Country Tick #125, Bottle at home, black beer, small head. Aroma is malt, roast, coffee, light chocolate, hint of dark fruit. Taste is the same, bitter, dry, chocolate, dark chocolate, long dry bitter aftertaste. Very nice.

DEC-2019. Fresh batch. Deep black, mocha head. Dark chocolate, some treacle, very light spicy roasty and tannic notes that add complexity to the sugars. Very low sweetness - just a hint of dark sugars upfront, immediately trampled by a dry mix of winey tannins, oaky spice and crisp herbal hops. The body is smooth and clean - probably, too much so - almost lageresque - some chewy creaminess wouldn't hurt. 3,7/5.

MAR-2019. Hazy dark brown, mocha head. The aroma is bitter chocolate, slightly sweetened cocoa pie filling, nice gentle winy spice/tannins and a dash of spicy hops. Similar taste, well balanced towards soft spicy and roasty notes with only a little glazing sugars for balance. Moderate spicy bitterness with almost no residual sugars in the aftertaste. Medium body. Could use some more velvet in the texture. A nice solid true porter.

DEC-2017. Draft at Chișinău Airport. Deep brown, seems slightly hazy, humble head. The aroma does not jump on you - cold sweetened coffee, chocolate muffins, some red wine? The taste is medium sweet and roasty, some winy astringency with hops thrown in. Not the smoothest porter, but yeah, ok. 3,2/5.