UPDATED: DEC 19, 2023 Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 19/12/23. Lighter shade of black with a lasting khaki head. Nose is chocolate, mellow hops, almost CDA like, charr, toffee, dried red berries. Taste comprises dark malts, chocolate, spice, light roast, dried fruit rinds, toffee, brown sugar dusting, fruit slice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light roasted balance and hint of hops. Tidy flavoursome porter.

UPDATED: DEC 8, 2023 Draught @ Franklin Tap, Chicago (Nov 2023). Dark brown with ruby red highlights, large foamy tan head, faint coffee aroma, high carbonation, bitter coffee beans taste with faint chocolate flavor, thin body, long bitter finish. Satisfying porter.

UPDATED: DEC 2, 2023 Dark brown almost black with a huge head. Aroma is hoppy with hints of burnt grains. Taste is also hoppy with Dark roasted grains.

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2023 Keg at fattey beer Co. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, toffee, taste is roasted, pine, liquorice, toffee.

UPDATED: NOV 12, 2023 Bottle from moms. Malty brown pour with chocolate notes and a nice acidic tang at the end

UPDATED: NOV 10, 2023 Precarious Field Dayz with Jerry aka Jamie: Poured a pitch black with light brown head. Aroma is rich malty, chocolate, honeycomb, ashy. Taste is rich malts, ashy, chocolate, coffee.

UPDATED: SEP 1, 2023 Pours opaque cola brown-to-black with a 3-finger tan head. Roasty and chocolatey aroma mixed with piney hops. Body is medium-to-full with a bit of oil to it. The finish is long, with a mild astringency. Roasty and bittersweet chocolate notes followed by a bright hoppy bitterness that lingers lightly at the back.

UPDATED: APR 18, 2023 Brown bottle, 355 ml, from and with Jean-Frédéric Pleau (merci!), savoured on March 18, 2023; eye: dark brown, opaque, no effervescence, ring of beige head, good lacing; nose: hops, malt, roast, coffee; mouth: hops, malt, roast, coffee, light caramel, lightly dry finale in coffee with presence of bittering hops, full bodied, average carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, lightly raspy texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 355 ml, de et avec Jean-Frédéric Pleau (merci!), chez nous, savourée le 18 mars 2023; œil : brun foncé, opaque, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse beige, bonne dentelle; nez : houblon, malt, torréfaction, café; bouche : houblon, malt, torréfaction, café, léger caramel, finale légèrement sèche en café avec présence de houblon amérisant, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien

UPDATED: MAR 3, 2023 Cheap bottle (bottled on 9/28/22). Nice shiny artwork on the label. Smell is metalic boozy slightly burned malt. Pour is large and in charge; big, black and a nice large choco moose head. Whew, first taste is boozy & farmy. Yes, it's the effects of old burnt damp wet campfire wood and it creates a warming sensation down the throat. Seems like much more than 6% to me. A little difficult in the middle. That farmy thing keeps kicking in, I'm a surprised of the impact it has. I'm not talking freshly cut hay, I'm talking the feel of stuff on the barn floor, you know, the taste you get in your mouth when your smell the heavy odor of old musty animal barns? Well, I guess you'd have to have experienced that once in yer life. In the middle it gets a little viscous on the palate, barely any detectable co2. Really sticks to your ribs. Becomes almost difficult in the end. Finishes with a good kick in the ass. More like a baltic porter if you ask me. Yea, was expecting a typical spiced-up holiday brew, surprised; no spices to be found! YEAH!

UPDATED: JAN 12, 2023 Charred oak, leather, eucalyptus aroma. Dark brown, thin tan head. Coffee, charred oak, nutmeg. Medium body, easy carbonation.