UPDATED: JUN 25, 2023 Bottled. Deep reddish brown colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is toffee, caramel, whiskey and some wooden elements. Flavour is quite strong on the alcohol, has a bunch of sweet malts, some sweet dried fruits, toffee and mild liquorice.

UPDATED: JUN 4, 2023 On tap @ Porterhouse Temple Bar Dublin. Dunkelbraunes Bier fast ohne Schaum. Riecht wie ein Hutzelbrot. Eingelegte Früchte. Portwein, Schokolade. Spannend. Cremig weiches Mundgefühl. Im Mund getrocknete Pflaumen, Aprikosen, Schokolade, Port. Alkohol ist gut eingebunden. Tiefes Aroma. Fruchtiger Toffee-Schokoladen Abgang. Whiskey, Vanille. Erinnert an einen Barley Wine. Mein bestes Porterhouse, wahrscheinlich mein bestes irisches Bier?!

UPDATED: MAR 16, 2023 Glass at porterhouse, 11% abv version. Dark brown almost black beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, citrus, wood, caramel, malt, light coffee. Taste is the same, sweet, bitter, malt, roast, coffee, vanilla, wood, whiskey, fruity, very nice

UPDATED: JUL 28, 2022 0,33l bottle shared with wiosna @ Dom (11% ABV). Pours very dark brown with a low tan head. Aroma is sweet roasted malts with sherry and chocolate. Flavor is sweet roasted malts with sherry, whisky, chocolate, alcohol, hops. Very good.

UPDATED: APR 18, 2020 0.33 l bottle (ABV 11%) from Alko Ympyrätalo, Helsinki. Brown, cloudy, no head. Limited edition matured in Dingle distillery Irish whiskey casks. Taste has dried fruits, cinnamon and other Christmas spices - wait, this tastes like the British Christmas pudding. Absolutely great and not expected tastewise, since this was originally Imperial Black IPA.

UPDATED: MAR 20, 2020 Bottle@home, from Alko Kuninkaankulma, Tampere, Finland. Strong, averagely balanced nuances of caramel and dark fruits like dry plum and some fig. Some toffee. High hops of unclear profile, though dampened because of sweet notes. Medium body with medium carbonation. Overall, organic and tasty though the style is more like quad. 6 3 7 3 15

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2020 Bottle 330ml at O'Connell's. BBE 2023-11-15. Pours dark brown reddish with thin tan color head. Aroma and taste have dark malts, whisky barrel, wood, caramel, licorice, toffee. Full body, average carbonation, sweet, boozy and vineous finish. Hard to find any IPA characteristic but good beer anyway.

UPDATED: JAN 16, 2020 (Bottle, 0.33 l - bottle #4944 - BB 15.11.2023, 11% ABV, at Black Door, 20200116) The beer poured deep mahogany coloured and clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had malts, caramel, vanilla and grass. Palate was medium bodied, warming and rather dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, caramel, grass, vanilla, wood and bitterness. Aftertaste was woody and bitter. A too woody brew with some pleasant notes.

UPDATED: DEC 26, 2019 Keg at The Porterhouse Central, Dublin. Deep brown. Aroma of oxo, dark sugar and piney hops. A bit too sweet, sadly. Not horrible, but was hoping for more hops.

Bottle 330ml.

[ As Porterhouse The Devils Half Acre ].
Clear dark brown color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, sweet malt, light dark fruit, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, roasted, licorice, hoppy, alcohol, light wood. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20141205]