Stone Stochasticity Project Your Father Smelt of Elderberries
Hearken, ye merry craft-ale imbibers, as we present thee an ale inspired by medieval England. This re-creation of a medieval English ale is a brew the Knights of the Round Table would have heartily enjoyed. A strong beer, it has intense bready malt character accompanied by herbal, earthy hop notes and mild smokiness. The addition of elderberries imparts subtle blueberry-like flavor, while flaked oats and pale, amber and smoked malts mirror grains used by English brewers hundreds of years ago. It’s a beer inspired by the Middle Ages, but perfect for enjoying in the 21st century.
3.3
261 reviews
Escondido, United States
Community reviews
Draught. Dark amber coloured. Dense light beige head. Aroma. Fruits, berries, light smoke, bread and vague herbs. Flavour. Spice, light herbs, fruits and berries, smoke, alcohol. Medium to full bodied. Ends vaguely smoked and with a touch of berries. Good alcoholbite on lips and palate.
22oz. bottle. Pours a hazy reddish-hue color with a quick, thin, off-white head. Aroma is a little sour with a bunch of malt, very similar to an abbey ale or a Belgian. Full body, flavor has the same characteristics of a Belgian: yeast & malt with a little bit of tartness and alcohol. Finish is slightly warming and sour. Good!
Smells malty, fruity, perhaps with the slightest hint of sour. Appearance is medium brown, no head, with a slight reddish tint. Taste is smoked malt, earthy hop with the slightest berry taste. Very smooth for the ABV, but the smokiness takes a bit away from the palate. Still, I think this beer is underrated.
Bottle at ash’s. Pours clear ruby, nose is caramel, sweet toffee, green peas, light smoke, taste is sweet toffee, caramel, bitter, salty, herbal.
Bottle from Appellation Wines Comely Bank.
Appearance - deep autumnal red with a nice fluffy red. Perfect appearance.
Nose - redcurrants and raspberries. Burnt wood.
Taste - more smoky wood, red fruits. Burnt toffee.
Palate - medium bodied with a tangy texture and a long dry tangy but rich finish.
Overall - lovely, complex and interesting *an understated word in the English language, for a change).
Bottle from appellation wines comely bank. Pours hazy amber/red. Nose of pine cone, red fruit, spices, peat smoke. Taste is loads of tangy malts, more peat, full-bodied, pine resin, forest floor. Complex, lovely.
Listening to YES! The aroma is berries. pours an amber brown with virtually no head and good lacing. The taste is getting stoned by rainy day women #12 & 35. it’s really sweet & bitter. The body is medium, the texture creamy, the carbonation lively, the finish long. Very Good!!! Should have ratings by song as also food pairings.!
On tap at CBC 2016, yellow session. Pours brown with amber haze, tan head. Sweet, malty, caramel, ripe fruit, berries, some bitterness in finish. Medium bodied. Also some alcohol. Interesting.
From tap at CBC 2016. Hazy dark red colour with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of berries, malt, fruit, herbs and alcohol.
Bottle. Hazy dark amber with low white head. Malty with caramel, smoke, fruity with berries and herbal aftertaste. Full bodied, sweet, malty finish with nice fruitness.
Fizzy soda appearance and vanilla aroma. Licorice body with a bit of coca.
Tap at CBC 2016 Yellow session. Poured a clear pink copper colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is elderberries and sweaty socks. The flavour is light sweet with some sour notes and a dry crisp fruity yeast palate. Light bodied with average carbonation.
Bottle from the Brewdog Online Shop, shared after work. Pours hazy brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of light iodine, berries, caramel and light booziness. Taste is fruity, rich, light smoke. Full bodied. Fruity finish. Expensive.
Shared bomber from Craft. Hazy brown pour with tan head. Nose was caramel, smoked malt, berries, mild hops. The berry flavor worked for me in this, plus some grainy and smoked malt, and a rich finish.
Aroma is totally malt based with a spicey tang to it. Caramels, alcohol, some light smoke and that uniqe smell of elderberries. A slight raw and unpolished aroma of old man’s overcoat and gardening. Taste is equally raw and strong. Dark unripe fruits, slightly burnt toffee, spicy caramel and a hefty dose of alcohol. Strong and bitey finish with a hint of herbs and leather in the end. This was not my jam.
Draught @ CBC 2016. Pours slightly hazy deep red with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light sweetness, berries, elderberries. Flavor is sweet, malt, light spice, berries, elderberries, alcohol. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish with warming alcohol. 140516
Draught at the excellent Järntorgets Brygghus, Göteborg. Hazy amber with a medium off white head. Malty and fruity tones. Malt, berries, herbs and a slight touch of smoke. Full body with a bitter / malty finish with berries coming through. Excellent old ale.. Loved it
Tap at Busters. Reddish orange pour with a minor head. Berry aroma. Sticky sweet lingering alcohol sweetness. Meh.
clear, bright reddish amber colour with a small white head; aroma of fruit, honey; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish; well hidden alcohol; quite nice
Tap at Stone Oceanside. Clear deep purple color with weak foam. Fruit punch nose. Taste is pretty neutral, low warming alcohol, small juniper balance, not too sweet, nicer than expected and much more drinkable than the ABV suggests.
Aroma: hint of smoke with rich red fruit, spirit and good malt
App: deep red, touch hazy and a tiny tan head with sudsy lacing
Flavour: rich red berries, sweet jelly and malt with a lot of balancing hop.
Palate: long bitter finish
Herbal hop medicinal aroma. Murky deep Amber colour poor head and lacing. Hop spice herbal flavour. Smooth palate.
CBC. Clear brown with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, daark fruit, oak, wood, spices and toasted. Flavour is malt, caramel, dark fruit, yeast, plume, spices, warming, sweet, hop with notes of alcohol.
CBC. Hazy amber red with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish with heavy alcohol. 130516
At Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016 Yellow session.
Bubblegum taste. Quite sweet. Thick feel.
Sampled on draft this beer poured a murky red-berry color with a medium sized fluffy bright white head that left good lacing. The aroma was tart and sweet berry jam. The flavor was malty and smoky with sweetish berries and yeast. Long finish. Alcohol well controlled. Moderately full bodied. Decent.
Draught at CBC 2016. Low fluffy and quicky disappearing white head. Clear dark brown body. Sweet mildly spiced caramel aroma. Mild fruity spicy flavor with little hops bitterness, low carbonation and a long dry finish. Alcohol well hidden.
13-MAY-2016, draft @CBC Yellow Session, with Ulkløbben:-)
Clear amber with a low lasting off-white head.
Very malty, not all that berry-like or even strong ale like. Just OK.
On tap at CBC 2016, Yellow session. Clear amber-red body. Low off-white head, fir lacing. Prominent aroma of brown malts, bread and herbal hops. Comprehensive taste profile including earthy malts, caramel, bread and oak. Berries and brown malty end. Full bodied. Velvety on the swallow. Excellent old ale (Copenhagen 13.05.2016).
On tap at taphouse boise. pours out a amber copper topped with a pinkish sand head. nose is lots of sweetness some berries and booze. Taste is more of the heavy sweetness a odd not so nice note and a bitter sweet berry end.