 njbfr (105), New Jersey, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Feb 21, 2009 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.
PaulHegedus (464), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Feb 16, 2009 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.
dirt55 (155), Washington, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Feb 14, 2009 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.
jmw141 (134), Canton, Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Feb 2, 2009 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.
jimhilt (1673), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 26, 2009 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.
weaselkenievil (738), Cheshire, England
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 22, 2009 Pretty much black as night with a tan head. Odd, will have to try again as I’m not sure whether I liked it or not. Elderberry and some other fruit or fruits perhaps, I don’t each much fruit. Got roastyness to it, garlic perhaps? Strange and certainly not unpleasant. Like an energy ale. Bizarre.
stevebail (17), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 6, 2009 Quite delicious. both sweet and bitter with flavours of berries and coffee. Aftertaste of dark roast coffee lingers.
DruncanVeasey (2710), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 6, 2009 Tan piled on pitch. Persistent lacing with faint legs. Handsome roasty ale wafting with charred barley, black coffee and rich chewy tannin-laden fruit. Mouth oaty slick and burnt with big roasted malt, hints of brine, oak, prune and lingering espresso and smoke. At heart just a really solid charred porter/stout, with added fruity interest. Nothing like the novelty it could have been. Really enjoyed this.
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