Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle thanks to Kenny. It pours deep brown with a small light tan head. The nose is roasty, toast, earth, pepper, light smoke and umami. The taste is smooth, roasty, cocoa, earth, light bitterness, umami, dirt, soft berry and dark fruits, cherry comes through towards the end.... Medium body and average carbonation. A lot of umami going on. OK.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Kenny. Pours clear, deep-red brown with a fine, creamy off-white head. The aroma has leathery fruits, dry chocolate, slight tangy prune. Medium sweet flavor with dark fruits, light burnt wood, more dry chocolate,toasted marshmallows and earth. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, some charred bread, chalky cocoa, dried and leathery fruits. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to Ken. It pours deep brown with a small tan head. The nose is fresh, piney, varnish, orange peel, soap, pine needles and candied peel. The taste is bitter, pine, varnish, resin, roasted malt, toast, orange peel, candied peel and some pepper with dry, bitter finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Pretty solid black IPA.
Leighton (35102) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled at Craft Beer Rising 2014 - Brick Lane, London. Keg. Pours dark brown with a thick, tan froth for a head. The character is defined by heavily roasted malts, with ancillary notes of baking cocoa and ash. Medium bodied with fine carbonation and creamy texture. Rich dark malt finish with lasting char, burnt bread and bittersweet chocolate. Ballsy and rich.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled at Craft Beer Rising 2014 - Brick Lane, London. Bottle. Pours clear gold with a white cream head. Lots of dried out pine in here, also dry bread and bittering grass. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with herbal hops, grass and pine, mellow sweetness. OK.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled at Craft Beer Rising 2014 - Brick Lane, London. Bottle. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white head. Very clean with light hopping, dry citrus, pine needles, grapefruit. Light bodied with average carbonation. Dry and cleansing to finish. Solid effort.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Raisin, licorice, cola, and toffee malt aroma. Dark brown with large tan head. Sweet toffee, raisin malt and light herbal flavor. Light licorice finish. Very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Earthy orange malt and pine aroma. Murky brown with small head. Sweet earthy orange and toffee malt and mildly bitter grapefruit peel/pine flavor. Unique - an interesting brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Cloudy, bubbly, orange-brown with a short tan head. Bread, spray paint, fruit scent. Aged apricot, breadheel, overripe peach flavour. Different....Rakau hops, I suppose. Grows sweeter and more wooden/earthy as it warms... Tropical+English vibe.....interesting...Kiwi hops are wonderfully distinct.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Pours deep brown with a thick, tall, tan head. Toffee, raisin, wood, peat/earth aroma. Taate is heavily malty, dark dried fruit, licorice, peat. A trace of smoke. Some dopplebock traits.... Very nice.