 oh6gdx (9102), Vasa, Finland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 16, 2007 Bottled. Pitch black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is berries, wood, roasted malts. Flavour is sweetish roasted malts along with some wooden hints. Some berries and other stuff when it gets warmer.
TBone (6844), Pori, Finland
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 16, 2007 Bottled (BB 06/2008)
Pitch black color, small off-white head. Herbal and wheaty aroma with roasted coffee notes. Porter-like flavor: toasted malts, slightly sweet (berries) and then some herbal notes - I really can’t say what they are (or is it elderberry). Interesting and even quite drinkable.
MesandSim (5946), London, Greater London, England
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 14, 2007 Updated: Jul 29, 2007A Mes rate:
Bottled from a bar in Manchester round the corner from This and That. Black and opaque with a tan head. Complex brew with dark malt, vanilla, lovely smoky peaty notes, very Scottish. A little barley in there too. Bitter hoppy finish balances it out really well. Great stuff.
LinusStick (1851), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 9, 2007 Heather Ales makes some wierd beers and this is no different. I don’t even know what the eff an elderberry is but I don’t like it. Pours a dark black with no head. Looks old.Aroma of dark fruit. Tastes like old dirty wine with sand in the bottom. All dark fruit and heavy carbonation. I won’t be trying any elderberries anytime soon.
vadersnightcap (80), Scotland
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 8, 2007 Bottled. ebony coloured beer with a thick lasting dark tan head.
Aroma of vanilla, elderberry, light roasted barley Flavour is malty, coffee, cola, floraly, fruity berry aroma. finish is also flowery and a bit roasty.
enjoyable beer
JorisPPattyn (5192), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 6, 2007 Dark brown-beige, thick and large head; collapsing over near-black beer. Slight coffeeish nose, bit sweetish, some liquorice and roasted malts. But as to fruitiness... Soft, sweet stout. Retronasal finally the sweetness gets some fruity, indeed even berry-ish flavour, but it is immediately put down again in the throat by the coffeeish roasted malts, that win over and slowly fade. Medium bodied. Seems to get a little bit of tannines, by the drying-out effect. A beer has to carry the fruits, when added. I’m not an elderberry expert, but either they’re very discreet, or have simply been used to scarcely. In any way, a sweet liquorice stout demands a forceful fruit antagonist. Might it be that the Heather brewers have lost faith in outspoken tastes? Thanks Craig, another completely new one to me.
BigBeer45 (709), Michigan, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jun 4, 2007 Pours a dark ruby brown with a off-white head, sweet berry and some faint blueberry fragrances, faint brown ale aroma, some grassy weed fragrances, faint bitter berry and chocolate flavors, flavors were not big except the berry, not real interesting, little alcohol in the sip, very dry on the palate, this was so so…
GandGKevin (195), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Jun 3, 2007 Pours dark. I’ve never had an elderberry, so I presume the fruity aroma is elderberry. Nice roasted flavors. Very enjoyable.
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