 oteyj (773), 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 (1750), 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.
TheGrandMaster (1867), Auckland, New Zealand
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 25, 2008 Updated: Nov 27, 2008Bottle (in NZ), pours black with a tringe of purple, with a thin bubbly beige head. The elderberry is there, but the aroma is more grape, with some toffee malt. Chocolate malt on the palate, licorice and grapes. The swallow is oily, before a pleasantly dry and ashy finish.
IrishBoy (2718), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 16, 2008 330ml bottle from Bottleworks BB Aug 09; Nose of coffee, locorice, berries, and a very slight background menthol note; extremely dark but transparent brown with a medium, glass-lacing tan head; flavor has locorice, slight berries, and coffee in the background; finish is very light menthol and bitterness. Unusual brew!
borisz (188), Netherlands
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 15, 2008 33CL Bottle, Dark color, medium head wich is fast gone. Berry taste.
Good beer.
nearbeer (1849), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 10, 2008 330 ml, bbe Oct-08. Opaque black with a two-finger creamy head that stays. Metallic molasses, dark fruit, slight coffee, and maybe some light char in the nose. Flavor is chocolate, raisin, oats, charred wood, metallic-acidic berry, and a touch of sour cream and piquant spice/herb. Medium-heavy body is smooth, pretty neutral between sticky and dry, and has some tongue tingle. Tastes like a very good oatmeal porter/stout with a dash of dark berry and earthy herbs.
benbakelaar (5), North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
does not count  | 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 7, 2008 I have a bad sense of smell, so not much in the way of aroma. Right out of the bottle I smelled a bit of fruit. Black in appearance, light does not penetrate far at all. Poured from a bottle, there was a respectable head but less than 1" I would say. Dominant tastes are bitter and burnt, but both are nicely balanced by a body somewhere between crisp and creamy. The palate is lively, with a quick finish, not much lingering. Did not know what to expect, never had elderberry’s before. Not tasting much of the fruit, but the bitterness is clearly balanced. Would not buy a 6 pack even if they had it, but as a single bottle it is very nice and I can see it going well with a hearty meal.
kask (15), Toender, Denmark
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 7, 2008 Updated: Jan 29, 2009The colour is pitch-black. It is lowcarbonated and the formation of froth is therefore rather modest. The taste of hardroasted malt is very strong and persistent, the roasted taste is different from what I have tasted earlier, which probably can attribute to the admixture of roasted oats. The taste of elderberry recedes very appropriately into the background and it actually gives a weakly touch of liquorice. Other notes are dark chocolate and smoke. The bitterness is rather limited, so its a beer which in spite of the full-bodied taste seems pretty round and soft.
Its an outstanding beer which I can´t get enough of.
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