Cask in Blackfriars. Aroma is roasty, chocolate and herbal hop, some black current slightly acidic notes too. Taste is similar, quite a bit going on for the %, pobably too roasty and not chocolaty enough, but still a nice drink.

Cask, Far From the Madding Crowd. Red brown, fine tan head and a bit of lace. Milk chocolate and rustic bread aroma. Lighty tart mineral dark malt flavor, earthy chocolate, a slightly viney finish. For my money, this is a mild, and not bad as a mild. Some interesting old-fashioned rustic charm. A bit of bubble gum esters show up late--strange in a beer like this and take it down a little for me.

Deep ruby red colour. Perhaps the rye has an effect, but this doesn’t really taste like a traditional porter, as others have observed. There’s some roast malt in the aroma. The flavour is slightly fruity (berry fruits) and the mouthfeel is very dry. Lightish body for a porter. Finish is a bit tinny. OK, but not really to my taste. Cask (gravity dispense) at Bedford Beer Festival 2004.

Cask@Bedford BF. Acidic, almost crisp porter. More toasty than roasty, with a light touch of chocolate, bitter acidic finish.

Cask conditioned - Gravity Dispense - Bedford Beer Festival. A weirdy acidic fruity aroma. Porter coloured beer. The taste has some roastiness but again a weird fruit in there somewhere. A real mish-mash that really doesn’t taste like a porter.