(Cask at GBBF, London, 7 Aug 2008) Black colour with ruby hints, brief pale brown head. Fruity, roasted nose with notes of raisins, prunes and hints of port. Fruity, roasted taste with wild berries, chocolate, port and a moderate bittersweet finish. Yummy! Very nice beer. Rerate: (Cask at Southampton Arms, Kentish Town, London, 19 April 2012) Dark brown colour, almost black, with foamy beige head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of coffee, dried fruit and dark rye bread. Malty, roasted taste with coffee, dried fruit, raisins, dark chocolate and dark rye bread. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness and a generous roasty bitterness. Still yummy, and the numbers are exactly the same.

Cask@GBBF2008. Deep brown colour, not much head. Aroma is peat, coffee, mild roasted malts and some dark fruits. Flavour is ssour smoked wood, mild roast and some dark fruits and berries balancing it up. Refreshing and wellbalanced.

Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear dark red brown color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, chocolate, buttery notes, peat - smoked notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (020508)

Gravity at Reading Beer Festival 2 May 08. Dark brown colored - almost black. A filmy head. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Well integrated ingredients of a good porter. Well crafted!

Dark, rusty body. No head. Roasted chocolate malt in aroma well integrated with the following flavour of liquorice, coffee and dark chocolate. Good mouthfeel. 4.7% ABV in the Reading Beerfest program (gravicask, sampled with Finn at the festival, 02.05.2008).