Bottle. Pours deep opaque black with a medium, frothy, fizzy off-white head. Aroma has lots of red wine, tannins, vanilla, chocolate, cherries. Highish carbonation, fine dry and kinda light mouthfeel. Flavour has initial malty sweetness, chocolate, roasted, lots of red wine, vanilla. Kinda short finish.

Bottle. Pours hazy dark blackish brown with tan head. Nose is roasty dark malt, cacao, rauchiness, black currant, grapey fruit. Tastes roasty dark malty, with notes f red wine grapes, cacao, blackberry, and a smooth finish. Solid.

Bottle in Chicago with TheAlum. Thanks Adam! Pours a dark brown appearance with a spritzy, big brown head. Big red vinous, very funky, grape, light plum, tangy, very intriguing aroma. Somewhat roasty, mild peaty smoky, dry vinous, light berry, funky, complex, fun flavor. Enjoyed this better than the rum version.

Bottle shared with timfoolery. Smoky porter with notes of white wine and soy. Good beer.

Bottle from a trade for three of the variations. Aroma is clearly smoky porter and some wine barrel. Wine comes out more in the flavor and quite literally resembles smoked fish from a can. Well done, but odd beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

bottle as shown .. . deep brown .. . big foamy head, lacing was impressive .. . mouth was a touch airy .. . mild smoke, oak barrel, grape seed, and tannins .. . an interesting meld of flavours, i kinda liked it .. . . If I eat myself will I get twice as big or disappear completely?

Bottle shared at a local tasting, thanks Levi! Pours a dark brown head with a light brown head, the aroma has quite a bit of smoked malt with a touch of chocolate, the flavor is really sweet with a little bit of smoke in the finish, it mixes well together though, kind of different but I really enjoyed this, couldn’t finish an entire bottle myself, but not bad.

Batch 2 bottle from puddintane. Word G. Pours dark amber. Lots of smoke and roast. Slight oak and warming red wine. Still in great shape.

2010 with the carbonation warning sticker. Gushes like a motherfucker, eventually allowing the fury inside to be poured. Black body sports a smokey, funky aroma. This is basically a sour porter: yeast imparts tartness to push against the roasted malts. Unique and quite tasty. Thanks Denise!

Bottle from Batch 2 thanks Mcallister. Good thing I was near the sink when I opened this. Huge rush of foam from a self pouring bottle, I filled my glass and then the bottle she kept on giving. The color is a porter all right, but the rest is lambic like. Smells of tart fruit and a bit of funk. The flavor is very funky and tart. The Porter is gone and I can’t even say I like the lambic that it left behind. Another casualty from my cellar.