UPDATED: JUN 20, 2022 500 ml botle. toasted malt smells. Pours a rich deep brown with a thin tan head and lacing. Tastes of carmel and brown bread toast with a nice ashy bitter finish. Dry mouthfeel and low carbonation. Nice.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2022 Liquide marron foncé avec mousse courte et légère. Nez torréfié, chocolat, caramel et malts. En bouche, on retrouve le nez avec une amertume herbeuse, très moyen !!!

UPDATED: FEB 28, 2021 Old rating from 2013 - 500ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of burnt toast, chocolate, liquorice, caramel & malt. Medium body. Mildly bitter finish

UPDATED: JUN 8, 2020 33cl bottle from Geers. Pours hazy dark brown with an unstable, foamy, tan head. Aroma of toast, tobacco, old dark chocolate, prune, toffee, black tea. Taste has sweetish toffee, dark chocolate & prune, becoming rather herbal, toasty & nutty with a hint of tobacco, giving off a smoke effect too. Dry, toasty finish, the herbal hoppiness keeps hinting at tea leaves & tobacco. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. I can sense something 'old' and 'authentic' about this beer, but it feels like a watered-down version of something better. I might look out for the 75cl bottle and preserve it for a while.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2020 750ml bottle from Marks & Spencer, London Colney, and drunk on 25/12/2006. Gosh, I really liked this back in the day. An amazing, rich, robust and roasty Porter with great body and lingering bitterness. There weren’t too many beers like this around, and it was pretty special then. Before the sellout.

UPDATED: JAN 12, 2019 Bottle. Chocolate, brown sugar and roasted malt aroma. Clear dark brown to black color with red hue and minimal sized brown head. Cocoa, dark chocolate taste, light smoke, lactose. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation.

Darkbrown coloured. Steady head. Thypical elements like coffe, chocolate, but also a clear smoke essence and drop in it. Good Porter, bitter, also smooth, drinkable.

Piana drobna trwała, zdobi szkło. Kolor ciemny pod światło klarowny rubin. Aromat ciemne palone słody lekko kwaskowy, rumowy słodki. Smak suszone owoce rodzynki, gorzka czekolada, kawa, palone słody. Piwo złożone z niewielką słodyczą i muśnięciem szlachetnego alkoholu na finiszu, goryczka niewielka. pije się przyjemnie Bardzo dobre.

UPDATED: DEC 8, 2017 Review from memory, from when Wetherspoon used to carry the range. Unfortunately no tasting notes, hopefully will get the chance to return and update the review to something more useful.

Bottle. Dark brown color light beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate subtle coffee. Taste is sweetish coffee, subtle dark fruit, silky mouthfeel. Tasty.