 lordeche (397), Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 8, 2008 Pours dark brown with mocha head. Aroma of dark berries, plums, raisin, strawberry, some roasted barley notes. Flavor is slightly sweet with notes of berries and some coffee and roasted notes. Metallic notes take away from the flavor. Some yeast also present. Flavor that is there is pretty good, but there just isn’t all that much of it. Creamy, slightly sticky palate.
Jonte (815), Gothenburg, Sweden
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 8, 2008 Bottle. Sample at Ölfrämjandet meeting at Haket, Gothenburg. Black color with a small pale brown head. Aroma: Roasted malt, coffee, fruit, berries, a bit earthy.
Flavor: Berries, roasted malt, coffee, licorice, wood. Porter like.
Davinci (295), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 29, 2008 Another under rated beer from Heather ales. Pours a rich black color with tan head. Smells like a rich baltic porter, dark fruit, chocolate and coffee with a slight berry scent. Bid coffeeish chocolate flavors with a pleasant berry note. Smoke and toffee with a touch of cocoa. Finishes like smokey licorice. I just wish the body was more substantial, however this definately has a place in beerdom.
EithCubes (2146), 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 (307), 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 (561), 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 (548), 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.
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