Draught @ Fermentoren, Halmtorvet 29 c, Copenhagen, Denmark 1700. [ As Uncommon Oaked Porter ].Hazy medium to dark black brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, toffee, light wood. Initial flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, malty, malt bitter, wood, caramel, roasted, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140222]

Draught @ Øltorget, Mathallen, Oslo
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, wood, oak, vinous and vanilla. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long roasted, oak, vanilla, chocolate and light sour finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tap at University of Beer in Davis, CA. Pours very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma seems chocolate. Med body or better. Flavor is oaky chocolate. Hop? Maybe. It’s way towards dry. It’s astringent. Could be oak. Seems to get coffee in the finish. The flavors are delivery in a quite striking manner. Very tasty.

Keg at Fermentoren, 02/03/14. Light black with a moderate tan covering that retains well. Nose is lightly charred wood, sherry soaked oak, dark stoned fruits, earthy cocoa. Taste comprises toffee fudge, oaky notes, brown sugars, tangy stoned fruit, dates, cocoa powder. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, sweet notes in the close. Decent stuff, good all round balance.

Draft. A dark re-brown beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, over ripe fruits, and brettanomyces. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of fruit and medium notes of brettanomyces and wood, as well as hints of roasted malt, leading to a dry finish.

From tap. Pours hazy brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is caramelish and toffee malty, light liqourice. Roasted, mild wooden and caramelish. Bitter and roasted malty. Sweet caramelish, toasted. Mild citric, mellow phenolic. Dry and bitter finish. Roasted.