze szkła dodatkowo wyczuwalne nuty czerwonego wina i dosłownie muśnięcie wanilii.
Smak: Pierwsze łyki na prawdę powodują wykręcanie twarzy (dla mnie jak najbardziej pozytywne i pożądane odczucie).
Haandbakk jest intensywnie kwaśne z mocną octowością.
Po kilku łykach kubki smakowe przyzwyczajają się do tego i można spokojnie skupić się na innych walorach trunku.
Na języku wibrują czerwone porzeczki i wiśnie.
Kontrowane są one nutami mokrego drewna i dębiny. Spod tej warstwy dochodzi wkrótce do głosu sugestia stajni oraz końskiej derki.
Wspaniała gęstość i wielowymiarowość.
Alkohol nie jest nachalny.
Bardzo dobre!
Wysycenie: Średnie.
Podsumowanie:
Genialne piwo! Wspaniale zbalansowane, wielowymiarowe.
Zapach i smak są zbliżone do siebie. Generelnie rzecz biorąc jest mocno kwaśnie, wręcz octowo, a także intensywnie owocowo.
Na języku wyczuwalne są czerwone porzeczki, wiśnie i czerwone wino.
Leżakowanie w dębowych beczkach nadało trunkowi charakteru mokrego drewna i minimalnej waniliny.
W aromacie stajenne, wiejskie nuty podkreślają charakter trunku.
Takich piw życzyłbym sobie więcej.
Pours like a cola, dark brown with a head that fades away in seconds. There’s a fair amount of sweetness in both the aroma and flavour. Flavour also has some balsamic vinegar sweet and sour notes. Woody dryness in the finish.
Pours a deep, earthy red with almost now head. It has a strong aroma of wine and earth with some funk and sourness. The flavor is slightly sweet wine and fruit with a long, sour aftertaste over a medium body.
De plus en plus, je me rends compte que je ne trippe pas trop sur cette brasserie. Aucune de leur bière n’est catastrophique (jusqu’ici), mais rien de ressort réellement non plus. Ici, nous avons droit à une rouge des flandres en bonne et dûe forme, mais qui étonne par son manque d’originalité. Ppas besoin donc d’entrer dans les détails sur les diverses notes, car celles-çi sont exactement celles auxquelles on s’attend de ce genre de bière. Aucune surprise, bref.
On tap at Novare Res Portland, me. Pours ruby hued, quick foam cream hued head that leaves zero lacing. Some cherries, plums. Medium body with an acidic finish. Hope I can find my car after this.
Shared 16.9 oz. bottle. Pours an opaque amber/burgundy with a small beige head. Aroma is sour and vinous. Taste is red wine, wood, and sour dark fruits. It’s extremely tart and acetic, but has some sweetness to balance things out. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, but after sipping for some time, I found it to be most agreeable.
Aroma: sweet, fruity and tart; Appearance: very dark ruby red with thin head that dissipates quickly; Taste: extremely tart that finishes with sourness; a bit overwhelming; Palate: medium body with long, tart/sour finish; Overall: pretty good but too tart for me. Would not buy again.
Bottle. This is a great beer. Sharp, tart, and flavorful. Very sour. Among the better sour red/brown beers around. No complaints.
dark brown pour some dark tan head. Aroma char, licorice, blackberries and cream. Tastes caramel, coffee, licorice dense flavors on top of each other. lots of carb
13-FEB-2016, bottle @home, brought by Morten.
Hazy Brown with a lasting, low, off-white head.
Wood, cherry, red wine. Coca Cola, bread. Very very tart. Very very nice.
0.5 bottle. Hazy, dark brown color and a small, off-white head. Aroma is vinous, acetic, yeasty, sour. Taste is obviously sour, once again acetic, a tad fruity. A medium body, a slick texture, and a soft carbonation. Finish is even sourer than the rest, introduces strong notes of wood. Overall the beer is definitely too sour to be drinkable; however, I do enjoy feisty brews with flavors full of character. This one certainly falls into this category without offending.
bottle. deep mahogany red with minimal head. low carbonation. very tart with cranberry and lots of oak. rather thin body. i love sours, but this borders on too sour. interesting, but not among the best i’ve had of the style.
Flaske (batch 687, brygget 20.11.13) fra polets nettbutikk, hjemme: brunsvart med rød undertone. Svært kort skum. Aroma og (deilig!) smak av sure kirsebær, rips og oe lett rødvinsaktig. Tørr, snerpende vinøs avslutning. Slank for sitt vitamininnhold, så det byr ikke på problemer å helle den vellystig over drøvelen.