Keg at the Hanging Bat. Pours deep black, taste is sweet and dry, light smoke.

On tap at Mikkeller & Friends, October 2013. (sold as Gunner Porter) Black with a small tan head. Aroma and taste of roasted malt, light smoke, some coffee and dark chocolate. Smooth and easy to drink. The finish was quite bitter.

Tap@Mikkeller & Friends - dark brown to black coloured pour, with a small beige head. Roasted malts, caramel, chocolate, nice sweet/bitter balance, good mouthfeel, decent.

Keg at Old Coffee House. It pours black with a thick light tan head. The nose is roasty, toast, smooth smoke, honey-glazed ham, fresh citrus and light jamminess. The taste is roasty, toast, earth, coffee grinds, light smoke, cocoa, good bitterness, liquorice, zesty grapefruit and faint berry with a bitter, roasty finish. Medium body and prickly carbonation. Well rounded and flavoursome. A rather tasty smokey stout.

Keg at the Old Coffee House - London. Pours deep brown with a super tight, creamy tan head. Burnt dark malt nose, some coffee grounds and cocoa. Light sweet flavor with strong char, dirt, toasted pine, baking cocoa, all around big roast. Light to medium bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Strudy roasted malt finish, some charcoal, ash, tobacco, bitter chocolate, slight dry torched wood, burnt toast. Robust and pretty good.
Earlier Rating: 7/11/2013 Total Score: 3.5
Keg at the Cock Tavern - Hackney, London. Pours. Lear, dark brown with a fine, creamy tan head. Dry smoked wood nose with hints of cocoa in the background. Light sweet flavor with pronounced and very dry smoked malts, bitter charred wood, bitter cocoa, earth, touches of citrus rind. Medium bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Lightly oily to finish with more dry, burnt and smokey wood, some bitter baking cocoa, minerals, dirt, burnt dark sugars. Decent.

From tap. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and liqourice. Chocolate. Bitter, toffee malty and chocolate. Bitter, roasted and chocolate malty.

Tap at Sheffield Tap. Smoked anything is a bit scary? Even bacon. This was bang on smokey enough. Bit of ground coffee, dark chocolate maybe. Nice beer. A roll up as opposed to a B&H.

Draft as Gunner Porter. A dark red brown beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of smoke, malt, and mint. The flavor is sweet with notes of smoke, roasted malt, and chocolate, leading to a very bitter finish.

Keg @ Hanging Bat, Edinburgh [270713]
Black, ruby edges, light tan head, some lacing
Aroma - soft burnt toasted malts, bit smoky
Taste as aroma, dark malts, toasty malts, burnt, bit smoky, not complex
Palate - Medium carb, smooth, too fizzy for style. Finish as main flavour, burnt notes, burnt toasty bitter linger
Overall - Soft smoky, bit too fizzy, ok