 stison42 (318), Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Jan 21, 2007 Black. Light maltiness. Medium body. Taste of eldeberry If that’s what eldeberry taste like. Smooth but I didn’t particularly like the eldeberry taste, still an ok beer.
dwyerpg (2519), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Jan 18, 2007 Kind of a coffee aroma, stoutish. Taste of course has no hops, so it seems more like a porter in flavor. Pretty good stuff. Very little head.
TaktikMTL (2739), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Jan 16, 2007 Bouteille de 330 ml achetée à la LCBO (Ottawa, ONT). Arôme: Odeur de figues et de raisins avec une pointe de chocolat. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de petits fruits et de céréales grillées. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est plein avec une texture légèrement vineuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Présence de chocolat en arrière goût. (Rating #839)
detroiter (958), Euphoria, Minnesota, USA
Jan 15, 2007 Pours very black, with a good couple inches of thick tan foam. Decent lacing. Roasted grain aroma, like a good stout or porter. Nice.
Tastes like a nice medium-bodied porter tastes, but with some lighter fruitiness to offset the roast and the thickness. I don’t exactly taste elderbery (my wife grows elderberries, I eat them a lot and am quite familiar with the taste), but there is a fruitiness in there. Medium carbonation. Some gentle hops in the aftertaste.
Honestly, the smooth roasted flavor in this brew is the dominant taste, and it is quite good.
beerguy101 (3861), Newark, California, USA
Jan 14, 2007 This ale pours a deep black color from a 33cl bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is fruity (elderberry) with some malt and spice. A medium bodied ale. Malts are roasty malts and caramel. The fruit flavors are semi-sweet and are secondary to the malt flavors. Hops are slightly bitter and earthy. Interesting combination of flavors, it starts a touch sweet and fruity and moves towards a roasty maltyness. Nice carbonation. Mouthfeel is a touch thin. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter and roasty.
WeeHeavySD (2932), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
Jan 11, 2007 330 ml bottle. Purchased at The Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido, CA. The brew pours purplish black with a half there tan head. The arroma is full of the sweetness of berries. The taste is slightly off putting and not quite like beer in anything I can think of. It tastes kind of like juice or something. The carbonation is totally off and in general its not good at all. Maybe I don’t know the style but yuck.
lowg (123), Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Jan 11, 2007 First beer I tried from the Historic Scottish Ales giftpack I got this past holiday. Pours jet back with almost no head. Aroma of fruits and chocolate. Taste is of bitter chocolate with hints of fruit with a nice bitter finish. A good start to this gift pack.
probstk (1005), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Jan 6, 2007 330 mL bottle in a gift pk from LCBO. App.: slightly reddish, deep brown with a fading mocha head. Aroma: sweetish raisins, dates and figs, fruity and a bit of chocolate. Palate: med.-thin body, fairly soft carbonation, somewhat effervescent. Flav.: chocolatey fruit, almost like black licorice (the fake stuff), a bit of hops in the background? A touch of sweetness and a touch of bitterness and alcohol in the finish. I like the combination of fruit and dark malts. My fav. of the gift pack.
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