500 ml bottle, bought in Scarborough. Dark reddish brown colour, nearly black. Large and creamy tan head. Pleasant vinous aroma, notes of prunes and tobacco, hints of liquorice, chocolate and red wine vinegar. The mouthfeel is rich and creamy. Flavour of roasted malts, coffee and chocolate, a hint of liquorice. Moderate hops in the finish. Good beer!

Cask. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Malty chocolate aroma. Sweet roasted malty flavor with hints of chocolate and coffee. Sweet roasted malty finish. With some bitterness in the aftertaste.

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm) Dark brown colour, not really black, with brief beige head. Roasted nose, slightly fruity with notes of coffee, liquorice, soy sauce, citrus and a hint of smoke. Roasted taste, slightly smoky, with notes of wet ashes, coffee, chocolate, liquorice and citrussy hops in the finish. Rather dry. Body is slightly thinner than the cask version. Still, this is a very nice porter.
Earlier Rating: 8/26/2006 Total Score: 4.1
(Cask at GBBF, London, 2 Aug) Colour is dark brown, almost black, with ruby notes when seen through light, small head. Nose is roasted with evident notes of chocolate and oyster sauce. Taste is roasted with chocolate, coffee and hints of soy sauce and tar. Very well balanced, dry, smooth, with a lovely hoppy finish. A old favourite of mine, still reliable.

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Clack, beige head. Roasty coffee aroma. Very dry and crisp with evident flavour of freshly ground coffe that lingers all the way through to the finish. A very drinkable, uncomplicated one-flavour beer.

Poured a watery, opaque black with a fast fading white head. Smells like chocolate, a little yeasty, malty and a hint of licorice. Heavy licorice flavor, heavy roasted malt. A little too one sided for me from a flavor stand point. Doesn’t look, smell or taste like an elite porter.

(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a clear, reddish mahogany with a creamy, beige head leaving laces. Aroma is almost pure chocolate. Medium body with distinct, hard roasted malty accents and then also flavours of bitter, dark chocolate. The malt does leave some bitterness. 030107

Clear dark mohogany body with a medium frothy brown head. Sweet roasted malt and chocolate aroma. Sweet chocolate flavor with some mild bitter and nuttiness in the end.

Pour is like midnight black with almost no head. Aroma is chocolate with malts and a little coffee. Flavor is super. Lots of chocolate and coffee with some nuts and caramel in there. Been wanting to try tis for awhile now and was not dissapointed. Very tasty.

Bottled, patch 1297 (BB 10/2006). Very dark ruby color, good tan head. Aroma has chocolate, roasted malts and bready barley. Medium to full bodied. Ashy (tobacco), cold coffee and toasted malts in the flavor, also like flavor of burnt rye bread. Very "dark" stout with lots of roast and toast. At least interesting.

Cask gravity at Catford BF 06. Very dark brown/ruby with thin beig. Choccy porter. Quite nice with a bit of tartness on finish.