Bottle from a Carrefour, Ninove - thanks Anke! Pours hazy dark brown to black with a very thin, frothy, tan head. Aroma of red & green apple, ripe plum, raisin, port wine, vanilla, cake dough, milk chocolate (bordering on 'Ersatz'), coco flakes. Taste is medium malty sweet, quite fruity, offering raisin, plum & some apple (hinting at acetaldehyde), slightly caramelly & chocolatey base with a touch of creamy vanilla, hardly any coconut; restrained bitter notes of coffee roast & fondant announce a dryish, faintly herbal hoppy finish with lingering dark fruits, chocolate, and at last some more coconut. Medium body, slick-oily texture, fizzy carbonation. Very smooth Porter, that much is certain, but not delivering sufficiently.

Bottle from McHughs. Brownish black with a minimal head. Aroma of milk chocolate. Flavour is thin milk chocolate, a little coconut, some chocolate malt on the finish but overall a bit too thin.