2024 version, 9.5% ABV Small tan head, receding over jet-black beer. Coffee, sweet mocha, syrupy. Nutty, roasted & sugared nuts. Berries, chocolate, mocha, bit vanilla and indeed lots of nuts (again +/- roasted and caramelised). Warming up, ashes and tobacco coming up. Very syrupy, thick, warming. Chewy and viscous. Very seriously sweet porter. Many thanks to the Dewberries!

I have a 12 oz bottle that came from my local beer retailer early in the summer. The label indicates this is the Winter 2022 edition and the ABV is 9.5%. Continuing the 512 connection, I am using my ABGB tulip glass for the sampling. The body has to be called black, because it is, and the head is a persistent ring of fawn-brown foam. The first thing I notice out of the nose is the booze, no complaints by me, and there follows chocolate and burnt grain. I take a drink and determine pecans definitely, alcohol, chocolate, some woodiness, malt and baked bread. I would have liked a thicker sensation. Little in the way of sweetness, straightforward in its approach. Good but not great.

(Tap) clear, bright, very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of chocolate liqueur, cocoa; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish

Tap at The Brass Tap, Austin. Dark black color, small beige head. Light toasted aroma with hints of whiskey. Medium-bodied to full-bodied. Toasted, vanilla, whiskey, smooth, a bit sweetish. Interesting. And good.

Shared 25.4 oz. bottle. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of booze. Taste is booze and oak with faint roasted malt and chocolate. No pecan noted. The barrel pretty much wiped out almost all traces of the original brew, which I easily prefer over this. Disappointing.

On tap at Bangers. Dull pour and mild aroma, but wait for it....huge taste and lingering warmth. Nutty, sweet, woody. All comes together quite nicely. Drinkable, but sip slowly, and savor....

Sample, brown bottle, 1 pint 9.4 ounces, at Stephen Morris’, savoured on December 12 2014; eye: black, opaque, voluminous beige head that turns into a thick sheet, light lacing; nose: whiskey, roasted barley, light coffee, light chocolate, light alcohol; mouth: whiskey, roasted barley, light coffee, light chocolate, light alcohol, finale in whiskey with presence of chocolate, full body, good carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: a bit thin FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, chez Stephen Morris, savourée le 12 décembre 2014; œil : noire, opaque, abondante mousse beige qui se transforme en une bonne couverture, légère dentelle; nez : whiskey, orge torréfiée, léger café, léger chocolat, léger alcool; bouche : whiskey, orge torréfiée, léger café, chocolat, léger alcool, finale en whiskey avec présence de chocolat, corsée, bonne carbonatation, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : un peu mince

Bottle: Poured a deep black color porter with a nice light brown foamy head with good retention and good lacing. Aroma of light roasted malt notes with black chocolates with subtle pecan notes. Whiskey notes are also easily noticeable and provided a nice smooth finish to the beer. Body is a bit thinner then I was expected with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very nice beer but can’t say that pecan are as apparent as I would have expected.