 Beerman6686 (1283), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 27, 2008 Pours a dark brown color with an off white head. Aroma was very sweet, with a fruitness I could not detect, i gues elderberries. Flavor was also sweet, too sweet for my liking. Elderberries shining through the most.
beerchugger (295), Colorado, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 18, 2008 Pours a rather black color with a decent head that laces the glass rather nicely. Aromas contain smells of sweet berries, roasted malts, and slightly hoppy. Flavor involves the taste of the sweet elderberries mixed wonderfully with the malts. Hops are balanced well. This is really nice after dinner beer. Very well done.
k4df4l (154), DTown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 28, 2008 pours a deep brown with ruby highlights and light tan foam. Aroma of sweet malt, light coffee and fruit. Flavor is light roast & sweet malt with sulfury molasses with some interesting earthy components followed by a nice dark berry/fruity tang on the finish. Fairly thin body with moderately low carb.
Bullit (1352), Glasgow, Scotland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 24, 2008 Brown colour, small tan head. Aroma has caramel malts. Flavour has roasty and caramel malts, molasses and some fruits. Interesting.
Lubiere (4528), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 21, 2008 A deep dark ale with a creamy thick moka head. Afruity burned caramel malt in aroma, light coffee notes. In mouth, a good coffee malt, light roasted notes, sweet chocolate, medium bodied. Overall, vey akin to a good porter, LCBO gift set 2006. BB Apr 2007. Enjoyed August 20, 2008.
Fin (3420), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 12, 2008 Bottle that had been passed onto me by Craig, cheers mate, consumed in a field at Cropredy Festival 08 Pours dark brown with light tan head. Tastes quite rich also little bit sticky, some nice dried dark fruits and the elderberries give this a nice slightly sour twist. Tasty beer, I also get some dark chutney and molasses.
oteyj (759), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 31, 2008 Pours dark brown, almost black with one finger tan head. Aroma is ripe fruit, roasted malt, and spices which I can’t exactly pinpoint. Flavor is quite roasty- along the lines of something you would find in a porter with the herbs and spices slightly noticable. Palate is of average body and not overly think or thin- just in the middle. Interesting, but not outstanding.
lithy (1700), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 31, 2008 Nice black pour with a creamy stout like light brown head that clings to the glass and sticks around for a while. Nice roasted aroma with some fruity sweetness that I can only guess are elderberries. Drinks nicely at room temperature. Has that distinctive taste of a very traditional style black ale much like New Belgium’s 1554. Slight roastiness, very smomoth with more nice sweetness in the middle. Not an overpowering berry flavor and the very dark fruit profile of the elderberries compliments the roasted malt nicely to create a smooth finish.
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