UPDATED: NOV 13, 2023 Keg at astoria beer and cheese. Pours deep ruby, nose is chocolate, liquorice, toffee, taste is similar, light bitterness.

UPDATED: NOV 5, 2023 From backlog. On tap at Formento’s Italian Restaurant, Chicago. Dark brown with beige head. Caramel malts, Chocolate, coffee, sweetness, Smooth.

UPDATED: JUN 7, 2023 12oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a moderate, frothy tan head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, roast, a touch of raspberry, and a little licorice. Taste is roast, coffee, semisweet chocolate, a tiny bit of caramel, and a touch of earth. Moderate bitterness. Medium body. Medium, fine carbonation. Creamy but light mouthfeel.

UPDATED: MAY 18, 2022 Bottle from 101 Bottles, Kent, OH. Gorgeous porter aroma , deep in nuts, some smoked malt. Lovely look with lasting espresso foam. Nice tasting and easy finish. Just the kind of porter I like to drink - no rough edges and lasting tings with soft choco and coffee notes. Finally, a great lakes I really enjoyed.

UPDATED: MAY 4, 2022 Exactly what you want an American porter to be. Bittersweet, with notes of cocoa, coffee, dark fruit, and roast, with a lingering java bitterness on the back end and a creamy, semisweet fade. Absolute gem of a beer.

UPDATED: AUG 17, 2021 Bottle purchased at Total Wine & More, St. Matthews, Kentucky. Poured dark brown, off white head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, roasted coffee. Taste was bittersweet, coffee, dark chocolate, bakers chocolate, minerals, creamy.

UPDATED: AUG 1, 2021 Dark brown with a beige head. Chocolate and roasted grain aroma. Ash. Roasted bitter taste. A hint of milk chocolate. Medium bodied, mild to moderate carbonation. Very traditional and well done.

UPDATED: JUL 18, 2021 Rating #800, a superb choice. Poured from a 12oz bottle, appearance is a very dark brown with a finger and a half of light brown head. Aroma is incredible. Roasted, nutty, earthy, slightly smoky. Tastes of dark bread, chocolate, finishes dry and slightly bitter. Mouthfeel is medium body smooth mouthfeel with good carbonation. Overall a superb porter. One of my favorites for the style.

UPDATED: JAN 6, 2022 Solid dark pour with darkish generous and sudsy head, sounds rich as it enters into the glass. Opaque and deep brown to black mysterious. Looks like dark roasted coffee. Chocolate on the nose and raisins and dates and the depth of color so appealing even with the ultra thin cola head and lacing that remains. Very small amount of bitter delivered to the palate. The bitter quickly fades. Delicious and enjoyable. So simple. Finish is soft semi sweet and nothing is lost as you sip away. Great Porter.

UPDATED: MAR 28, 2021 Bottle, at share, thanks to Ryan. Pours rubescent dark brown. Dark chocolate, roast, prune, light liquorice, raspberry, dark malt biscuit stuff. Medium body. Excellent.