<b>Draught</b>. <i>At Vices et Versa</i>. Poured a near-opaque ruby-brown with an average tan lasting head. Solid deep roast aroma with raisin and faint cherry and mint, balanced by mild herbal bitterness. Same in the taste, nice and oily, also some molasses and peat to give it a unique tangy finish. Slick, oily body, not much carbonation, dry, roasty and lightly acidic in the finish. Really good stuff, heavy on the roast, light on the body, and drinkably dry.

On tap at Vices et Versa. Black with red hues, not really any head. Light roast aroma, some chocolate. Great taste - old style porter with lots of roast and a hint of sourness, very dry. Solid porter!

Sampled on tap at Vices et Versa. Pours a pitch black color with a thin beige head. Good aroma of coacoa and smoked malt. Good flavor of roasted and smoked malt with coacoa. The body is light to medium with a powdery texture and gentle carbonation.

Draught (6 oz. sample) at Vices et Versa, Montreal. Deep brown colour. Aroma of roasted malt, molasses, bakers chocolate and a bit of smoke. Light bodied. Flavour starts roasty and quite full, with some pleasant slightly lactic sourness in the middle, and a moderately dry finish. Could use a bit more body, but otherwise, a very nice porter.

Chocolate, charcoal, plums raisins and chalk in the nose. Opaque black body is topped by a generous, fine bubbled tan-brown head that coats the glass with lace and lasts throughout the tasting. Strong roasty component to a malt character that also offers plenty of cocoa. Sharp and tart undercurrent is perhaps a bit lactic? Sour fruit in the aftertaste. Dry medium body with gently prickly, long lasting effervescence. A very good porter that seems to have all the necessary elements but they just don’t quite come together for me. Perhaps the roasted character is a bit enthusiastic or the lactic quality was overly distracting. Shaker glass. Allowed to warm from fridge temperature. Bottle (bottle conditioned) purchased at the brewery in mid-June, 2008.