UPDATED: NOV 2, 2023 11.5 ounce bottle from DeCicco & Sons in Armani, NY. Bottled on 01/22/2016, so it’s got some age on it. Nearly opaque dark brown pour is topped by a light tan cap. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee and dark bread. Lightly carbonated. Flavors of dark malt, coffee, dark chocolate covered espresso beans, toasted dark bread, charred wood. Dry and bitter as the taste develops. Some resinous notes. Decent flavor and complexity for a beer that’s nearly eight years old.

UPDATED: MAY 25, 2020 (Bottle) Dark brown colour, almost balck, with frothy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of coffee, black rye bread, dark chocolate, cacao, liquorice, orange peel and a touch of tamarind. Malty, roasted taste with espresso, dark chocolate, black rye bread, liquorice, orange peel and a generous coffee/cacao bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Solid and well made porter with generous coffee and cacao flavours. Seriously good stuff.

UPDATED: MAR 30, 2020 Keg at the Beavertown Extravaganza, day two, 09/09/2017. A reddy brown coloured pour with a beige head. Aroma is praline, cocoa, oal, vanilla, brown sugars. Flavour is composed of dry oak, brown sugars, charcoal, brown sugars, woody, Harsh finish. Palate is semi swewt, loose grains, moderate carbonation, Dy harsh finish.

UPDATED: AUG 24, 2019 Bottle @ Home, cellared for 5 years. Pours a dark brown liquid with a small head and nice lacing. Aroma of milk chocolate, licorice, smoke, wine gums,ash, plumes and some lightly vinous raisins. Medium to full body with a smooth , rich palate. Taste of milk chocolate, leather, smoke, win gums, brown sugar. Lingering ash, plumes, smoke...some old hops but otherwise a really nice aging.

UPDATED: APR 10, 2019 Dark brown with a dark off white head - Malt aroma with some chocolate hints - Roasted malt body with some chocolate and coffee notes with a nice bitterness in the back - Roasted malt flavour with bitterness with hints of chocolate and coffee flavours goes into the finish - This was real good

UPDATED: MAR 15, 2019 Pours black with one finger, tan head. Aroma is roast, light smoke and some nuttiness. Taste is brown sugar, moving to roast, smoke and light hops. Finish is smoke and hops. A good porter.

UPDATED: JAN 28, 2019 Sampled at ISO, black color with a medium beige head and nice lace. Nose and flavor of dark malt, milk chocolate, caramel, vanilla, subtle roast. More of a brown ale than a porter. Body was medium with a layered finish. Enjoyable in a small pour.

Robe brun extrêmement sombre sans être noire, mousse faible, brune. Nez très marqué de café, pas vraiment brûlé, plutôt sur le toast très grillé, puissant. Bouche fort grillée, révélant une grande sécheresse – quoi qu’équilibrée – et une forte amertume, avec des arômes vanillés légers, fruités, et des notes résineuses. Très agréable, malgré une forte amertume.

Porter très amère (surtout sur en fin de bouche). Gout prononcé de café. Très bon

(nez ∞-café, torréfié, fumé, onctueuse, bitter, back sec, finale > amère, café, céréales, curuçao, sucre, pin)