Bottle conditioned, 500ml from Quercus Brewery & Bottleshop, Kingsbridge, Devon. Very dark brown with ruby hints, tan head. Darkly roasted malts with a toffee, sweetish background flavour, didn’t get too much of the bitterness, not like a stout, but did get smooth, liquorice, smokey flavours. deep and full, its a decent fireside beer for the winter months. Pretty good.

Bottle. Black beer with a strongish head. The aroma is milky, coffee and lightly roasted. The flavour is bitter, roasted and slightly milky coffee. Overall a really good beer.

Pours dark ruby-brown with a dispersed, rose-white head. mostly disappointed therin; little aroma, watery and thin bitter roasted malt flavour and texture.

Bottle. Unfortunate for this beer to be sat next to a who’s who in porters on my kitchen table. It’s still a good drink just not that good. Dark malts and chocolate, bitter finish, the usual for the style. Nice, will have to drink it again and not be so hard on it.

Bottle. Dark malty and slightly smoked.Medium body with a slight bitterness. A very impressive porter that puts to shame similar beers from much larger breweries.