(375ml bottle from Systembolaget) Pours dark brown with a big dense lingering tan head and lots of lace. Aroma is kind of odd, with rather oxidized red wine, oak, vegetal herbs, musty, honey sweetness underneath, not really much porter there. With some air, it opens up a bit yielding more dark fruit and malt notes, but not too intensely malty. Flavour is clean, fairly light malts with caramel and light toast along with honey sweetness. Flavour is pretty vinous with red wine notes, a bit of berry, barest hint of chocolate, some oak. Finish is fairly dry, with lightly sweet and lightly tart fruit/malt notes, aftertaste of oak, tannin, very light roast. Body is fairly thin, carb fairly soft, and alcohol mostly hidden. Disappointing really, there’s not much holding up the barrel so while the wine characters are nice they needed the porter structure to match. Feels light and simple when it should be complex. Not bad, not awesome.

Bottle 375ml @ Kristiansand Ølfestival 2015
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, oak and red wine. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long roasted, oak, vanilla, red wine and chocolate. Taste is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Bottle shared at The Cad’s 10 year get together. 29/03/2015. Mahogany brown / reddy coloured pour with a light tan head. Aroma is sharp orange , choc, perfume, soapy. Flavour is composed of choc, roasted malts, earthy, some soapy lavender notes, meaty. Palate is medium full bodies, airy carbonation and semi-sweet in the finish.

Trade with Hackobock. Thanks Jacob. Pours black with a creamy head and lacings. Honey, roast and wood. Smooth and soft. Quite vinous - red wine. Good sipper!

Bottle shared during the Cad’s 10th anniversary bash - Clerkenwell, London. Thanks to Team Sweden for this one! Pours black with a dense, frothy beige head. Ashy roast dominates the aroma, with nips of coffee, cocoa and earth. Medium sweet flavor with some tangy dark fruits, iodine, earth, burnt wood. Full bodied, chewy, with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish with notes of cocoa, cherry and scorched earth. Not bad.

37.5 cl bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty. Fruity, toasted malty. Dry, roasted and fruity. Roasted and fruity finish.

Bottle from Systembolaget, e-order in April 2015. Almost black with a tan head. Fairly soft aroma and taste of chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, light red wine and some weak berries. Not bad but not as heavy as expected.

Bottle @ The Cad’s 10yr Shindig. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a fruity malty woody caramel aroma. Fruity malty woody dark fruit and caramel flavor. Has a slightly roasted malty woody wine and caramel finish.

Bottle at the Cads 10th Anniversary bash, thanks to Lars, 29/03/15. Dark chestnut brown with reddish hues topped with a decent tan covering. Nose is roast malt, light charr, menthol notes, woody, toffee, earthy, dark fruit rinds. Taste comprises light spice, dark fruit peel, chocolate, woody rinse, dates, BA characteristics, toffee fudge. Medium + body, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent BA porter, plenty going on in this one.