UPDATED: AUG 14, 2018 Draft at Bru Craft. Opaque black pour with dense camel foam. Black liquorice coffee. Glossy dark chocolate. Rum and oak. Molasses and walnuts. Charcoal and peppercorns. Honey and dark red berries. Hints of vinyl, tobacco, and coconut. Feels big but has a smooth finish. Excellent!

Growler. Pours a hazy copper with small beige head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is cocoa, roast, dark fruit. Medium body, boozy, roast, coconut, spice, nice sweetness, very good.

Number 2800. Been hunting this for a long time. Growler from Spirits Unlimited in Toms River, NJ. Opaque brown color topped by a dense frothy tan head. Wonderful dark malt nose is reminiscent of fresh baked Oatmeal Raisin cookies. First sip is smooth, earthy and complex. Toasted oats, dark rum, dark corn syrup, toasted pecans, toffee and toasted raisin bread. Sweet, sticky mouthfeel. Warming alcohol, though subdued. Long, chewy, cloying malty finish and aftertaste. Arguably, one of the best porters I have ever tasted, right up there with Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter and Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald. A must have and worth seeking out.

Growler from trade. Pours black with thick tan head. Aroma is chocolate malty with notes of oak/barrel/rum. Taste is sweet chocolate, rum and raison/plum with a chocolate rum dark fruit finish. Pretty good.

Draft notes from shared bottle at Craft, 11/10/2015. Poured hazy blackish with minimal head. Nose was dark malt, rum, florals, molasses. Tasted dark malty, with notes of oak, rum, molasses, honey, dark fruit. Complex amd dense in the finish.

Pours thick and dark unclear black with a dark beige head. The aroma is coffee with some sweet hazelnut soft notes. The body is creamy and "sensible" as described for the high ABV, so delicious! The flavor is coffee forward, and brings honey, coconut, roasted malts, and bitter and sweet chocolate.

Smooth porter. Nice though nothing outstanding in character. At torst.drinkable dark stuff.

Waxed swing-top growler. Dark brown with tan foam. Nose is cocoa, coffee, molasses and spice. Creamy and coating, silky on the tongue with a bright tingle. Taste is chocolate syrup, dates, sweetened coffee, plum, rum and faint smoke. Rich and sticky without a lot of roast.

Growler shared by someone. Pours near black with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a decent amount of rum with dark grains and dark fruits supporting. Flavor has sweet dark grains, sweet chocolate and rum with a bit of rum supporting.

Growler. deep brown with a small off-white head. Toasted brown bread. Creamsicle. Light dark fruits. Some booze. Taste is well balanced. Easy going. Cocoa puffs. Woody. Full body, oily.