Eleanor
Pollyanna Brewing Company
- From:
- Pollyanna Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
Ranked #84 - ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #12,405 - Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 6.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 19
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 07, 2025
- Added:
- May 12, 2014
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
No description / notes.
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Ratings by MaximalC:
Reviewed by MaximalC from Illinois
3.33/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours chestnut-colored with tawny highlights, topped by a modest cap of coarse, khaki foam that soon sputters away. Mild aroma smells of roasted malt complemented by notes of chocolate and toffee.
The taste features a hefty dose of caramel and roasted sugar up front, succeeded by a meager helping of slightly earthy, noble hops. Warming reveals notes of milk chocolate, roasted malt, prunes, and a livelier, awkward bitterness that lacks an identifiable character. Medium-light body and modest carbonation make for drinkable—albeit somewhat limp—mouthfeel.
Overall, this is a bog standard porter whose unwieldy sweetness becomes cloying in short order. Not an encouraging first foray into the realm of Pollyanna...
Dec 05, 2019The taste features a hefty dose of caramel and roasted sugar up front, succeeded by a meager helping of slightly earthy, noble hops. Warming reveals notes of milk chocolate, roasted malt, prunes, and a livelier, awkward bitterness that lacks an identifiable character. Medium-light body and modest carbonation make for drinkable—albeit somewhat limp—mouthfeel.
Overall, this is a bog standard porter whose unwieldy sweetness becomes cloying in short order. Not an encouraging first foray into the realm of Pollyanna...
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Qbert from Illinois
3.53/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Black with strong tan head. Aroma and taste are roast and dark fruit. There's something weirdly ashy in the finish. There's an undercurrent of sweetness.
Not horrible but I won't seek this out again.
Mar 13, 2025Not horrible but I won't seek this out again.
Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
4.01/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours pitch black with a light brown head. Smells of chocolate and coffee notes, nice and inviting. Tastes of coffee with chocolate and cinnamon notes. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.
Jan 14, 2024
Rated by branko7 from Illinois
4.04/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
Smooth, well-balanced, though a bit bitter in the aftertaste. Lovely mouthfeel. Overall, very good.
Jan 16, 2023
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.84/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Unknown vintage; drank 11/1/21 @ the Yarchives.
Brown/black appearance.
A violent pour yielded a big tan head; a thick curtain of tree-rung lace.
Brown sugar, cocoa powder & autumn leaf notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Brown sugar, cocoa powder & autumn leaf flavors; robust but a bit too sweet. Good.
Nov 04, 2021Brown/black appearance.
A violent pour yielded a big tan head; a thick curtain of tree-rung lace.
Brown sugar, cocoa powder & autumn leaf notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Brown sugar, cocoa powder & autumn leaf flavors; robust but a bit too sweet. Good.
Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois
4.03/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz bottle, no apparent freshness date. A tall foamy tan head caps a dark brown ale. Bold aroma of chocolate, grain, and earthy hops permeates the nose. Nice balanced flavors of cocoa, chocolate malt, nutty grain, coffee, caramel, toffee, and earthy & herbal hops. Fuller body, ample carbonation, balanced finish. This is a winner - I don't know why it took me so long to get around to this one!
May 29, 2019
Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois
4.11/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Taste: Rich dark roasted chocolate malt, hints of coffee, toffee, with a dry finish. Smoked malt nose. Black/Brown hue, mostly opaque, tan head with delicate rings of lace. Full but not heavy body. 30 IBUs
Dec 06, 2018
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