50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a fully gone head. Roasted malty and slight liqourice note in the aroma. Bitter and acidic hardroasted malty with a nice mix of liqourice, coffee and a bit of chocolate smoothness. Nice bitter and roasted malty finish.

Scotland, 250708. Bottled. Dark brown with small head. Aroma of coffee. Flavor of nuts, caramel, chocolate and dryness from the roasts. Some yeasty fruit notes

This was one of the first black isle beers that I tried and I was not impressed. The beer poured like a pint of cola; black and no head. The aromas were hints of nuts, roasted malts and coffee; not too bad. However the taste was awful: cold coffee and not much else. It was also very thin bodied for a porter, a very watery mouthfeel. I gave this to my mate after a couple of mouthfuls and he managed the same amount. We ended up pouring the rest down the sink. Maybe I have been unlucky, but I have tried two other bottles since my original tasting and it resulted in the same effect. A very poor, watery porter that has a taste closer to frapaccino than a beer.

<i> <b> Bottle, many thanks to Craig cgarvie for this one, cheers Craig. </i> </b> Poured black with a small white bubbly head. Some sourness and suphurous notes and even some metallic thing going on there, wondering whether this was infected as it was just well, sour really, also appley fairly sure this was a bad un as a porter that tastes more like cider can’t be right can it? I will rate this again if ever I see it and note this rating certainly isn’t a dig at the brewery.

A Mes rate: Bottle at The 78. Not bad for an organic. Served way too cold so I had an annoying wait until I could rate it. Black with a slight tan head. Straight forward porter with some decent inky and rubbery notes. Coffee notes come through as it warms. Not really assertive enough however. Slightly sticky in the palate but not bad overall.