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Heather Ales Ebulum

Heather Ales Ebulum  - Traditional Ale

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 Percentile 
85
overall
Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Traditional Ale

Alloa, Central, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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5843.46/5.03.45/5.06.5%85.1Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard
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Commercial Description:
Bottled. A cask version at 5.8% is produced in October and November.
"Elderberry Black Ale"
Introduced to Scotland by Welsh druids in the 9th Century, elderberry black ale was part of the Celtic Autumn festivals when the "elders" would make this strong ale and pass the drink round the people of the village. The recipe was taken from a 16th Century record of domestic drinking in the Scottish Highlands. Elderberries were used for many natural remedies to cure sciatica, other forms of neuralgia, influenza and rhumatism as they contain tannins and fruit oils.
Ebulum is made from roasted oats, barley and wheat boiled with herbs then fermented with ripe elderberries.
A rich black ale with fruit aroma, silky soft texture,soft roasted flavour and gentle finish.
Recommended with stewed and baked foods.
Drink lightly chilled from a straight glass.
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 wilderthanyou (410), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Dec 5, 2007  
Pours a motor oil brown with a thin brown head that quickly disappears into nothing. The aroma is like if you mixed a porter with some fieldberry jam, with some notes of roasted malts, and coffee, and then the aroma sort of rounds off with a fieldberry jam scent. Flavours again, are slightly porterish at first, but finishes on a sweet berry flavour. Tasty.!!


 SHIG (2012), Aviano, Italy
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Dec 5, 2007  
Bottle: Poured a thick black and tan head. The aroma is dark malts and fruits. The taste is fruit and nuts with roastedness.


 Alldaydrinker (557), Norwood, Massachusetts, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/511/20
Dec 3, 2007  
12 oz bottle Pours a dark brown colour with a medium frothy tan head. Nose of red fruits, cocoa, and light roasted malts. Initial taste of cream, roasted malts, berries, and cocoa. Moving into a tangy cocoa berry. Palate stopping chalky dry finish. Mild bitterness lingers. Medium body. Decent head retention and lacing of the glass.


 RaphaelN (195), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/104/57/20
Dec 1, 2007  
Bottle shared with a friend.... Bacon! This beer dominates with a smokey bacon taste.Absolutely horrid taste, with a lasting aftertaste which is equally bad. Smell was of roast, peat, more bacon in the nose. Stay away for your own palate’s sake.


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 25, 2007  
500ml bottle -pours a ? head and ? color. Aroma is chocolate, charcoal, grain. Taste is chocolate, charcoal. Grainy mouth feel.


 Juelze (889), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 25, 2007  
Pours a dark brown color with tan head. Aroma is of a light chocolate and fruit with a bit of roasted grain. Taste is chocolate, light smoke, roasted malt and light fruit (elderberries). Medium bodied and nice to the palate, this was a good beer.


 Petrucci914 (574), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 24, 2007  
Pours a dark brown with a red tinge. Aroma is of dark roasted oats and red wine. The flavor is of red wine with a smokiness to it.


 yespr (11645), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Nov 20, 2007  
33 cL bottle. Pours pitch black and with a dense light brown head. Spiced and dark roasted aroma. Roasted malt and mild chocolate smoothness in the initial flavour. A set of wineous notes and spices appear before the finish, a citric/fruity note of elderberries too - but if I didn’t know from the label that it contains elberberries I wouldn’t have guessed/sensed it. The finish itself holds a solid bitterness with a liqourice note. Nice, but lacks some more powerful flavours to be more interesting, subtle flavours are plentiful yet too vague.



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