Draught at Haight. Black with a thin head. Aroma of toasted coffee. Flavour is coffee, roast malt, dry burnt finish, thin texture.

Glass, 16-ounce, drunk at Old Major, breakfast with the brewer, trip to the Great American Beer Festival, savoured on September 24 2015; eye: black, opaque, nice sheet of beige head, good lacing; nose: roasting, coffee, slight chocolate; mouth: roasting, coffee, slight chocolate, acidity, light acridness, finale in roasting with presence of bitterness, medium body, good carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 16 onces, en fût, bue chez Old Major, déjeuner avec le brasseur, voyage pour le Great American Beer Festival, savourée le 24 septembre 2015; œil : noire, opaque, belle couverture de mousse beige, bonne dentelle; nez : torréfaction, café, très léger chocolat; bouche : torréfaction, café, très léger chocolat, acidité, légère âcreté, finale en torréfaction avec présence d’amertume, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, moyennement amère, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien

On tap at Smokestack. Dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a reddy hues and a lasting mid tan head aroma is big sweet vanilla, creme caramel, milk choc and coconut. Flavour is composed of milky, lactose, milk choc, creme caramel, coconut, slight burnt. Palate is medium full, highish carbonation. Decent.

On tap at Magnolia, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of toasted malt, light espresso, and unsweetened powdery cocoa. Flavour brings out toasted malt and powdery unsweetened bitter cocoa. Smooth, dry, and powdery on the plate. Solid porter.

on tap-pours a briefly retaining light brown head and black color. Aroma is roasty/chocolate/coffee/cocoa, some earthy hops. Taste is dark malt, light acidic hops.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours with a opaque black body with brown highlights. Head is tan and mostly lasting. Aromas are dusty, cocoa, earthy, vanilla, coffee, leather, dry leaves. Bitter but yet quite rich chocolate notes for a porter. Nice bready malt profile. No hops, mostly clean yeast wise. Flavors are dry, roasty, coffee, roasted barley, leather, bitter, ashy. Lightly bready. Medium to low carbonation, dryish finish. Roasty and lightly astringent. Slight carbonic or mineral bite in the finish. Well made.

Nearly black with minimal head. Aroma has a light roasted malt profile, a medium coffee note, light chocolate. Similar in flavor with a light earthy hop presence, too. An excellent porter. Wish I could have had a few more while I was there. (Cask at the pub)

On tap at the brewpub
Appearance: Black with a small tan head and some lacing in the glass
Aroma: Roasted malts, coffee, chocolate
Taste: Coffee, chocolate, hop bitterness in the finish
I enjoyed this beer, very well balanced.

Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a black color with a tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with some hints of coffee in the aftertaste.

Draft. Brown/black beer with a tan head. Chocolate and light roast aroma. Chocolate, light roast flavor with some acrid malt. Medium body. Acrid malt lingers with chocolate, roast, and slight coffee.