 JesseM (678), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 15, 2007 Pours an almost pitch black with a tiny brown head. The aroma is of dark roasted malts, molasses, somewhat fruity, but not really. It smells exactly like a porter to be honest, which isn’t really a bad thing necessarily. The taste is pretty much the exact same as a plain porter, roasted oats/barley, very tasty, but nothing all that unique except for a touch of something fruity in the after taste, which I guess could be the "elderberries", which in general add a slightly sweet edge to the aroma and flavour. No serious traces of the wheat or the herbs that are supposedly used to brew this. the mouth-feel is slick and oily. It’s a pretty good beer, actually I’ll go out on a limb here and call this an enjoyable "porter" of sorts. It’s just nothing all that unique.
Gpnterojd (164), Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 11, 2007 Pours black with rich brown head. Aroma is quite sweet. Possibly some mint / menthol. Lightly toasted malts in the aroma as well. Taste is much different from what I expected. It is almost a stout. The sweetness in the aroma is absent, replaced by soft, toasted (and sour) malts. The hops provide a nice balance. Slight fruitiness is provided by elderberries. Beer is very creamy and smooth -- decent mouthfeel. Solid beer.
TheJester (719), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 4, 2007 330 mL bottle. Opaque coffee-black with a thin, rapidly diminishing brown head. The mild aroma contains roast oats and something fruity which I must assume is elderberries. The flavour and body are stout-like; creamy, roast, some chocolate, and a little astringency. There is also a sweet, dark fruitiness that you don’t often taste in a stout. There is also some graininess in the mouthfeel. With a little more body, this would be really good.
JaPe (69), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 3, 2007 The color is amazing dark dark but hold it to the light and a bright red shines through.Yummy .dark beer flavor. Very little sweet flavor to it. I taste coffee and malt not so much Elderberries . Good stuff.
Lowe1983 (1029), Fairborn, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 27, 2007 Pours a darker brown color with a pinkish-tan head. Aroma is of fruit, molasses, chocolate, roasted malts, and caramel malts. Flavor starts off with just a hint of the elderberry that gives way to the roasted malts, molasses, slight coffee, chocolate, and caramel malts. Seems a little watery but not too much. Finishes dry.
porterhouse (1163), Alna, Maine, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 23, 2007 (330 ml bottle (best before end 6/08) from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/maine/belfast/t target=blank>Belfast Co-op) Looked good on paper...Poured very dark brown with a slightly dark purplish hue. Small tannish head, also lightly-purplish tinted. Aroma is rather reserved but has quite a few elements - brown sugar, plum, raisin, grape, red wine, dark chocolate. Mouthfeel a little light, kind of fizzy, smooth. Nice light weepy rings of lace. Flavor is light semi-sweet chocolate mixed with grape and wine. A little ashy. At times tasted a bit like kids’ grape-flavored cold medicine. Fair bit of alcohol presence. Interesting but not really that good. Perhaps a little too medicinal.
Beerdedone (1888), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 20, 2007 Bottle sampled. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of toasted malts, raisins, elderberries, and some light hops. Flavor is medium bodied with roasted malts, dark fruit, coffee, and a hint of chocolate.
jredmond (1068), New Jersey, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 15, 2007 12 oz bottle. Had this one waaaaay back and I need to try it again in order to give it a fair rating. for now i will just assume 3.0
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