UPDATED: JAN 11, 2022 Can at home watching Bruins do there thing. Dark pour and ok sized head. Nose is roast and chocolate. Tastes of bitter dark chocolate, tobacco, roast coffee. Plum. Medium bodied. Some bitters.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2021 Pours black with a one finger, light tan head. Aroma is toffee, wood and light dried fruit. Taste is toffee with raisin, moving to roast and wood. Finish is toffee, raisin and roast. Good porter.

Growler from brewery. Pours a dark brown with a good sized tan head. Nice aroma. Chocolate roastiness earthy hops some nuttiness. Taste is very good. Faint sweetness earthy chocolate roast. Nice

UPDATED: NOV 23, 2016 Draft at the brewery. Pours dark nut brown with a fizzy beige head. Tastes like burnt toast, dried fruits, earthy, and dark roasted malt. Light/medium body and carbonation. Smells like dried fruits, earthy, burnt toast, and dark roasted malt.

Tap at brewery. Pours clear dark brown. Aroma is milk chocolate, plums, faint raisins, soft yeast esters, and faint woodiness. Flavor is smooth and chocolaty with some earthy bitterness, faint caramel, and faint dark fruit notes. Medium/full body.

From notes (11/6/15). Rumor has it that this is essentially a scaled-down version of the recipe for Mott the Lesser. Good roasted taste and a bit of well-placed sweetness, which is all rounded out by a smooth mouthfeel. Very well made.

Had on tap at the source. $5.40 ($5.00 + $0.40 ME tax) for the 12 oz. offering. Pours an inky ruby-tinted dark cardovan; beige head 1 finger was promising. Looks remarkably similar to a cavernous Coca-Cola. Head spirals down confusedly. 1finger diminishes to just a pinky nail. Good show. I immediately had smelled molasses, oats, Pacific Northwest noble hops, charcoal, DME, and...maple syrup-drenched pancakes. Srsly. No lie. The pancake batter note cut down on the maple character, making balance an actual living, breathing thing. Tastes much the same with the addition of autumnal leaves, cotton, and a touch of smoked ham. Nice. I