Heather Ales Ebulum

Apperance almost black. Aroma and taste of black licorice and a small touch of fruits.

Bottle from Chevy Chase Wine, D.C. Intriguing enough to take a flier on this one. A moderately well carbonated ale, dark brown in color and with a lively, crisp head. Faint roasted malts in the aroma along with a trace of tartness. The body is medium, prickly mouthfeel from the carbonation. The dry and astringent flavors of the dark berry seem to complement the understated roasting a bit. Nothing to write home about but a decent beer.

Interesting, very dark fruityness, I thought it would be more fruity (bad), but was pleasantly supirsed. It had a certain roastyness to it, which was complimented by a musty fruitiness. Overall it was okay.

Pours a dark red with a thick and creamy tan head. Same floral/peat aroma as their other beers. Roasted oat malt up front with a fruity middle then sort of a mix of the two on the finish. Got really excited when I found the oat flavor than was pretty well turned off after that. Roasted and fruity don’t mix with my palate I guess. Decent lacing.

Bottle. This a dark brown, almost black beer with a healthy grey brown head. There is plenty of licorice in the aroma, some coffee beans, wood, earth, some fruit: maybe raisin. The flavour tastes well roasted with plenty of coffee, some black berry, bread, water. The mouthfeel is pretty light and a bit on the watery side.

bottled, pours deep black with very small brown head and a lot of carbonation...cola like, roasted malt aroma with light hop background, very slight sweet malt up front with heavy roasted remaining on palate, not as heavy mouth feel as expected.

11.2 oz bottle pour into pint glass. Pours very dark, black, with a hint of red showing through in the shallow spots. Brown head, not very big, 95% diminishing. Aroma is roasty malt, ripe fruit (probably the elberberries, mmm...) and a tad smokey. Flavor is roasty sweet, bitter chocolate but kind of plain otherwise. Tart fruits come through as the brew wams up. Nowhere near as much fruit as I was expecting, but still a treat. Full mouthfeel, slight alcohol warming.

Pours a four finger tan head that fades slowly and leaves a good lace. Totally black color. Slight malty nose. Light carbonation and medium-heavy bodied. Flavor is roasted malt, I don’t get any elderberry taste. Best by Aug 2009. $3.00 for a 330ml bottle from Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.