Cask gravity at K&ES 2026. Black beer lasting beige head. Orange aroma. Chocolate and orange flavours. Good mix of flavours. It works well .dry stout base. Fine.

Half a pint on cask at the Hallcross. Thin creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of orange and a bit of chocolate. Very good.

Cast at Alexandra, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small cream head and good lacing. There’s hints of roast malts and molasses in the aroma, but they’re only vague. In the mouth it’s slightly sweet and a tad watery. Plenty of chocolate but the orange (although there) is in much shorter supply. Caramel and coca are to hand as well, all leading to a fairly sweet finish. Reasonable, but doesn’t have much porter characteristic.

Bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Clear, dark cola brown. Fine off white head. Nose has Fry’s Chocolate Orange. Demerara sugar. Hint of roast malt. Chocolate raisins. Smells great, albeit not particularly porter like, or beery, for that matter. Taste is a little sweet, but there’s a roast malt bitterness takes the edge off. Smooth on the palate. Fine carbonation. Light to medium body. Finish gets more bitter. Nice.

Bottle from Eltham Wines. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Lots of chocolate orange in the nose, whack of caramel, coffee, cocoa in there too. Taste is most certainly dark chocolate orange, coffee, light smoke, cocoa. Sweet malty finish with the merest suggestion of bitterness. Interesting.