Dark brown beer, with a thick, fizzy lace - aroma of roast, vanilla bean, chocolate, doughy character - full carbonation, creamy mouthfeel - fairly sweet at first, with strong vanilla and cookie dough - starts to develop some roast and coffee bitterness through the middle, which eventually dominates the finish, but sweetness still lingers, reminding one of sweetened black coffee - a bit sweet overall, but decent.

Bottled. Dark color, thick off-white head. Aroma of grinded coffee, some chocolat, hint of blackcurrant. Malty taste, coffee, quite bitter, slight alcohol burn. Ok stuff.

Bottle: Pours a deep, rich brown that is near black. Tiny thin head. Smells rich with roasty malt and light chocolate tones. Tastes roasty and sweet. Chocolate and malt with a little bitters in the trailer. A little light in the flavor intensity. Decent. Thanks to sparky27 for sending this one.

Courtesy of Gunhaver. Pours deep darkness with a thin tan head. The aroma is roasty with mild burnt malts, faint nuttiness and some alcohol heat. The taste is porter-like with notes of chocolate, fruit cake, vanilla and some tasty burnt malt notes. Very nice roasty to toffee to burnt malts into the finish. Yum.

Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire-brune foncée et claire à la lumière. Nez de malt rôti, de café, de chocolat noir, moyen de chocolat au lait sucré (notes lactiques) et de houblon herbeux et avec des notes fruitées (cerises et raisins) et des effluves d’alcool. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement bas-moyen ainsi qu’une texture riche et plutôt crémeuse. Moyen goût fruité (raisins aux petites notes vineuses, léger de cerises, traces de prunes) accompagné d’un léger goût de fumée de bois ainsi que des notes de chocolat au lait et de crème (très légèrement lactique) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût moyen-amer de malt rôti (voire même brûlé), de chocolat noir et avec des notes de mélasse bien sucrée. Parrallèlement, l’on retrouve une amertume assez asséchante de houblon herbeux (faibles traces citriques de pamplemousse), un léger goût d’alcool légèrement réchauffant ainsi qu’un léger-moyen goût de café, jusqu’en finale. Post-goût long et sec, moyen-amer de brûlé-rôti, de houblon herbeux, moyen de café, léger de chocolat noir et d’alcool avec des notes fruitées (moût de raisins et de cerises, traces de zest d’agrumes) et des traces de fumée de bois.

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of nicolascage. Clear, dark brown with a reddish hue and a rough, off-white head. Vinous aroma of roasted malts. Full body rich in sweet, roasted malt, some dried fruit - prunes in particular - and a subdued bitternes. Pleasant alright. 201107

Why not a porter? It does have considerable hops. The aroma has quite of a bit of chocolate and and light coffee. Flavor is medium sweet with roasted malt and more chocolate. Very smooth on the palate.

WBF-Raleigh. Clear deep ruby body with a small off-white head. Sweet roasted malt aroma. Sweet chocolate and roasted malt flavor.

Bottle. Dark brown body with light brown head. Aroma of sweet, roasted malt, coffee and alcohol. First impression of the flavor is rather interesting. Coffee, vanilla, pepper and alcohol. After a few more sips, this beer is tasting more ordinary. It’s a rather fine beer, but nothing extraordinary at all.