UPDATED: MAR 6, 2021 Old rating from 2014 - pint from the cask on my Isle of Man visit, pours black with a beige foamy head. Aromas & tastes of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee beans, peaty smoke, treacle, nuts, liquorice & wood. Medium body. Smooth creamy finish

UPDATED: NOV 9, 2023 Ratings from untappd. New country Isle of Man. Had it in a pub in London, The Brewmaster in January 2015

UPDATED: NOV 6, 2020 50cl Bottle. Gift from a friend. Dark brown colour with a thin tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, licorice. Taste follows the aroma. Medium body, average carbonation.

UPDATED: JAN 6, 2020 Cask at The Moon Under Water (JDW), Watford on 11/05/2006. My my my. I really did like this one, back in the day. The kind of beer you found on in a JDW and spent the whole evening going through five or six pints. Bloody smooth, full bodied and just that bit smokey. It’s the kind of beer that made you want to blow off your friend’s 21st birthday party for.

Gift from Django. Poors very dark ruby red, almost black, with tanned lasting, lacing foam. Taste bitter licorice, aroma is some coffee and liquorice. A very good porter. (Velp 201810)

Thanks Beersiveknown (Summer Santa 2018). Deep black body with a small, thick, vanishing beige head. Aroma is coffee, dark chocolate and smoked ham. Taste is bitter, with lots of chocolate, licorice, coffee again and leaves a very pleasant smokey note on the tongue. Medium body, flat/soft carbontion, oily texture.

Dark chocolate, sweet, dark, toasted malts, sweet, dark roast coffee, sweet, dark fruits. Hazy, very dark brown, small, creamy, beige head. Light bitter. Dark chocolate, cacao, more sweet, dark malts, burnt toast, soft carbonation, medium bodied. Very nice Porter, rich, complex, very drinkable. Bottle from ShopRite, Ramsey.

Cask Pint at Wibbas Down (JDW), Wimbledon, London in Mar 2010 - Black in colour. Malty; roasty malts, mildly smokey, caramel, coffee, liquorice. Hoppy; grassy hops. Roast smokey malty throughout with a bitter hop finish. Very drinkable. (2010-03)

500ml bottle from Ian’s travels. Deep dark brown with a small white head. Sweet, peat smoke aroma. Taste is sweet smoke and liquorice with chocolate notes. Decent.

This is a Porter that perfects the art of a bitter stout type smoked sweet and hoppy beer. A beer that is heavy and smooth all in one. A real good beer from the Isle of Man.