Cask: dark brown, flat and oily, no head whatsoever. Aroma rather muted, coffee hints of chocolate, can’t pick up any vinous or woody notes. Flavor much the same, with some wood in the finish. Can’t all be coffee fans.

Bottle: This is a port barrel cask aged version of the Third Shift Breakfast Stout. Aroma is very mild. Roasted coffee with hints of chocolate. Dark brown, with no transparency and no head. Flavor is roasted coffee with light fruitiness. The strenth of the vanilla flavor in the regular seens to be muted by the woodiness in the finish. Vanilla is there, but not as strong. A mellower version of the regular with a bitter woody finish. Almost no carbonation in the mouthfeel. I prefer the regular.