(The 1853 version has added Brett yeast). Hazy light brown colour with no head. Aroma and flavour have base malt notes and just a little amount of funky yeast. Quite sedate.

Cask at the Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Blackish red pour with a beige head. Nose of toffee, coffee, liquorice toffee. Flavours of liquorice, coffee, treacle toffee. Good.

Cask at Reading BF. Dark brown with a beige head. Chocolate, coffee, blackcurrant, cough mixture and a touch of sourness. The cough mixture was a bit too strong; without that it would have been a decent, smooth full-bodied porter.

Cask at the Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Cloudy dark amber pour with a white head. Nose of toffee apple, caramel, nuts,berries. Flavours of toffee,red berries, more nuts,red apple. Malty sweet finish.

Cask at the Kentish Belle, Bexleyheath. Amber pour with a white head. Lime, lemon zest, vanilla and light grain aroma. Flavours of lime, bitter herb, more lemon zest. Not bad.

Cask at The Very Last London Drinker Beer & Cider Festival. Pours murky mid brown with virtually no head. Aroma of milk chocolate, malt, coffee, citrus, blackcurrant and red berries. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Medium to full body, slight oily texture, soft to flat carbonation.

Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2017. Deep ruby to black colour, Aroma chocolate malty. Taste light sweet to bitter. Full rich and smooth body.

Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2017 [ The 42th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 10th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Beerblefish Blackbeerble Stout ]. ABV: 5.2%. Clear dark black brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, dark fruit, dark malt, black currant, berry - wood, light soy sauce. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, berries - wood, dark malt, roasted, dark fruit, dark malt, black currant. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171011] 5-2-6-3-11

Cask (gravity) @ 33th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2016, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Beerblefish ESB ].Light unclear medium amber colour with a small, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel, dusty something ! Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, dusty, sweet malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161130] 6-3-6-3-12