Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours a dark reddish-brown with minimal off-white head. Aroma is mainly malts with a hint of chocolate. In the mouth it is decidedly sweet and creamy with flavour of cola, roast malts and hints of dark fruits and coffee. Sweetness lasts into the finish. Not bad, but more like a mild than a porter.

500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Cloudy, dark brown colour with ruby shimmer and average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, off-white to beige head. Chocolately, dark malty aroma, hints of cocoa, chocolate, earthy, yeasty whiffs of dark berries. Taste is slightly dry, roasty, chocolately, dark malty, very subtle sweetness, hints of dry cocoa, dark chocolate, earthy, leafy hoppy overtones, diluted hints of insipid, instant coffee, very subtle, yeasty fruity hints of dark berries. Creamy texture, smooth, soft and silky, simultaneously slightly dry palate, fine and soft, creamy carbonation. Well crafted, rather dry, a bit thin - not bad.

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a deep black with a tan color frothy head. Aroma is roasted malts, dark fruits, plum. Taste is roasted malts, chocolate, fruity, tingly, plum, ashy.

20/1/2021. Bottle bought direct from the brewery. Pours dark brown with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, blackcurrant and dark plumy fruits, light coffee and a touch of soot. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. A little thin but ok. Soft carbonation. Nice sweet and roasty finish. Easy drinking lower abv porter. Liked it.

On cask at Three Tuns, Dronfield - A near black body with no head. Aroma has a smoky nose, and peppery chocolate taste. Just not pretty, and rather thin.