can at home .. dark black ..small white head ..but can has exploded ...soft sweet dusty chocolate roast malts ..soft sweet chocolate Roast malts

Gravity cask at the 30th Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms, 06/09/24.
Black topped with a khaki cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is mellow roast, charr, earthy fruit rinds, toffee.
Taste comprises chocolate, caramel, spice, dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Decent porter.

13/4/2024. Draught at Kerroo Brewing Company, Port Erin, Isle of Man. Pours black with a small creamy beige head. Aroma is dark chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, prunes, tar, liquorice. Moderate sweetness and moderate roasted bitterness. Quite full bodied, very smooth, average carbonation. Seemed more than 7%. Well done. --- Beer merged from original tick of 7 Grain Porter on 06 Jul 2024 at 13:24 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 6/7/2024. Cask at 27th Festival of Beer and Brewing, Stowmarket. Pours very dark brown with a lasting frothy beige head. Aroma is dark malts, chocolate, black treacle, toffee, brown sugar, nut, vanilla, hints of bourbon. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness. Medium body, quite smooth, average to soft carbonation. Dry finish. Likeable.

Can from Beer Ambleside. Appearance - deep brown to black, tan head. Nose - molasses, tar and light smoke. Burnt wood. Taste - tar again, light leather and burnt wood too. Palate - medium bodied, roasty bitterness. Overall - good.

Can from the brewery online shop. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of liquorice, tar, leather, smoke, coffee, dark chocolate. Taste is a little thin, but has most of the expected components. Chewy leathery finish. Nice.