 EithCubes (2176), Indiana, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Feb 28, 2008 Bottle. Dark, luscious malt aroma, deep chocolate in with some burnt black malt and earthy dark caramel. Lightly roasted oats with nice (but still underwhelming) berry. Pitch pour with a rocky medium-brown head. Beautiful roasty notes, and some nice porterish darkness, but the slightly-sour berry overtones are a little too high in the mix. Love the elderberry taste - and it’s pretty true to nature when checked against jam - though it might not stand out in a blind. Firmly established with volume. Medium-full body with a thickly malty, smooth feel. Light herbal spicing and a dry, leafy mocha quality that reminds me of Dark Horse’s Special Black Beer. Underrated by our top raters!
McGarnigle (320), Rochester, New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 16, 2008 Bottle dated Apr 2009. Almost pure black color, but with perhaps a touch of dark purple. The head is dense beige...it reminds me of a Nitro can head. Not much aroma. Medium-to-full body, a bit more fizz than it claims. Kind of like a stout with a splash of red wine. Roasted chocolate malts and tannin-like astringency. But there’s also some berries, though it isn’t very sweet.
Nice ale, but didn’t cure my sciatica.
WillieV (191), Maryland, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 10, 2008 Bottle: Very nice dark pour with a light brown head that very quickly disappeared. Can taste dark choclate in the brew a very nice mixture nothing overpowering.
Optigon (562), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 6, 2008 Pours black with a minor head. mildly sour aroma. Flavor is sour with a moderate mouth feel. Somewhat minty in a weird way. Definitely interesting and not all that bad.
TrefwoordPunk (556), Leiden, Netherlands
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 6, 2008 Updated: Mar 4, 2008Bottle 33 cl. Pours a pitch black with a small tan head and a delicious aroma of fresh picked berries, coffee, maple syrup and roastiness. The flavor isn’t that good though, it starts like a berry juice, fresh and slightly sweet and then gets more like a stout, roasty and dark coffe-like. A weird combination and not something I would buy again anytime soon. Though the smell is brilliant.
ChainGangGuy (2619), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 29, 2008 Appearance: Pours a black body with brown edges and a bubbly, beige head.
Smell: Aroma of roasted barley and elderberries (which come across as a smokey wild grape). Notes of chocolate as well as molasses.
Taste: Chocolatey, roasted barley flavor with a hint of smoke and, of course, a firm elderberry fruit taste and sweetness - like a blackberry-grape mix. Dash of spice. Light sourness to the roasty finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carbonation.
Drinkability: Interesting and certainly fine enough for a single bottle, but not something I’d want to make a habit of.
CaptainCougar (5544), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 25, 2008 Pours a transparent dark mahogany with ruby hues and a thin ring of spotty off-white head. Aroma of dark fruits and some mild peat and caramel malt. Starts well-carbonated and fairly full with some lightly smoky and fruity tartness before a drier earthy finish. An interesting and fairly complex brew.
JohnnyOS (646), Golden, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 20, 2008 Pours reddish black with average tan head. Aroma of dark fruit and molasses. Flavor to match, but adds a bit of caramel malt and seems to fall short. No "wow" factor.
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