Can, 5%. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, caramel and hop. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, caramel, hops, little liquorice, little sweet and bitter.

@Ulfborg Scooper. Black, beige cream. Choc aroma, some hops and light coffee notes. Coffee and hops flavour. Quite hoppy and bitter for a porter. Very nice.

Can @ fonefan tasting. Hazy very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 030317

On tap at the brewpub on May 7, 2011. Pours a very dark brown with a finger and a half of a tan head. Sits around for a bit and leaves good amount of lacing. Flavor began with roast and dark bread with a bit of bitterness in the finish that was a bit dry. A classic example of the style and nicely done.

On tap at the brewpub. Poured near black with a brown head that dissipated slowly to the edges. Aroma was full of dark grains and a bit of roast with a slight dryness and pine. Flavor began with roast and dark bread with a bit of bitterness in the finish that was a touch dry.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown to black with a dense and chocolate brown head. Aroma is roasted and chocolate malty. Dark malty, roasted and mild acidic. Smooth and lingering roasted finish. Smooth and dark malty.

On draught, 4/16/05 at the brewpub. Dark chocolate colored beer, with some lighter mahogany notes on the edges, not altogether transluscent (nowhere near opaque). Light tan head quickly dissipates to a ring. Aroma of hazelnuts, dark chocolate and light blackberries. Flavors of cinnamon, chocolate fudge, roasted nuts and light caramel/toffee. Not enough body to make it distinctly American, not enough yeast mustiness to make it distinctly English. It kind of suffers because I don’t know what they are really aiming for and I taste way too much wateriness. Finishes rather quickly, with light chocolate lingering on. Medium body at first, but growing quickly thin. A very low amount of roast compared to most porters I have had. Bordering a brown ale.6/3/6/3/12
On cask later the same night Believe it or not, the cask version had more body, a long lasting head, and more pronounced flavors. Sticky chocolate sits on the palate, while a very light roast adds pleasant depth. Light notes of cola and toffee, with less thinning on the end and even a light carbonation which added more pleasant texture. Low yeast apparency still, but I like the lack of wateriness on cask. 6/4/7/4/14

Deep dark brown ale with no head. Light chocolate and coffee beans. Good mouthfilling chocolate with lingering bitterness and powdery cocoa. Light but well balanced porter. Dec. 2004.