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Blåbic
HaandBryggeriet
- From:
- HaandBryggeriet
- Norway
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 12.62%
- Reviews:
- 19
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 09, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 02, 2013
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 9
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.62/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Shared bottle at local tasting. Hazy deep red colour. Aroma of brettanomyces pine forest and blueberries. Moderate carbonation. Light bodied for its strength. Medium sour flavour, notes of blueberries of course, but could use some more sweetness. Slightly astringent finish.
Jan 09, 2022Reviewed by alexbutler from Massachusetts
3.96/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A - Very light, off white head, very dark ruby color to the body, quite opaque.
S - tart straight off the bat, very reminiscent to Flemish red sours. Almost medicinal smell to it. Cherry aroma, though it's a blueberry beer. Deep aroma, but not overwhelming... very nice.
T - Sweet upfront, that finishes tart... cherry skin notes. Not knock-you-back blueberry flavors, but much fruit flavor. Cherry sour lingers on the aftertastes but for the most part, a nice finish.
M - Medium bodied, I suppose... with a very light carbonation, lingers on the palate but nothing too heavy.
O - Review started a bit after the bottle was opened, so I might be a bit off with the carbonation. Very tasty beer but the overall flavor was more cherry than anything else... I would have this agaiN!
Jul 14, 2014S - tart straight off the bat, very reminiscent to Flemish red sours. Almost medicinal smell to it. Cherry aroma, though it's a blueberry beer. Deep aroma, but not overwhelming... very nice.
T - Sweet upfront, that finishes tart... cherry skin notes. Not knock-you-back blueberry flavors, but much fruit flavor. Cherry sour lingers on the aftertastes but for the most part, a nice finish.
M - Medium bodied, I suppose... with a very light carbonation, lingers on the palate but nothing too heavy.
O - Review started a bit after the bottle was opened, so I might be a bit off with the carbonation. Very tasty beer but the overall flavor was more cherry than anything else... I would have this agaiN!
Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia
4.21/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottle from Discount Liquors in Milwaukee. Served alongside HaandBryggeriet Blåbær.
The beer has a dark purple body with a hint of ruby. Small, pink head. The aroma brings a lot of blueberry, fleshy fruit, cherries, funk, brett, oak. Smells nice. Blueberry and cherry with funk. Sweet and sour, akin to a Flanders style ale. Moderate carbonation with a light puckering sensation in the back end. Tasty.
Jun 25, 2014The beer has a dark purple body with a hint of ruby. Small, pink head. The aroma brings a lot of blueberry, fleshy fruit, cherries, funk, brett, oak. Smells nice. Blueberry and cherry with funk. Sweet and sour, akin to a Flanders style ale. Moderate carbonation with a light puckering sensation in the back end. Tasty.
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.74/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Bottle pour at the pre-FWIBF bottle share held at the Adelaide Inn in Paso Robles, CA.
Brewed 8/23/11. Bottled 11/21/12.
Pours a murky reddish-brown with a foamy beige head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. No lacing on the drink down. Smell is sour with malt, berry, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with sour malt and berry flavors on the finish. There is a high amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is tasty but very sour and acidic.
Jun 04, 2014Brewed 8/23/11. Bottled 11/21/12.
Pours a murky reddish-brown with a foamy beige head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. No lacing on the drink down. Smell is sour with malt, berry, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with sour malt and berry flavors on the finish. There is a high amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is tasty but very sour and acidic.
Reviewed by cpetrone84 from Pennsylvania
3.51/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.51/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Pour is opaque ruby with a foamy tan head. Nose is strong blueberry, very fleshy and light note of sourness with a hint of earthiness. Body is light and soft, very smooth with assertive carbonation. Taste is blueberry forward with a fair amount of leather and brett presence, not much else but a nice drinker and fairly sour.
Mar 25, 2014Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
3.53/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
50cl brown glass bottle with black standard unbranded pressure cap acquired from a friend who brought it back from Copenhagen and served into a Guinness goblet glass in me parents’ gaff in high altitude Castle Rock, Colorado during my annual Christmas tasting. Reviewed live. Expectations are extremely high. 7.5% ABV confirmed. Reviewed as a wild ale because the label lays out that it's a sour brewed with lambic yeast and aged in oak."Brewed 23.08.11."
Served cold – straight from the fridge and allowed to warm over the course of consumption. Side-poured with standard vigor as no carbonation issues are anticipated.
A: No bubble show forms as it’s poured.
Pours a no head at all.
Body colour is a lightly translucent pale amber of average vibrance. No floating yeast particles are visible.
Overall, it’s an appealing appearance for the style. I’m looking forward to trying it.
Sm: Heavy brettanomyces funkiness and a bit of lactobacillus-induced sourness. Some wet hay/straw. Great lambicus yeast. I don't detect any blueberry. Very farmhouse. Leathery.
No alcohol or hop character is detectable.
T: Farmhouse. Wet straw/hay. I don't get any blueberry whatsoever. Some nice lambic-induced sourness. Pleasant lactic sourness.
Balanced and enjoyable. Lacks complexity, subtlety, nuanced, and intricate.
Mf: Smooth, wet, well carbonated, and approachable, with a good body and thickness. Nice presence on the palate.
Not astringent, oily, gushed, hot, boozy, or harsh.
Dr: Very drinkable; I could easily kill a bottle alone. I'd have it again. Pretty tasty stuff for what it is. Not as blueberry-dominant as I expected (actually; it has none at all). I really like it. Hides its ABV well.
Low B
Dec 24, 2013Served cold – straight from the fridge and allowed to warm over the course of consumption. Side-poured with standard vigor as no carbonation issues are anticipated.
A: No bubble show forms as it’s poured.
Pours a no head at all.
Body colour is a lightly translucent pale amber of average vibrance. No floating yeast particles are visible.
Overall, it’s an appealing appearance for the style. I’m looking forward to trying it.
Sm: Heavy brettanomyces funkiness and a bit of lactobacillus-induced sourness. Some wet hay/straw. Great lambicus yeast. I don't detect any blueberry. Very farmhouse. Leathery.
No alcohol or hop character is detectable.
T: Farmhouse. Wet straw/hay. I don't get any blueberry whatsoever. Some nice lambic-induced sourness. Pleasant lactic sourness.
Balanced and enjoyable. Lacks complexity, subtlety, nuanced, and intricate.
Mf: Smooth, wet, well carbonated, and approachable, with a good body and thickness. Nice presence on the palate.
Not astringent, oily, gushed, hot, boozy, or harsh.
Dr: Very drinkable; I could easily kill a bottle alone. I'd have it again. Pretty tasty stuff for what it is. Not as blueberry-dominant as I expected (actually; it has none at all). I really like it. Hides its ABV well.
Low B
Blåbic from HaandBryggeriet
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
71 ratings
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