Shared courtesy of Grumbo with ITFCDan. Aroma of shortcake, berries, dried fruit and cinnamon. Taste is a bit ashy with chocolate, toffee, roasted malts and dried fruit.

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a deep brown with some dark red edges, head is off white to beige. Aroma is roasted malts, dark fruits, chocolate, caramel. Taste is rich roasted malts, dark fruity, raisin, chocolate, little earthy.

27/11/2021. Bottle bought direct from the brewery, shared with ITFCfan/Dan. Pours clear dark mahogany brown with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of milk chocolate, roasted malt, nut, dark fruits, vanilla, coffee. Medium sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Medium body, slight creamy texture, soft carbonation. Nicely done.

500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham!]. Darkest brown colour with small to average, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige to tan head. Relatively weak, chocolately, minimally roasty, dark malty aroma, hints of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, a touch of toffee and nougat, whiffs of liquorice. Taste dry, roasty and chocolately, dark malty, minimally fruity and spicy, subtle sweetness, notes of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, interludes of liquorice, toffee, coffee, nougat, dark caramel, plum. Watery texture, slightly dry, simultaneously minimally cloying palate, medium to fine, soft carbonation. Covers a wide spectrum of (dark) malt flavours in a rather cautious mode, especially concerning the aroma - nice.

On cask at Three Tuns, Dronfield - Deep opaque black body, long lasting beige topper. Nose is all about the roast and toast, coffee, chocolate, liquorice. Taste nice bitter finish. Well rounded. Porter by the numbers. Drone Valley seem to specialise in very good dark beers.