Can, big and black with a big choco moose rocky head. Taste is fine and dandy, a good example of a well behaved porter. Yes, so many stupid straight up ass IPA that this is a refreshing turn of events. Yes, a very friendly well behaved welcome addition to my tasting repertoire.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a slightly muddied glow and a very thin, single centimetre tall tan and off-white head that fades very quickly, as well. Aroma of toasted malt, earth, nuts, caramelised sugars, a dash of peated malt and some light lactose and creamy notes - but fairly mild for the style without too much bitterness arising from the nose. Light to Medium-bodied; Deep bitter roasted malt notes dominate with some pitted fruits, prunes, raisins and earthiness coming out towards the end, with a large creamy and lactose quality along with some caramlised sugar and toffee flavours, all ending with a grainy and peated malt note that shows a bunch of the earth. Aftertaste shows the deeper, more fragrant malts with some of the toast, the grain, the molasses and earthy flavours with a good deal of peanuts and walnuts, but some smoother sugars from the pitted fruit notes at the very end make this nice and rounded, especially for the style. Overall, a good enough beer, still not one of the better options in terms of complexities, as this is very straight-forward and not offering anything unusual or nuanced, but the typical flavours are there, the body is nice and the smoothness definitely persists, but that could be from keeping this 2+ years, of course. I sampled this 33 cL bottle, purchased on my last trip ever to New Beer Distributors in New York, New York (one of the best shops ever) on 24-February-2018 for US$2,75 sampled at my house here in Washington on 11-May-2020.

Good notes and a very nice drinker