This is a winner, with more complexity than many brews coming out of Beyond the Pale recently. The Nose is mild chocolate and spice. A fluffiy tan head with solid lacing tops a deep brown body. The taste profile has several levels - initial chocolate tempered by rye spice; roasted malt and a touch of butter; and mild coffee with some nuttiness. Smooth and balanced.

Tap: Poured a clear dark brown color ale with a large off-white foamy head with OK retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry chocolate notes with some roasted malt is pretty interesting. Taste is dominated by super dry roasted malt notes with light black chocolate notes and some light spicy undertones from the rye malt. Body is about average with good carbonation. Pretty good porter but maybe a tad dryer then I would have liked.

A reddish brown ale with a thin lacing mocha head. In aroma, sweet nutty caramel malt with light coffee notes, grassy hops, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet nutty chocolate malt with light caramel, coffee grind, grassy hops, nice. On tap at brewery.