Pours a nice near black from a bottle, faint head dissipates to a pale ring. Aroma is rather hard to place and to find, I'm getting some fallen leaves, chocolate, leather. Flavor is more chocolate forward, subtle licorice note, roasted cacao nibs and a slight muscovado sugar. This seems to live between a porter and a stout. Pretty good beer.

Waxed, capped 375 from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a slight creamy beige/tan head. Aroma of roasty/toasty malt, treacle, chocolate and some dark plummy fruits. Approaching full body. Flavor is treacle, chocolate, heat, mildly burnt malt and dark plummy fruits. Not dry, but quite astringent. Bitter, but hop or heat? Heat is strong but actually not at all annoying. Quite a tasty experience.