Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours dirty caramel with tan brown head. Nose/taste of caramel, dirty resinous pine and tree bark, apricot pits and grapefruit rind. Full mouth feel. Sticky sweet caramel and grapefruit rind dominate the palate. Very pleasant drink.
TimE (11144) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
pitch black color. Burnt raisins, dark chocolate and dark fruit in the nose. Very intense. Med mouth intense. Great balance with moderate bitter finish.
JK (8171) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
aroma of red wine, chocolate covered cherries, and very light cream. flavor has wine, sugar, raisin and date, with malt, chocolate, and honey. medium palate, and exceptionally complex. an excellent porter.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Stonecutter Scotch Ale from Renaissance Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Brewdog Bar, Aberdeen. It pours deep ruby, with a decent beige head. The nose is dark fruit, blackcurrant, red grape, orange, caramel, toffee and honey. The taste is dark fruit: plum, blueberry, raisin and cherry, as well as: roasted malt, red wine and salted liquorice, with a long dry finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
This Scotch ale poured a deep amber colour with a thick, creamy, tan coloured head. To the nose there are scents of ripe fruit, dough, spice and brown sugar. First sip was smooth and creamy with full flavour malt and other flavours of toast and caramel. Finish is rich and almost oily with heavy malt flavours and a slightly bitter hopp finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
08/09/2011 Brasserie 4:20 (500ml bottle). Ambrata chiara, lievemente torbida, schiuma bianco sporca, abbondante e persistente. Aroma indecifrabile, poco intenso e con qualche imperfezione. Malto, caramello, una nota metallica, sentori di acqua saponata. Il luppolo fatica a venir fuori. In bocca è assolutamente anonima, acquosa, insipida, con un corpo modesto. Una piccola delusione, dato che di questo birrificio ho apprezzato moltissimo la porter.
cagarvie (40235) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
bottle at cropredy ... deep black .. huge tan foam head ... soft meaty dark toffee chocolate roast ... quite bitter ... lots of dark fruits ... plums and green rasisn ... hint of brett ... dark malts ... very nice but hint of brett drops it a couple of points
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
bottle at home ... light amber ... thin white head ... soft citrus and passion fruit nose ... over fizzy ... ligth hop ... quite a lot of passion fruit .. soft fizzy hop... ok... not getting me excited.
Fin (18516) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Cropredy Festival, Thursday 11th August 2011 Craig brought this beer along and shared it, cheers Craig. Pours chestnut brown with a beige head. Soft in the mouth with plenty of toffee and cappucinno, also quite hoppy throughout. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov15 3.7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from GBBF 2011. Drank at home. Black pour with a tan head. Vanilla, coffee and a little smoke aroma. Rum raisin, coffee and chocolate malt flavour. Classic porter taste. Dry, sweet finish. Very nice indeed.