UPDATED: MAR 22, 2024 Bräunlich bis schwarze Farbe mit beiger Schaumkrone. Malziger Geruch mit Kakao und Schokolade. Geschmacklich malzig mit Toffee, Kakao und dunkler Schokolade. Hohe Süße mit mittlerer Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

UPDATED: MAR 11, 2023 Cask, third pint, @'Brunswick Inn', Derby (UK). 17/02/2023. [#5.902 Global - #674 England - #3 Brunswick Brewing Co.] Dark brown, tiny tan head. Aroma: burnt sugary malts, toffee and dark chocolate. Taste: burnt sugar and molasses. Americano mouthfeel. Next one please!

UPDATED: FEB 14, 2022 Cask at the Brunswick Inn, Derby crawl, 11/02/22. Extremely fark mahogany brown to light black with a tan cap. Nose is dark malts, cocoa powder, charr, dried fruit esters. Taste comprises brown bread, mellow roast, ashen tones, chocolate biscuit, raisens. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close. Not bad.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2022 Cask: Poured a dark brown black with an off white to beige head. Aroma is rich malts, chocolate. Taste is very malty, chocolate, malt balls.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2022 Cask at the brunswick flyer. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aroma is woody bark, faint roast, wet campfire, dried fruits, Ash,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, brown sugars, liquorice, burnt cake, dried fruit, liquorice. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, moderate carbonation ok.

UPDATED: JUN 5, 2021 Handpull cask at the Brunswick, Derby. The beer is dark brown, translucent with a spotting of off-white head. Light suggestion on chocolate malt and a bit of coffee in the aroma sweet taste with some buttering hop and some vegetable character in the finish. Slight watery body with scant carbonation. A bit disappointing to be honest.

UPDATED: APR 30, 2021 Cask at the Brunswick Derby 30.4.21 .Dark brown thin cream head. Could be better I reckon as had it before. Coffee and fruits, liquorice in the taste too.

UPDATED: NOV 7, 2020 Review of a beer drunk in August 2002. Dark reddish brown, tan head, roast malt dark fruit. Taste adds a bit of liquorice.

UPDATED: AUG 14, 2020 Cask at Brunswick, Derby – in a glass that had seen better days Have drunk this many a time before, but never rated it. Pours a dark reddish brown with a small transient cream head. Nose is dark fruits with a hint of coffee. Dark fruits again in the mouth, with roasted malts and liquorice. A fruity finish to round things off. Not as good as I remember it being.

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2022 Given how long this local porter has been around I am bemused to find I have never rated it. Poured dark brown with red lights and tan cream lace top. Taste is medium sweet to bitter with dark malt evident edging towards licorice rather than caramel. Palate is medium bodied oily texture average carbonation and a bitter finish. Certainly a porter I could drink, although not one I will seek out. 2nd sipping 20)01)21. Unchanged