Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

25/01/2018 - 33cl can from Malt Attacks. Drank from the can. Nose is dark malts, caramel, spices. Taste is coffee, mocha, chocolate, bit dark fruits, spices. Nice!

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tight bubbly tan head left a good collar on a dark oak coloured still body. Dark coffee, espresso & malt aroma. Medium to thin body, sharp on the palate with a thin lacking finish. Spiced tastes of espresso, roast, cinnamon, cocoa nutmeg & redberry.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can from the Northern Monk Web Shop. Dark brown pour with a dissipating beige head. Nose of raw coffee, dark chocolate, treacle toffee, festive spices. Very similar carry on in the flavour. Sweet spicy finish.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at BD Aberdeen. It pours near black with a small tan head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, warming spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, sticky chocolate and Xmas cake. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, roasted malt, festive spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cocoa, mocha, chai tea, treacle and wood with a dry, toasty finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Decent spiced porter.

Biscuity chocolate orange clove cinnamon... Lots going on here

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg @ Station. Pours dark reddish brown, nose tells of a cinnamon, chocolate and Christmas spice nose. Taste is spicy indeed, assorted cinnamon-lead notes emerging, not too much thankfully, with additional cocoa and distant coffee roast. Nice balance of flavours.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home, 07/07/18. Black with a tan covering that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is aniseed, liquorice, herbal chimes, spice, cinnamon, cocoa powder, light dusty fruits Taste comprises sweet malts, chocolate biscuit, toffee, cinammon loaf, cloves, chai spice, faint coffee notes, mellow roast. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid porter.
Earlier Rating: 12/28/2014 Total Score: 3.5
Keg at the Cask, Pmlico-co, 22/12/14. Black with a good sized tan covering that retains. Nose is coffee grinds, roast malt, toffee, light smoke, liqourice, cocoa rub, subtle spice - not overbearing. Taste comprises chocolate, cinammon, coffee, tar, clove, liqourice stick, leather. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid coffee meets spiced porter, good balance, could have drank more than a half pint easily as wasn’t a spice bomb.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled during RB Raid over Rotterdam March 3rd 2018. Dark brown to black color, average sized light brown colored head. Aroma is malts, quite spicy indeed. Flavor however is less spicy, mocha and actually quite pleasant. Decent body and carbonation.